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Ligue 2
France · tier-2 competition · #37 by transfer spend
#37by transfer spend
€56.2mfees paid, all seasons
€326mfees received, all seasons
52moves in 3 seasons
The Ligue 2 is France's tier-2 competition and ranks #37 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €56.2m and received €326m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €0 | €7.0m | −€7.0m | 0 |
| 2025/26 | €15.6m | €17.8m | −€2.1m | 26 |
| 2024/25 | €6.5m | €37.3m | −€30.8m | 26 |
| 2023/24 | €6.5m | €60.0m | −€53.5m | 53 |
| 2022/23 | €9.5m | €37.4m | −€27.9m | 64 |
| 2021/22 | €4.7m | €28.6m | −€23.9m | 46 |
| 2020/21 | €1.9m | €36.0m | −€34.1m | 56 |
| 2019/20 | €6.8m | €62.0m | −€55.2m | 42 |
| 2018/19 | €2.3m | €19.9m | −€17.6m | 21 |
| 2017/18 | €2.5m | €20.5m | −€18.0m | 20 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Ligue 2
The Precedent
1st on the list: how Saint-Étienne's €6.0m for Chico Lamba sits against its own defenders
The club has bought 7 defenders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
14 Aug 2026Read →
The Window Ledger
€15.6m in, €17.8m out: Ligue 2's 2025/26 ledger across 26 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 77% of its business that carried no fee at all.
13 Aug 2026Read →
The Done Deal
€6.0m at 2.00× his valuation: Chico Lamba to Saint-Étienne, 1st on Ligue 2's 2025/26 list
Arouca to Saint-Étienne for €6.0m. What the price says against the 6 other disclosed fees Ligue 2 paid that season.
13 Aug 2026Read →
The Fee
2.28× the market's number: what FC Lorient paid over Nathaniel Adjei's €2.5m valuation
The fee, the valuation, and the 128% gap between them — read against every priced deal Ligue 2 did in 2024/25.
12 Aug 2026Read →