Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. During the course of a season, usually from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. The arrests followed a 1–1 draw between Caen and Nîmes in May 2014, a result very beneficial for each club. In November 2014, the presidents of Caen and Nîmes were amongst several arrested on suspicion of match fixing. In 2002, the league changed its name from Division 2 to Ligue 2. Due to the increase in amateur clubs, the league intertwined professional and amateur clubs and allowed the latter to become professional if they met certain benchmarks. Following the end of the war, the second division developed stability.

Because of World War II, football was suspended by the French government and the Ligue de Football Professionnel. Due to the unpredictable nature of French football clubs, the following season, the league increased to 19 clubs and, two years later, increased its allotment to 25 teams with the clubs being divided into four groups. Despite losing, Alès was also promoted to the first division and they were followed by Strasbourg and Mulhouse, who each won a pool championship, after the first division agreed to expand its teams to 16.ĭue to several clubs merging, folding, or losing their professional status, the federation turned the second division into a 16-team league and adopted the single-table method for the 1934–35 season. Red Star were crowned the league's inaugural champions following a 3–2 victory. On, the winner of the Nord group, Red Star Saint-Ouen, faced Olympique Alès, the winner of the Sud group. Following the season, the winner of each group faced each other to determine which club would earn promotion. Fourteen of the clubs were inserted into the Nord section, while the remaining nine were placed in Sud. The first year of the second division consisted of twenty-three clubs and were divided into two groups ( Nord and Sud). Clubs such as Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, and Amiens SC all played in the second division's debut season despite having prior grievances with the subjective criteria needed to become professional and play in the first division. The inaugural season of the competition consisted of the six clubs who were relegated following the 1932–33 National season, as well as many of the clubs who opposed the creation of the first division the previous season. The second division of French football was established in 1933, one year after the creation of the all-professional first division.

Since the league is a part of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name Division 2 and has served as the second division of French football ever since. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each, totalling 380 games in the season. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division. Ligue 2 ( French pronunciation:, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league.

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