1998–99 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1998/1999, organised by the LFP was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC, whereas Red Star Saint-Ouen and AS Beauvais were relegated to National.

20 participating teams

#	Club	Played	V	D	L	gf/ga	+/-	Points
1	AS Saint-Étienne	38	18	14	6	56:38	+18	68
2	CS Sedan Ardennes	38	17	13	8	59:31	+28	66
3	Troyes AC	38	17	13	8	48:31	+17	64
4	Lille OSC	38	19	7	12	45:35	+10	64
5	SM Caen	38	16	11	11	47:39	+8	59
6	FC Gueugnon	38	14	15	9	44:39	+7	57
7	En Avant Guingamp	38	14	11	13	36:38	-2	53
8	LB Châteauroux	38	12	15	11	41:42	-1	52
9	AC Ajaccio	38	13	12	13	49:56	-7	51
10	Stade Lavallois	38	12	14	12	37:35	+2	50
11	Chamois Niortais FC	38	11	15	12	41:40	+11	48
12	AS Cannes	38	12	11	15	34:45	-11	47
13	Nîmes Olympique	38	11	13	14	49:46	+3	46
14	OGC Nice	38	11	13	14	31:34	-3	46
15	ES Wasquehal	38	11	12	15	35:41	-6	45
16	Amiens SC	38	11	11	16	39:43	-4	44
17	Le Mans UC72	38	9	15	14	41:41	0	42
18	ASOA Valence	38	10	10	18	41:56	-15	40
19	Red Star Saint-Ouen	38	9	12	17	52:72	-20	39
20	AS Beauvais	38	10	8	20	43:67	-24	38
# rank ; V victories ; D draws ; D defeats ; gf goals for ; ga goals against ; +/- goals average

Promoted to L1 : AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes, Troyes AC
Relegated to L2 : FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse FC
Promoted to L2 : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, US Créteil
Relegated to National : Red Star Saint-Ouen, AS Beauvais (ASOA Valence were not relegated because Gazélec Ajaccio was not allowed to compete in Division 2)

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hamed Diallo	Laval	20
2	Lamine Sakho	Nîmes	18
3	Cédric Mionnet	Sedan	17
4	Samuel Boutal	Caen	16
5	Laurent Peyrelade	Lille	15

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions