Championnat National U17

The Championnat National U17 is the highest tier of under-17 football in France.[1] Organized by the French Football Federation, it is contested by 84 clubs that are split into 6 groups.

Championnat National U17
Organising bodyFrench Football Federation (FFF)
Founded1990 (1990) (officially)
2009 (as Championnat National U17)
CountryFrance (83 teams)
Other club(s) fromMonaco (1 team)
Level on pyramid1 (of under-17 age group)
Relegation toRegional leagues
Current championsNantes (2nd title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsLyon (4 titles)
WebsiteChampionnat National U17

History

In 2009, the U18 youth championship of France was split into two age groups; the Championnat National U19, which would replace the U18 league, and the Championnat National U17, a new league for this age category. Before this separation, a U16 league existed from 2002 to 2009 and a U15 league from 1990 to 2002. Therefore, the Championnat National U17 became the continuation for these now-disappeared competitions.[2]

Format

The Championnat National U17 is an annual competition that is contested by 84 clubs, with 83 coming from France and 1 from Monaco. The teams are distributed into 6 geographically-determined groups of 14 teams. A season starts in the end of summer and ends the following the spring. In the league phase, each team plays each other twice (home and away) in their respective groups for a total of 26 matches played per team. Afterwards, the 6 first-place teams in addition to the 2 best second-place teams face off in a play-off phase. The winner of the final is crowned French under-17 champion.[3]

Clubs

2020–21 season

For the 2020–21 season, 84 clubs participated in the Championnat National U17.[4]

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
Amiens Arras Annecy AC Ajaccio Balma Angers
Avranches Boulogne-Billancourt Auxerre Gazélec Ajaccio Béziers Angoulême
Blois Boulogne Racing Besançon Andrézieux Bordeaux Brest
Brétigny Dunkerque Bourg-en-Bresse Castelnau Le Crès Istres LB Châteauroux
Caen Drancy ASPTT Dijon Clermont Marignane Gignac Cholet
Le Havre Feignies Dijon SC Lyon Mérignac Guingamp
Le Mans Lens Épinal Marseille Montpellier La Roche
Mantes Lille FC Lyon SC Air Bel Montauban Lorient
Montrouge FC 92 FC Montfermeil Lyon Monaco Muret Nantes
Orléans Paris 13 Atletico Metz Nice Nîmes Niort
Paris FC Reims Mulhouse Saint-Étienne Pau Bréquigny
Paris Saint-Germain Torcy Nancy Saint-Priest Rodez Rennes
Rouen Troyes Sochaux Racing FC Toulon Toulouse Vannes
Vitré Valenciennes Strasbourg Valence AC Le Pontet Vedène Vertou

Performances by club

Lyon have won the most titles, with four.[2] The title was not awarded for the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no competition was held for the 1994–95 season.

Championnat National U17 winners by team
Team Winners Years won
Lyon 4 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2013–14
Auxerre 3 1990–91, 1995–96, 2002–03
Paris Saint-Germain 3 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17
Le Havre 2 1991–92, 1997–98
Metz 2 2004–05, 2006–07
Nantes 2 2005–06, 2018–19
Marseille 2 2007–08, 2008–09
Cannes 1 1992–93
Lille 1 1996–97
Bordeaux 1 1998–99
INF Clairefontaine 1 2000–01
Bastia 1 2001–02
Sochaux 1 2009–10
Lens 1 2011–12
Saint-Étienne 1 2012–13
Lorient 1 2014–15
Rennes 1 2017–18

See also

References
  1. "France - Championnat National U17". LiveSoccerTV. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. "CHAMPIONNAT NATIONAL U17, ANCIEN 16 ANS JUSQU'EN 2008-2009 ET 15 ANS JUSQU'EN 2001-02". French Football Federation (in French). 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. "REGLEMENT DES CHAMPIONNATS NATIONAUX DE JEUNES SAISON 2016-2017" (PDF). French Football Federation (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. "Classement U17 - Groupe A" [U17 Standings - Group A]. Le Bien Public (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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