plays the 18th-placed team in Ligue 1 for the right to play in Ligue 1 the following season. The three lowest placed teams are relegated to the Championnat National and the top three teams from National are promoted in their place. While a decision was originally made that during the 2015–16 season only the best two teams would be promoted to Ligue 1 and the last two teams would be relegated to the National, that decision was later overturned by an appeal to the Conseil d'État and the French Football Federation. In December 2021, the majority of LFP member clubs, including Championnat National club leaders, voted to contract Ligue 2 from 20 to 18 clubs for the 2024–25 season. This will happen one year after Ligue 1 itself drops from 20 to 18 teams for the 2023-24 season. The plan is for Ligue 2 to relegate four clubs to, and promote two from, National at the end of 2023–24. Ligue 2 members (2021–22 season) Previous winners Notes: AS Nancy Lorraine is not the successor to FC Nancy. Toulouse FC is not the successor to Toulouse FC (1937). Top goalscorers Records 5 minutes: the time it took Angelo Fulgini (Valenciennes, 2016–17 season) to score the fastest hat trick in the history of Ligue 2. 5 times: the number of times Le Havre and Nancy won the second division championship. Number of points won by a team in a single season, without achieving promotion to Ligue 1: 77 points (1994–95 season) or 1.833 points per game (42 games) for Toulouse. 72 points (1995–96 season, 22 teams involved): or 1.71 points per game for Laval. 71 points (2018–19 season, 20 teams involved): or 1.868 points per game for Troyes. 70 points (2020–21 season, 20 teams involved): or 1.84 points per game for Toulouse. 52 points (curtailed 2019–20 season, 20 teams involved) or 1.857 points per game (28 games) for Ajaccio. 128 goals: The number of goals scored in 40 games (a single season) by Angers in 40 games, (1968–69 season). 55 goals: the number of goals scored in a season by Gerard Grizzetti, forward playing for Angoulême (1969). 41 seasons: Number of seasons played by the Besançon and Cannes. The fastest goal in the history of Ligue 2 was marked on 26 September 2009 by Rémi Maréval against Nîmes. After eight seconds of play, the ball crossed the goal line of Nicolas Puydebois.