2012–13 Championnat National

The 2012–13 Championnat National season was the 15th season since its establishment.[1] The previous season's champions were Nîmes.[2] The league schedule was announced in May 2012 and the fixtures were determined on 7 July.[3] The season began on 3 August and ended on 24 May 2013. The winter break took place from 23 December to 12 January 2013.

Championnat National
Season2012–13
PromotedCréteil
Metz
CA Bastia
RelegatedRouen
Épinal
Cherbourg
Quevilly
Matches played380
Goals scored907 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorerRomain Pastorelli
(26 goals)
Biggest home winBoulogne-sur-Mer 5–0 Red Star (19 October 2012)
Biggest away winQuevilly 0–5 Vannes (2 February 2013)
Highest scoringQuevilly 3–6 Metz (31 August 2012)
Longest winning run8 games
Créteil
(14 September – 9 November)
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Fréjus
(15 March – 11 May)
Longest winless run25 games
Quevilly
(3 August – 9 March)
Longest losing run8 games
Bourg-Péronnas
(29 March – 11 May)

Teams

There were four promoted teams from the Championnat de France amateur, replacing the four teams that were relegated from the Championnat National following the 2011–12 season. There were also three teams relegated from Ligue 2, the second division in France, replacing the clubs that were promoted to Ligue 2 from National for the 2012–13 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league. Due to a 2010 federation ruling, beginning with the 2013–14 season, the Championnat National will downsize to 18 teams. Therefore, six clubs will suffer relegation to the fourth division, Championnat de France amateur in the 2012–13 season. All clubs that secured National status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.[4]

Amiens was the first club to suffer relegation to the Championnat National in the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season. The club's drop was confirmed on 27 April 2012 following the team's 5–0 loss to Nantes.[5] Amiens returned to the third division after only one season in Ligue 2. Two weeks later, Boulogne relegation to National was confirmed following the club's 2–1 defeat to Angers.[6] Boulogne returned to the amateur level after five seasons playing at the professional level; included in those five years was a year's stint in Ligue 1. On the final day of the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season, Metz became the final club to fall to the third division following a 1–1 draw with Tours. Metz played in the Championnat National for the first time in club history having never appeared below Ligue 2 since the inception of professionalism in 1932.[7]

On 18 May 2012, Uzès Pont du Gard became the first club from the Championnat de France amateur to earn promotion to the third division following a 1–0 win over Béziers. The club appeared in the Championnat National for the first time in its history.[8] On the final day of the Championnat de France amateur season, CA Bastia, Bourg-Péronnas, and Carquefou all earned promotion to National after achieving positive results that made it impossible for the second-placed club in their respective groups to surpass them. Like Uzès, CA Bastia made its debut in the third division,[9] while Carquefou and Bourg-Péronnas returned to the league after extended stays below the third division.[10][11]

DNCG rulings

On 12 June 2012, following a preliminary review of each club's administrative and financial accounts in the Championnat National, the DNCG ruled that Cherbourg would be relegated to the Championnat de France amateur due to the club possessing a financial debt of €200,000.[12][13] Following the announcement, Cherbourg president Gérard Gohel announced that the club would appeal the decision.[14] On 5 July, the DNCG reversed its decision to relegate Cherbourg after the club gained the €200,000 required to remain in the division.[15]

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2012–13 Championnat National


Club Location Venue Capacity Average attendance1
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097 5644
Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer Stade de la Libération 15,004 3541
Bourg-Péronnas Péronnas Stade Municipal de Péronnas 3,500 1472
CA Bastia Bastia Stade Erbajolo 2,000 569
Carquefou Carquefou Stade du Moulin Boisseau 2,500 1258
Cherbourg Cherbourg-Octeville Stade Maurice Postaire 7,000 802
Colmar Colmar Colmar Stadium 7,000 1916
Créteil Créteil Stade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,150 945
Épinal Épinal Stade de la Colombière 8,000 859
Fréjus Fréjus Stade Pourcin 2,500 1368
Le Poiré-sur-Vie Le Poiré-sur-Vie Stade de l'Idonnière 1,950 2405
Luzenac Luzenac Stade Paul Fédou 1,000 718
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 26,700 8665
Orléans Orléans Stade de la Source 6,000 1565
Paris Paris Stade Sébastien Charléty 20,000 294
Quevilly Le Petit-Quevilly Stade Lozai 2,500 733
Red Star Saint-Ouen Stade Bauer 10,000 1147
Rouen Rouen Stade Robert Diochon 10,000 2727
Uzès Pont du Gard Uzès Stade Pautex 2,500 658
Vannes Vannes Stade de la Rabine 8,000 2426

1Source:

