2023–24 Championnat National

The 2023–24 Championnat National season is the 31st since the establishment of the Championnat National and the 25th in its current format, which serves as third division of the French football league system. Two clubs will be promoted to Ligue 2 and six relegated to Championnat National 2 after this season as adjustment for the reduction in size of Ligue 2 from 20 teams to 18 next season. As a result, no promotion play-offs are to be held.

Championnat National
Season2023–24
Dates11 August 2023 – 17 May 2024
ChampionsRed Star
PromotedRed Star
Martigues
RelegatedNiort
GOAL FC
Avranches
Marignane GCB
Épinal
Cholet
Matches played203
Goals scored506 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer15 (Alan Kerouedan, Avranches
Diawoye Diarra
Marignane GCB)
Biggest home winVersailles 6–0 Nîmes
Game week 13, 10 November 2023
Biggest away winVillefranche 0–4 Niort
Game week 19, 2 February 2024
Villefranche 0–4 Le Mans
Game week 14 (rearranged), 27 February 2024
Highest scoringDijon 5–2 Avranches
Game week 3, 25 August 2023
Longest winning run7 (Red Star)
Longest unbeaten run11 (Red Star)
Longest winless run13 (Châteauroux)
Longest losing run5 (Nîmes
Cholet)
Highest attendance18,034
Le Mans 1–3 Nancy
Game week 15, 1 December 2023[1]
Lowest attendance104
Marignane GCB 1–1 Villefranche
Game week 20, 9 February 2024[1]

Team changes

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Team changes from 2022–23 Championnat National.

  1. ^ As of the start of the season, the future status of Sochaux was still in dispute, and hence the season commenced without them.[2] The FFF validated Sochaux's participation on 17 August 2023.[3]
  2. ^ The administrative relegation of Sedan by the DNCG appeal committee was later confirmed by the CNOSF and the administrative court.[4][5]

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Venue Capacity
Avranches Avranches Stade René Fenouillère 2,000
Châteauroux Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,173
Cholet Cholet Stade Pierre Blouen 9,000
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 15,995
Épinal Épinal Stade de la Colombière 8,000
GOAL FC Chasselay Stade Ludovic Giuly 5,000
Le Mans Le Mans MMArena 25,000
Marignane GCB Marignane Stade Saint-Exupéry 1,500
Martigues Martigues Stade Francis Turcan 8,290
Nancy Nancy Stade Marcel Picot 20,087
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482
Niort Niort Stade René Gaillard 10,886
Orléans Orléans Stade de la Source 7,000
Red Star Paris (Saint-Ouen) Stade Bauer 10,000
Rouen Rouen Stade Robert Diochon 12,108
Sochaux Montbéliard Stade Auguste Bonal 20,005
Versailles Paris (Paris 16) Stade Jean-Bouin[a] 19,904
Villefranche Villefranche-sur-Saône Stade Armand Chouffet 3,500
  1. ^ Stade de Montbauron is not of sufficient standard for Championnat National. Versailles will play their games at Stade Jean-Bouin.[6]

Number of teams by regions

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Teams Region Team(s)
2   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes GOAL FC and Villefranche
  Centre-Val de Loire Châteauroux and Orléans
  Grand Est Épinal and Nancy
  Île-de-France Versailles and Red Star
  Normandy Avranches and Rouen
  Pays de la Loire Cholet and Le Mans
  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marignane GCB and Martigues
  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Dijon and Sochaux
1   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Niort
  Occitanie Nîmes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Red Star (C, P) 34 19 8 7 55 34 +21 65 Promotion to Ligue 2
2 Martigues (P) 34 17 8 9 44 29 +15 59
3 Niort (R) 34 17 7 10 58 42 +16 58 Administrative relegation to Régional 1
4 Dijon 34 15 9 10 50 41 +9 54
5 Le Mans 34 14 10 10 49 44 +5 52
6 Nancy[a] 34 14 9 11 51 46 +5 50
7 Rouen[b] 34 15 9 10 41 37 +4 49
8 Sochaux 34 12 12 10 51 44 +7 48
9 Versailles 34 12 11 11 41 33 +8 47
10 Orléans 34 11 11 12 36 37 −1 44
11 Nîmes 34 11 11 12 36 43 −7 44
12 Châteauroux 34 10 12 12 41 44 −3 42
13 Villefranche[c] 34 10 11 13 36 43 −7 41 Spared from relegation
14 GOAL FC (R) 34 10 8 16 43 47 −4 38 Relegation to Championnat National 2
15 Avranches (R) 34 11 5 18 37 59 −22 38
16 Marignane GCB (R) 34 9 10 15 37 50 −13 37
17 Épinal (R) 34 9 6 19 39 51 −12 33
18 Cholet (R) 34 9 5 20 34 55 −21 32 Administrative relegation to Régional 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 23 June 2023, the FFF announced a deduction of one point for Nancy, applicable to the 2023–24 season, due to incidents in the game against Bourg-Péronnas on the final day of the 2022–23 Championnat National season.[7]
  2. ^ On 28 November 2023, the DNCG announced a deduction of five points for Rouen, due to financial issues.[8] The punishment was upheld on appeal.[9]
  3. ^ On 19 January 2024, the appeal commission of the FFF announced that Villefranche would have to replay games against Rouen, Avranches and Le Mans after fielding an ineligible player in the original fixtures. The three results were removed from the table.[10]

Top scorers

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As of 18 May 2024.[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Alan Kerouedan Avranches 15
  Diawoye Diarra Marignane GCB
  Cheikh Touré Nancy
2   Nesta Elphege Niort 13
  Hacène Benali Red Star 12
3   Esteban Lepaul Épinal

References

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  1. ^ a b "Records du Tournoi, National" (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Au programme de la 1ère journée du National" (in French). Foot Amateur. 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "La FFF valide la participation du FC Sochaux-Montbéliard en National" (in French). Foot Amateur. 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ "DNCG. Le CS Sedan-Ardennes exclu des championnats nationaux" (in French). Foot Amateur. 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Le CS Sedan-Ardennes débouté par le tribunal administratif" (in French). Foot Amateur. 8 August 2023.
  6. ^ "National. Le FC Versailles 78 a choisi de jouer au stade Jean Bouin" (in French). footamateur.fr. 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Un retrait d'un point pour l'AS Nancy Lorraine pour la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 23 June 2023.
  8. ^ "DNCG. Des retraits de points pour le FC Rouen et l'AS Cannes !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ "DNCG. Cinq points de retrait pour Rouen, amende pour Cannes" (in French). Foot Amateur. 15 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Villefranche devra bien rejouer contre Le Mans, Avranches et Rouen" (in French). Foot Amateur. 19 January 2024.
  11. ^ "National 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2024.