1979–80 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1979–80
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1979/1980 season.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Tours and Auxerre won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tours	34	22	7	5	59	26	+33	51	Promoted
2	Stade Rennais	34	20	6	8	60	30	+30	46
3	En Avant Guingamp	34	19	8	7	53	36	+17	46
4	Besançon	34	14	11	9	53	39	+14	39
5	Noeux-les-Mines	34	16	7	11	45	35	+10	39
6	Stade Reims	34	13	11	10	41	35	+6	37
7	Le Havre	34	15	8	11	45	32	+13	38
8	Rouen	34	16	6	12	44	36	+8	38
9	Angoulême	34	9	18	7	38	24	+14	36
10	Dunkerque	34	11	9	14	39	38	+1	31
11	Orléans	34	9	12	13	34	44	−10	30
12	Stade Quimpérois	34	11	7	16	38	55	−17	29
13	Blois	34	9	9	16	28	50	−22	27
14	Berrichonne Chateauroux	34	8	10	16	42	55	−13	26
15	Limoges	34	8	10	16	30	44	−14	26
16	Montmorillon	34	8	10	16	37	58	−21	26
17	Amicale de Lucé	34	8	7	19	30	62	−32	23	Relegated
18	Chaumont	34	7	8	19	35	53	−18	22	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Auxerre	34	16	12	6	54	30	+24	44	Promoted
2	Avignon	34	20	4	10	54	41	+13	44
3	Cannes	34	15	10	9	54	36	+18	40
4	Thonon	34	14	11	9	47	37	+10	39
5	Gueugnon	34	12	13	9	54	37	+17	37
6	Toulouse	34	14	9	11	47	34	+13	37
7	Paris	34	11	15	8	41	34	+7	37
8	Montpellier	34	14	8	12	55	42	+13	36
9	Béziers	34	14	8	12	42	37	+5	36
10	Martigues	34	11	13	10	43	41	+2	35
11	Thionville FC	34	10	11	13	38	49	−11	31
12	Montluçon	34	9	12	13	34	40	−6	30
13	Gazélec Ajaccio	34	9	12	13	36	56	−20	30
14	Tavaux-Damparis	34	11	7	16	38	54	−16	29
15	Saint-Dié	34	9	10	15	40	63	−23	28
16	Mulhouse	34	8	11	15	34	45	−11	27	Relegated
17	Toulon	34	8	11	15	36	48	−12	27
18	Olympique Alès	34	8	9	17	37	60	−23	25

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Auxerre	4–1	Tours	4–0	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avignon	3–2	Rennes	3–2	0–0

Avignon was qualified to the play-off against 18th placed team of Division 1, Lyon.