1980–81 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1980–81
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1980/1981 season.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Montpellier and Stade Brest won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Montpellier	34	21	8	5	54	17	+37	50	Promoted
2	Toulouse	34	20	7	7	66	30	+36	47
3	Besançon	34	20	7	7	57	24	+33	47
4	Béziers	34	18	7	9	50	34	+16	43
5	Angoulême	34	16	10	8	46	24	+22	42
6	Olympique Marseille	34	16	7	11	40	33	+7	39
7	Thonon	34	14	9	11	40	39	+1	37
8	Gueugnon	34	14	8	12	43	32	+11	36
9	Cannes	34	13	9	12	42	36	+6	35
10	Martigues	34	13	7	14	42	44	−2	33
11	Saint-Dié	34	10	9	15	31	42	−11	29
12	Grenoble	34	11	6	17	33	52	−19	28
13	Gazélec Ajaccio	34	6	16	12	23	41	−18	28
14	Libourne	34	8	11	15	32	49	−17	27
15	Montluçon	34	10	5	19	29	53	−24	25
16	Tavaux-Damparis	34	6	12	16	31	49	−18	24	Relegated
17	Avignon	34	7	7	20	37	66	−29	21
18	Corbeil-Essonnes	34	6	9	19	31	62	−31	21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stade Brest	34	20	9	5	59	25	+34	49	Promoted
2	Noeux-les-Mines	34	18	8	8	48	28	+20	44
3	Rouen	34	16	10	8	43	31	+12	42
4	Stade Rennais	34	16	8	10	41	30	+11	40
5	Berrichonne Chateauroux	34	15	10	9	50	44	+6	40
6	Thionville	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	37	Relegated
7	En Avant Guingamp	34	12	11	11	38	35	+3	35
8	Le Havre	34	13	9	12	32	33	−1	35
9	Orléans	34	13	7	14	45	43	+2	33
10	Stade Reims	34	13	6	15	55	56	−1	32
11	Abbeville	34	9	13	12	44	48	−4	31
12	Blois	34	9	12	13	34	45	−11	30
13	Stade Quimpérois	34	10	10	14	27	39	−12	30
14	Limoges	34	11	7	16	32	48	−16	29
15	Paris FC	34	9	10	15	36	34	+2	28
16	Dunkerque	34	10	8	16	34	42	−8	28
17	Montmorillon	34	9	9	16	38	49	−11	27	Relegated
18	Caen	34	6	10	18	25	58	−33	22	Relegated

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montpellier	2–5	Brest	2–3	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nœux-les-Mines	2–5	Toulouse	2–0	0–5

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