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain1 Kit Manufacturer1 Main Sponsor1
Amiens Francis De Taddeo Thomas Mienniel Kappa Amiens Métropole
Boulogne Georges Tournay Guillaume Loriot Uhlsport Boostyle
Bourg-Péronnas Hervé Della Maggiore Yannick Goyon Lotto Relais Pneus
CA Bastia Stéphane Rossi Rémy Arnoux Erreà Corsicatour
Carquefou Denis Renaud Sébastien Le Paih Duarig Jacques Métay
Cherbourg Jean-Marie Huriez Loïc Binet Nike Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin
Colmar Damien Ott Sylvain Meslien Nike Patrick Sports
Créteil Jean-Luc Vasseur Sebastien Gondouin Nike SFB Béton
Épinal Fabien Tossot Abdellah Asbabou Nike Fromages Ermitage
Fréjus Michel Estevan Vincent Fernandez Lotto Géant
Le Poiré-sur-Vie Oswald Tanchot Ludovic Pallier Nike Yves Cougnaud
Luzenac Christophe Pélissier Sébastien Mignotte Erreà Groupe Scopelec
Metz Albert Cartier Gregory Proment Nike Moselle
Orléans Yann Lachuer Yozip Lemée Umbro CTVL
Paris Alexandre Monier Ibrahima Fayé Nike Nexity
Quevilly Laurent Hatton Frédéric Weis Nike Matmut
Red Star Vincent Doukantié Bertrand Abissonono Adidas
Rouen Didier Ollé-Nicolle Pierre Vignaud Hummel Promaritime International
Uzès Pont du Gard Samuel Cruz Florian Fabre Duarig Carrefour
Vannes Stéphane Le Mignan Patrick Leugueun Adidas Breizh Cola

1 Subject to change prior to the start of the season.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position
in table		 Incoming head coach Date of
appointment		 Position
in table
Rouen Emmanuel Da Costa Mutual consent 18 May 2012 Off-season Didier Ollé-Nicolle 30 May 2012[16] Off-season
Quevilly Régis Brouard Joined Clermont 30 May 2012[17] Off-season Laurent Hatton 6 June 2012[18] Off-season
Paris Alain MBoma Resigned 18 May 2012 Off-season Olivier Guillou 22 June 2012[19] Off-season
Boulogne Pascal Plancque Mutual consent 7 June 2012[20] Off-season Georges Tournay 23 June 2012[21] Off-season
Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Charly Paquille Mutual consent 18 May 2012 Off-season Michel Estevan 1 July 2012[22] Off-season
Amiens Ludovic Batelli Resigned 30 June 2012[23] Off-season Francis De Taddeo 1 July 2012[24] Off-season
Paris Olivier Guillou Fired 5 October 2012 18th Alexandre Monier 5 October 2012[25] 18th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Créteil (C, P) 38 23 7 8 68 44 +24 76 Promotion to Ligue 2
2 Metz (P) 38 20 10 8 62 37 +25 70
3 CA Bastia (P) 38 18 7 13 56 51 +5 61
4 Fréjus 38 16 12 10 52 43 +9 60
5 Rouen (R, R) 38 18 8 12 50 37 +13 59 Relegation to Division d'Honneur[lower-alpha 1]
6 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 38 15 12 11 47 35 +12 57
7 Carquefou 38 15 12 11 53 35 +18 57
8 Orléans 38 16 9 13 43 40 +3 57
9 Amiens 38 14 12 12 48 38 +10 54
10 Vannes 38 12 15 11 45 34 +11 51
11 Colmar 38 13 11 14 43 45 −2 50
12 Luzenac 38 12 12 14 43 47 −4 48
13 Boulogne 38 11 14 13 46 44 +2 47
14 Red Star 38 11 13 14 34 45 −11 46
15 Bourg-Péronnas 38 12 9 17 28 40 −12 45
16 Uzès Pont du Gard 38 10 13 15 31 47 −16 43
17 Paris 38 8 16 14 38 56 −18 40
18 Épinal (R) 38 8 15 15 45 56 −11 39 Relegation to Championnat de France amateur
19 Cherbourg (R) 38 9 12 17 41 59 −18 39
20 Quevilly (R) 38 4 11 23 34 74 −40 23
Source: French Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Rouen was administratively relegated by DNCG due to serious financial trouble of their management company.[26]

Results
Home \ Away AMI BOU BPE CAB CQF CHB COL CRE EPI FRE LPV LUZ MET ORL PAR QUE RSFC ROU UZE VAN
Amiens 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Boulogne 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 2–2 0–3
Bourg-Péronnas 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–0
CA Bastia 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 5–1 5–3 1–0 2–1
Carquefou 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0
Cherbourg 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 2–1
Colmar 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–2
Créteil 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–1
Épinal 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Fréjus 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Le Poiré-sur-Vie 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–2
Luzenac 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–4
Metz 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1
Orléans 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Paris 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2
Quevilly 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 3–6 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–5
Red Star 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Rouen 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
Uzès Pont du Gard 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Vannes 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0
Source: French Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romain Pastorelli CA Bastia 26
2 Diafra Sakho Metz 19
Emiliano Sala Orléans 19
4 Christian Bekamenga Carquefou 17
Kévin Lefaix Le Poiré-sur-Vie 17
6 Oussoumane Fofana Quevilly 15
Mathieu Scarpelli Fréjus 15
8 Faneva Imà Andriatsima Créteil 14
Florian Martin Carquefou 14
10 Samir Benmeziane Uzès Pont du Gard 13

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

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