2021–22 Championnat National

The 2021–22 Championnat National season is 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]

Championnat National
Season2021–22
Dates6 August 2021 – 13 May 2022
Matches played142
Goals scored343 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer11 Geoffray Durbant, Laval
Biggest home winAnnecy 6–0 Red Star
(Game-week 6, 10 September 2021)
Biggest away winAvranches 0–6 Red Star
(Game-week 10, 8 October 2021)
Highest scoring7 goals
Créteil 1–6 Bourg-Péronnas
(Game-week 6, 10 September 2021)
Sète 2–5 Bourg-Péronnas
(Game-week 8, 24 September 2021)
Cholet 3–4 Villefranche
(Game-week 12, 26 October 2021)
Longest winning run4 (Villefranche
Laval
Bourg-Péronnas
Annecy
Concarneau
Sète)
Longest unbeaten run11 (Bourg-Péronnas)
Longest winless run14 (Bastia-Borgo)
Longest losing run4 (Sète
Red Star)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 21:31, 12 December 2021 (UTC).

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
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 Paris (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 Annecy, Bourg-Péronnas and 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 Concarneau 16 10 4 2 24 12 +12 34 Promotion to Ligue 2
    2 Villefranche 16 9 6 1 20 8 +12 33
    3 Annecy 16 9 5 2 25 10 +15 32 Qualification to promotion play-offs
    4 Bourg-Péronnas 16 9 4 3 33 15 +18 31
    5 Laval 16 9 2 5 19 14 +5 29
    6 Châteauroux 16 7 6 3 19 13 +6 27
    7 Sedan 15 5 8 2 14 9 +5 23
    8 Cholet 15 6 3 6 26 29 −3 21
    9 Avranches 16 6 3 7 18 27 −9 21
    10 Le Mans 15 5 5 5 15 14 +1 20
    11 Sète 16 6 2 8 20 21 −1 20
    12 Stade Briochin 16 4 5 7 12 17 −5 17
    13 Orléans 16 4 5 7 15 18 −3 17
    14 Red Star 15 5 1 9 21 27 −6 16
    15 Chambly 16 4 3 9 20 28 −8 15 Relegation to Championnat National 2
    16 Créteil 16 3 4 9 12 24 −12 13
    17 Boulogne 16 2 5 9 15 23 −8 11
    18 Bastia-Borgo 16 1 5 10 15 34 −19 8
    Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. 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

    Top scorers
    As of games played on 10 December 2021.[4]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Geoffray Durbant Laval 11
    2 Fahd El Khoumisti Concarneau 10
    3 Thomas Robinet Châteauroux 8
    4 Romain Spano Annecy 6
    Damien Durand Red Star
    Yankuba Jarju Cholet
    Grégory Berthier Chambly
    8 David Pollet Avranches 5
    Pape Meïssa Ba Red Star
    Jeffrey Quarshie Bourg-Péronnas
    Paul Garita Bourg-Péronnas
    Cheick Fantamady Diarra Créteil

    References
    1. "Le calendrier du National 2020-2021" (in French). FFF.fr. 17 July 2020.
    2. "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 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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