1947–48 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1947–48
Champions	Nice
Promoted	Colmar
Relegated	Angoulême; Avignon
Matches	380
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1947–48 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Nice won the championship.

Teams

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1946–47 season and four sides relegated from the 1946–47 French Division 1. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Club	Location	Region	Position in 1946–47
Amiens	Amiens	Picardie	11313th
Angers	Angers	Pays de la Loire	1033rd
Angoulême	Angoulême	Poitou-Charentes	1066th
Avignon	Avignon	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	11010th
Besançon	Besançon	Franche-Comté	11414th
Béziers	Béziers	Languedoc-Roussillon	11515th
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Aquitaine	01818th in Division 1
Colmar	Colmar	Alsace	1077th
Douai	Douai	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	11111th
Le Havre	Le Havre	Haute-Normandie	01919th in Division 1
Le Mans	Le Mans	Pays de la Loire	11919th
Lens	Lens	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	01717th in Division 1
Lyon	Lyon	Rhône-Alpes	1055th
Nantes	Nantes	Pays de la Loire	1088th
Nice	Nice	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	11818th
Nîmes	Nîmes	Languedoc-Roussillon	1099th
CA Paris	Paris	Île-de-France	11212th
Rouen	Rouen	Haute-Normandie	02020th in Division 1
Troyes	Troyes	Champagne-Ardenne	11616th
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	1044th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nice (P)	38	26	6	6	109	36	+73	58	Qualification for 1948–49 French Division 1
2	Colmar (P)	38	23	6	9	83	43	+40	52	Qualification for 1948–49 French Division 1
3	Le Havre	38	22	6	10	77	40	+37	50
4	Rouen	38	19	11	8	69	42	+27	49
5	Bordeaux	38	18	9	11	77	47	+30	45
6	Lyon	38	19	5	14	71	59	+12	43
7	Angers	38	19	5	14	70	64	+6	43
8	Lens	38	15	11	12	71	52	+19	41
9	Amiens	38	18	5	15	70	72	−2	41
10	Valenciennes	38	16	8	14	76	63	+13	40
11	Nantes	38	16	6	16	79	81	−2	38
12	Besançon	38	15	7	16	69	72	−3	37
13	Nîmes	38	13	9	16	68	67	+1	35
14	Douai	38	13	7	18	56	84	−28	33
15	Angoulême (R)	38	11	7	20	58	106	−48	29	Relegation to Championnat Amateur
16	Béziers	38	9	10	19	52	79	−27	28
17	Troyes	38	9	9	20	56	101	−45	27
18	Le Mans	38	8	9	21	50	74	−24	25
19	CA Paris	38	10	4	24	60	77	−17	24
20	Avignon (R)	38	9	4	25	42	101	−59	22	Relegation to Championnat Amateur

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

France - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
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