The French football league (LFP) voted in favour of expanding the second tier Ligue 2 from 20 to 22 teams from next season at a key meeting on Wednesday.... more »
With the French season declared over because of the coronavirus pandemic, Ligue 2 promotion and relegation are at the heart of a debate which is being duplicated in other countries.... more »
Franck Haise was rewarded with a two-year contract extension as coach of Lens on Friday, after just two matches in the role in which he won promotion to Ligue 1.... more »
French football is mourning Robert Herbin, the inspirational coach of the flamboyant Saint-Etienne team that was narrowly defeated in the 1976 European Cup final.... more »
Chinese firm Nenking have officially taken over ownership of two-time French league and Cup winners Sochaux, the Ligue 2 club said on Monday.... more »
Footballers and clubs in France's top two leagues have reached a non-binding agreement over a "temporary" pay cut during the coronavirus crisis, the national players' union (UNFP) said Tuesday.... more »
The French football season has been suspended "until further notice" because of the coronavirus outbreak, a source close to the LFP, which runs the elite Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, told AFP on Friday.... more »
All French Ligue 1 and second division matches will be played behind closed doors until April 15, the French football league announced Tuesday.... more »
Four French football stadiums will trial standing areas next season, the sports ministry announced Wednesday in response to requests by certain supporters' groups.... more »
A French second division playoff match between Ajaccio and Le Havre was postponed on Friday after fans of the Corsican club attacked the visitors' team bus.... more »
The Chinese owners of French outfit Sochaux have given over the running of the club to the group that controls Spanish side Alaves as part of an alliance between the two clubs, it was announced on Wednesday.... more »
Malian forward Fousseni Diabate signed for Premier League side Leicester City from French Ligue 2 outfit Ajaccio on Saturday the English club announced.... more »
Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid on Monday completed the takeover of bankrupt French second division side Lens through a Luxembourg company.... more »
France will introduce a play-off to decide the final promotion and relegation place between the top two divisions from next season, the French Football League (LFP) said on Thursday.... more »
Tight security will overshadow the resumption of Ligue 1 action in France on Friday when Nice host Lyon, one week on from the terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and 350 injured.... more »
France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches will go ahead as scheduled this weekend, Sports Minister Thierry Braillard told AFP on Tuesday, a week after the terror attacks in Paris.... more »
There will be three teams relegated from Ligue 1 at the end of this season after France's Council of State dismissed proposals by top-flight clubs to reduce the number of demoted teams to two.... more »
