2021–22 Championnat National

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Annecy 6–0 Red Star
(Game-week 6, 10 September 2021)
Biggest away winAvranches 0–6 Red Star
(Game-week 10, 8 October 2021)
Highest scoring8 goals
Créteil 4–4 Cholet
(Game-week 33, 5 May 2022)
Longest winning run7 (Laval)
Longest unbeaten run11 (Bourg-Péronnas
Concarneau)
Longest winless run19 (Boulogne)
Longest losing run5 (Boulogne)
All statistics correct as of 10:09, 14 July 2022 (UTC).

The 2021–22 Championnat National season was the 29th season since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 23rd in its current format, which serves as the third division of the French football league system.[1]

Team changes

Team changes from the 2020–21 Championnat National.

  1. ^ Sedan were awarded a place in Championnat National due to finishing as second best team in the 2019–20 Championnat National 2 season, according to competition rules when a gap needs to be filled.[2]

Stadia and locations

Villefranche
Location of teams in 2021–22 National
Club Location Venue Capacity
Annecy Annecy
Parc des Sports
15,660
Avranches Avranches Stade René Fenouillère 2,000
Bastia-Borgo
Borgo Stade Paul-Antoniotti 1,300
Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer Stade de la Libération 15,204
Bourg-Péronnas Bourg-en-Bresse Stade Marcel-Verchère 11,400
Chambly Chambly Stade des Marais 1,000
Châteauroux Châteauroux
Stade Gaston Petit
17,173
Cholet Cholet Stade Pierre Blouen 9,000
Concarneau Concarneau Stade Guy Piriou 6,500
Créteil Paris (Créteil) Stade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,150
Laval Laval Stade Francis Le Basser 18,607
Le Mans Le Mans
MMArena
25,000
Orléans Orléans Stade de la Source 7,000
Red Star
Saint-Ouen
)
Stade Bauer 10,000
Stade Briochin Saint-Brieuc
Fred-Aubert Stadium
10,600
Sedan
Sedan
Stade Louis Dugauguez 23,189
Sète Sète
Stade Louis Michel
8,500
Villefranche
Villefranche-sur-Saône Stade Armand-Chouffet 3,200

Number of teams by regions

Teams Region Team(s)
3  Pays de la Loire Cholet, Laval and Le Mans
 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villefranche
2  Brittany Concarneau and Saint-Brieuc
 Centre-Val de Loire Châteauroux and Orléans
 Île-de-France
Créteil and Red Star
 Hauts-de-France Boulogne and Chambly
1  Normandy Avranches
 Occitanie Sète
 Corsica
Bastia-Borgo
 Grand Est Sedan

Professional status

Châteauroux and Chambly retain their professional status having just been relegated to Championnat National. Le Mans and Orléans retain their professional status under section 102 of the administrative rules of the LFP. Red Star have been granted an exemption from section 102 rules due to the health situation, and also retain their professional status.[3]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Laval (C, P) 34 20 7 7 50 31 +19 67 Promotion to Ligue 2
2 Annecy (P) 34 19 9 6 55 30 +25 66
3 Villefranche 34 19 8 7 47 29 +18 65 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Concarneau 34 15 13 6 48 31 +17 58
5 Châteauroux 34 15 10 9 41 28 +13 55
6 Bourg-Péronnas 34 15 9 10 55 37 +18 54
7 Stade Briochin 34 14 10 10 47 35 +12 52
8 Sedan 34 13 11 10 37 37 0 50
9 Orléans 34 12 11 11 37 35 +2 47
10 Le Mans 34 12 10 12 35 35 0 46
11 Red Star[a] 34 13 6 15 55 50 +5 44
12 Avranches 34 12 6 16 37 58 −21 42
13 Cholet 34 11 8 15 49 62 −13 41
14 Sète[a] (R) 34 10 7 17 35 42 −7 37 Relegation to Championnat National 2
15
Bastia-Borgo
34 7 10 17 40 58 −18 31
16 Chambly (R) 34 7 8 19 35 62 −27 29 Relegation to Championnat National 2
17 Créteil (R) 34 6 8 20 35 58 −23 26[b]
18 Boulogne[c] (R) 34 6 9 19 28 48 −20 26[b]
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. ^ a b The match between Red Star and Sète on 15 April 2022 was abandoned after 36 minutes, due to repeated incidents of flares being thrown onto the pitch by home fans. The score was 0–1 at the time. Red Star fans were protesting at a potential takeover of the club.[4] On 11 May 2022, the FFF awarded the match to Sète, with the standard 3–0 scoreline in their favour, and deducted Red Star a penalty point.[5]
  2. ^ a b Créteil finished ahead of Boulogne on head-to-head points: Créteil 4, Boulogne 1
  3. ^ Boulogne were penalised after fielding suspended player Ousmane Badji in the game at Stade Briochin on 7 January 2022. The result was originally 1–0, but was amended to 3–0 and Boulogne were deducted a point.[6]

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off will be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed team of the 2021–22 Ligue 2 and the 3rd-placed team of the 2021–22 Championnat National. This will be played over two legs on 26 and 29 May.[7][8]

First leg

24 May 2022 Villefranche 1–3 Quevilly-Rouen Villefranche-sur-Saône
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Elisor 28' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Armand Chouffet
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Second leg

Quevilly-Rouen won 5–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Post-season changes

On 21 June 2022, the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion ruled that Bourg-Péronnas were to be relegated to Championnat National 2 for the 2022–23 season, due to financial mismanagement.[9] On 1 July 2022, the decision was overturned at the appeal hearing.[10]

On 28 June 2022, the DNCG further ruled that

Bastia-Borgo were reprieved from relegation.[12]

Top scorers

As of games played on 13 May 2022.[13]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Senegal Pape Meïssa Ba Red Star 21
2 France Fahd El Khoumisti Concarneau 20
3 France Geoffray Durbant Laval 19
4 France Thomas Robinet Châteauroux 18
5 France Simon Elisor
Villefranche
17
6 France Kévin Farade Créteil 13
7 France Romain Spano
Annecy
11
Madagascar Alexandre Ramalingom Sedan
Senegal Cheikh N'Doye Red Star
France Alexy Bosetti
Annecy

References

  1. ^ "Le calendrier du National 2020-2021" (in French). FFF.fr. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Le CS Sedan-Ardennes repêché en National, Saint-Etienne en D1 Féminine" (in French). footamateur.fr. 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ "National. Statut pro prolongé pour le Red Star et quatre autres clubs" (in French). footamateur.fr. 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "National : le match Red Star-Sète interrompu par des fumigènes puis définitivement arrêté" (in French). Le Parisien. 15 April 2022.
  5. ^ "National. Match perdu par pénalité pour le Red Star contre le FC Sète" (in French). footamateur.fr. 11 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Football (National): Boulogne perd un point sur pénalité" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "National. Les dates et horaires du barrage d'accession en L2 connus" (in French). footamateur.fr. 27 April 2022.
  8. ^ "National. Villefranche affrontera QRM en barrage d'accession en L2" (in French). footamateur.fr. 14 May 2022.
  9. ^ "DNCG. Bourg-en-Bresse (N1), Plabennec (N3) et Soyaux (D1F) relégués !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ "DNCG. Rétrogradation de Béziers confirmée, Bourg-Péronnas reste en N1" (in French). footamateur.fr. 1 July 2022.
  11. ^ "DNCG. Le FC Sète 34 est relégué en National 2 !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 28 June 2022.
  12. ^ "DNCG. Sète jouera en National 2, Bastia-Borgo repêché en National" (in French). footamateur.fr. 12 July 2022.
  13. ^ "National 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2022.