2019–20 Championnat National

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The 2019–20 Championnat National season was the 27th season since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 22nd in its current format, which serves as the third division of the French football league system.[1] The season was suspended indefinitely on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

On 28 April 2020, the French Prime Minister

Edouard Philippe announced that there would be no sporting events, even behind closed doors, before September 2020, thus in effect ending the season. [3] On 11 May the executive committee of the FFF announced that the top two teams (Pau FC and USL Dunkerque) would be promoted to Ligue 2, but that no promotion playoff would take place, and no champion would be declared.[4][5]

Team changes

Team changes from the 2018–19 Championnat National were confirmed by the FFF on 12 July.[1]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2019–20 National
Club Location Venue Capacity
Avranches Avranches Stade René Fenouillère 2,000
Bastia-Borgo
 		Borgo Stade Paul-Antoniotti 1,300
Béziers Béziers
Stade de la Méditerranée
 18,555
Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer Stade de la Libération 15,204
Bourg-Péronnas Bourg-en-Bresse Stade Marcel-Verchère 11,400
Cholet Cholet Stade Pierre Blouen 9,000
Concarneau Concarneau Stade Guy Piriou 6,500
Créteil Créteil Stade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,150
Dunkerque Dunkirk Stade Marcel-Tribut 4,200
Gazélec Ajaccio Ajaccio Stade Ange Casanova 8,000
Laval Laval Stade Francis Le Basser 18,607
Le Puy Le Puy-en-Velay Stade Charles Massot 4,800
Lyon-Duchère
 		Lyon
Stade de Balmont
 5,438
Pau Pau Stade du Hameau 13,819
Quevilly-Rouen
 		Le Petit-Quevilly Stade Robert Diochon 12,018
Red Star
Saint-Ouen
) 		Stade Bauer 10,000
Toulon
 		Toulon Stade de Bon Rencontre 8,200
Villefranche
 		Villefranche-sur-Saône Stade Armand-Chouffet 3,200

Special rule changes

Due to the premature cancellation of the season before completion, special rules were put in place by the FFF Executive Committed to rank clubs, superseding the normal competition rules.[7]

  • 1. Points per game completed
  • 2. Number of points gained in head-to-head matches (only where all scheduled matches between all tied teams have completed)
  • 3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches (only where all scheduled matches between all tied teams have completed)
  • 4. Number of away games completed, as a percentage of overall number of games completed
  • 5. Goal difference per game completed
  • 6. Goals scored per game completed
  • 7. Fair play
  • 8. Better classification, based on completion of the first set of round robin games (only if all clubs have completed at least one game against all other clubs)
  • 9. Drawing of lots

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PPG Promotion or Relegation
1 Pau (P) 25 13 9 3 43 20 +23 1.92 Promotion to Ligue 2
2 Dunkerque (P) 25 14 5 6 42 26 +16 1.88
3 Boulogne[a] 25 14 4 7 32 17 +15 1.84
4 Avranches 24 13 3 8 30 26 +4 1.75
5 Red Star 25 12 6 7 30 22 +8 1.68[b]
6 Bourg-Péronnas 25 11 9 5 38 30 +8 1.68[b]
7
Villefranche
 25 10 11 4 34 24 +10 1.64
8
Lyon-Duchère
 25 11 7 7 37 32 +5 1.60
9 Créteil 25 9 8 8 33 27 +6 1.40[c]
10 Laval 25 9 8 8 26 24 +2 1.40[c]
11 Concarneau 25 8 7 10 21 25 −4 1.24
12 Cholet 25 7 7 11 32 40 −8 1.12
13
Bastia-Borgo
 23 5 9 9 22 32 −10 1.04
14
Quevilly-Rouen
 24 6 6 12 26 34 −8 1.00
15 Le Puy (R) 25 6 5 14 27 40 −13 0.92[d] Relegation to Championnat National 2
16 Béziers (R) 25 5 8 12 26 43 −17 0.92[d]
17 Gazélec Ajaccio[e] (R) 25 4 8 13 15 35 −20 0.76
18 Toulon (R) 25 1 10 14 17 34 −17 0.52
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: see Special rule changes section
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Originally, the 3rd-placed Championnat National team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would be promoted to Ligue 2 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 3rd-placed team remained in the Championnat National.
  2. ^ a b Red Star and Bourg-Péronnas completed both their head-to-head games (Bourg-Péronnas 1–4 Red Star, Red Star 1–1 Bourg-Péronnas). Criteria 2 (Number of points gained in head-to-head matches (only where all scheduled matches between all tied teams have completed)) applies: Red Star 4, Bourg-Péronnas 1.
  3. ^ a b Créteil and Laval did not complete both their head-to-head games. Both completed 12 of 17 away games. Criteria 5 (Goal difference per game completed) applies: Créteil 0.24, Laval 0.08.
  4. ^ a b Le Puy and Béziers did not complete both their head-to-head games. Both completed 13 of 17 away games. Criteria 5 (Goal difference per game completed) applies: Le Puy -0.52, Béziers -0.68.
  5. ^ On 2 August 2019, Gazélec Ajaccio refused to play their first game of the season at Red Star in protest at decisions taken by the DNCG.[8] On 7 August 2019, the FFF confirmed the forfeit, awarding a 3–0 victory to Red Star and deducting a penalty point from Gazélec Ajaccio.[9]

Top scorers

As of end of season.[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ivory Coast Achille Anani Bourg-en-Bresse 16
2 Senegal Mamadou Gueye Pau 14
3 France Jonathan Rivas
Lyon-Duchère
 13
4 France Mohamed Bayo Dunkerque 12
5 France Mehdi Chahiri Red Star 11
France Guillaume Bosca Dunkerque
France Gaëtan Laura
Quevilly-Rouen
8 Senegal Cheikh Sabaly Pau 10
France Kévin Rocheteau Cholet
France Kevin Testud Béziers

References

  1. ^ a b "Le calendrier de la saison 2019-2020" (in French). FFF.fr. 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "France suspends all football over coronavirus". Eurosport. 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Officiel, la Ligue 1, Ligue 2 et National sont terminés" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Le COMEX valide les montées de Pau et Dunkerque" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "FFF : Pas de titre en National, les Lyonnaises championnes" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2020.
  6. ^ "DNCG. Tours et l'Athlético Marseille rétrogradés en National 3, Saint-Nazaire en Régional 1" (in French). footamateur.fr. 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Procès-verbal du Comité Exécutif" (PDF). FFF.fr. 11 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Le Gazelec Ajaccio déclare forfait pour la 1ere journée !" (in French). foot-national.com. 2 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Red Star - Ajaccio GFC : Les sanctions sont connues (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 7 August 2019.
  10. ^ "National 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2020.