2016–17 Championnat National

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The 2016–17 Championnat National season was the 19th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 15 July 2016.[1]

Teams

There are 18 clubs in the league, with four promoted teams from

Championnat de France Amateur replacing the four teams that were relegated from National following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured National status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG
before becoming eligible to participate.

Team changes

As of 14 July 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season.

Evian Thonon Gaillard, who were relegated from Ligue 2, was sent administratively to CFA due to financial troubles. As a result, Épinal were added back to National.[2]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2016–17 National
Club Location Venue Capacity
Avranches Avranches Stade René Fenouillère 2,000
CA Bastia Bastia Stade d'Erbajolo 2,000
Belfort Belfort Stade Roger Serzian 5,500
Béziers Béziers Stade de Sauclières 12,000
Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer Stade de la Libération 15,204
Chambly
 		Chambly Stade des Marais 2,500
Châteauroux Châteauroux
Stade Gaston Petit
 17,000
Concarneau Concarneau Stade Guy Piriou 6,500
Créteil Créteil Stade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,050
Dunkerque Dunkirk Stade Marcel-Tribut 4,200
Épinal Épinal Stade de la Colombière 8,000
Les Herbiers Les Herbiers Stade Massabielle 5,000
Lyon-Duchère
 		Lyon
Stade de Balmont
 5,438
Marseille Consolat
 		Marseille Stade La Martine 1,990
Paris FC Paris Stade Sébastien Charléty 20,000
Pau Pau Stade du Hameau 13,819
Quevilly-Rouen
 		Le Petit-Quevilly Stade Robert Diochon 12,018
Sedan Sedan Stade Louis Dugauguez 24,389

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Châteauroux (C, P) 34 16 11 7 43 35 +8 59 Promotion to Ligue 2
2
Quevilly-Rouen
(P) 		34 15 13 6 50 37 +13 58
3 Paris FC[a] (P) 34 15 9 10 30 18 +12 54 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4
Marseille Consolat
 34 16 6 12 52 44 +8 54
5
Chambly
 34 14 12 8 42 34 +8 54
6 Dunkerque 34 15 8 11 51 37 +14 53
7
Lyon-Duchère
 34 14 8 12 40 37 +3 50
8 Béziers 34 14 8 12 44 41 +3 50
9 Boulogne 34 13 10 11 47 38 +9 49
10 Avranches 34 12 10 12 47 46 +1 46
11 Concarneau 34 13 7 14 38 43 −5 46
12 Créteil 34 12 6 16 40 49 −9 42
13 Les Herbiers 34 8 15 11 38 42 −4 39
14 Pau 34 8 14 12 28 37 −9 38
15 Épinal (R) 34 8 13 13 33 39 −6 37 Relegation to National 2
16 CA Bastia (D, R) 34 9 9 16 34 53 −19 36 Merged after the season
17 Sedan (R) 34 9 8 17 39 52 −13 35 Relegation to National 2
18 Belfort (R) 34 8 7 19 32 46 −14 31
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) fair play points
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Paris FC lost the relegation play-off, but were promoted to fill the vacant spot created by the administrative relegation of SC Bastia from Ligue 1 to Championnat National.[4]

Play-offs

The 2016–17 season saw the return of a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team in the Championnat National in a two-legged confrontation. The Championnat National team hosted the first game.[5]

Paris FC0–1Orléans
Report Sami 49'
Orléans1–0Paris
Nabab 75' Report
Referee: Frank Schneider

Orléans won 2–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of end of season [6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkey Umut Bozok
Marseille Consolat
 18
2
Mehdy Guezoui
Quevilly-Rouen
 15
3 Senegal Adama Sarr Les Herbiers 12
Senegal Malik Tchokounté Dunkerque
5 France Christopher Mayulu Avranches 11
6 Guadeloupe Grégory Gendrey
Chambly
 10
France Soufiane Atik
Lyon-Duchère
Algeria Julien López
Marseille Consolat
Theoson Siebatcheu
 Châteauroux
10 Togo Kalen Damessi Concarneau 9
Republic of the Congo Bevic Moussiti-Oko Dunkerque
France Martin Mimoun Créteil
France Anthony Schuster Les Herbiers

References

  1. ^ "National 2016/2017 : Le calendrier enfin dévoilé". www.foot-national.com. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Repêchage en National : Communiqué officiel" (in French). sasfootball.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ^ Les Herbiers were originally relegated but Luçon decided to not take part in the new season due to financial difficulties. "Le Vendée Luçon Football dit adieu au National" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. ^ "LFP : Le Paris FC est en Ligue 2 (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Les décisions du 14 avril 2016" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Livescores - Soccer - Scoresway".