2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur 2

The 2015–16 Championnat de France amateur 2 is the 18th season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition is contested by 112 clubs split geographically across 8 groups of 14 teams each. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Championnat de France amateur 2
Season2015–16
ChampionsReims reserves
Promoted(12 teams. See "Season outcomes" section)
Relegated(20 teams. See "Season outcomes" section)
Top goalscorerSaid Habouch, ES Paulhan-Pézenas (23 goals)
Biggest home win8–1 (AC Ajaccio (res) v Gonfreville, Round 24, 14 May 2016)
Biggest away win0–5 (5 games)
Highest scoring9 goals (AC Ajaccio (res) v Gonfreville, Round 24, 14 May 2016)

Teams

22 teams were promoted as champions of the Division d'Honneur of the regional leagues. 12 teams were due to be relegated from the CFA, however two were eventually reprieved due to demotions or resignations of other teams. 7 teams due to be relegated to the regional leagues were also reprieved.

On 30 May 2015, Le Poíre-sur-Vie VF resigned from the National division, and took the place of their reserve team in CFA2, with the reserve team being relegated to the regional league.[1]

On 5 June 2015, US Colomiers were placed in CFA2, following their relegation from the National, due to an administrative failure regarding the registration of an amateur player.[2] However, this decision was overturned by appeal on 15 July 2015.[3]

On 30 June 2015, CSO Amnéville requested relegation to the regional league.[4]

Eligibility for Promotion

The reserve teams in CFA2 cannot obtain promotion if their centre de formation (equivalent to Academy) is deemed of insufficient quality. The following teams are not eligible for promotion from CFA2 this season:

Group A

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

League tables

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rennes (res) (C) 26 17 5 4 56 25 +31 82 Promotion to CFA
2 Granville (P) 26 13 9 4 47 29 +18 74
3 Fougères 26 11 7 8 43 42 +1 66
4 Saint-Brieuc 26 9 12 5 30 21 +9 65
5 TA Rennes 26 11 5 10 43 45 −2 64
6 Brest (res)[lower-alpha 1] 26 9 9 8 35 36 −1 61
7 Sablé 26 8 10 8 36 36 0 60
8 Guingamp (res) 26 8 9 9 43 44 −1 59
9 Laval (res) 26 9 4 13 40 43 −3 57
10 Dinan-Léhon 26 7 9 10 33 36 −3 56
11 Changé 26 7 6 13 26 45 −19 53
12 Lannion 26 7 6 13 28 38 −10 53
13 Pontivy (R) 26 6 9 11 32 41 −9 53 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Saint-Lô (R) 26 6 8 12 26 37 −11 52
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Brest Reserves were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Rennes Reserves on 21 November 2015. The match originally ended 1-1. Rennes Reserves were awarded a 3-0 win, and Brest Reserves had the 1 point for defeat withheld.[5]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Chartres (C) 26 17 7 2 50 19 +31 84 Promotion to CFA
2 Avoine 26 13 9 4 39 26 +13 74
3 Le Mans 26 13 4 9 30 26 +4 69
4 Vertou 26 12 4 10 28 31 −3 66
5 Angers (res) 26 9 8 9 47 33 +14 61
6 Châtellerault (R) 26 7 12 7 34 34 0 59 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
7 Bourges 18 26 9 6 11 28 30 −2 59
8 La Roche[lower-alpha 1] 26 10 4 12 33 44 −11 59
9 Tours (res) 26 9 6 11 47 49 −2 59
10 Bressuire 26 8 8 10 30 33 −3 58
11 Saint-Pryvé 26 8 8 10 34 35 −1 58
12 Poiré-sur-Vie (R) 26 7 7 12 29 37 −8 54 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
13 Châteauroux (res) (R) 26 7 6 13 32 50 −18 53
14 Challans (R) 26 4 9 13 21 35 −14 47
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. La Roche were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Châtellerault on 27 February 2016. The game originally finished 1–0 to La Roche. Châtellerault were awarded a 3-0 win, and La Roche had the 1 point for defeat withheld.[6]

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 ES Paulhan-Pézenas (C) 26 12 9 5 50 34 +16 71 Promotion to CFA
2 Montpellier (res) (P) 26 12 8 6 44 26 +18 70
3 Anglet 26 12 3 11 31 31 0 65
4 Marmande 26 10 7 9 39 32 +7 63
5 Toulouse (res) 26 10 6 10 38 40 −2 62
6 Castanéenne 26 9 8 9 35 38 −3 61
7 Niort (res) 26 8 11 7 32 26 +6 61
8 Lège Cap Ferret 26 8 10 8 38 44 −6 60
9 Limoges 26 9 7 10 26 32 −6 60
10 Balma 26 8 9 9 30 29 +1 59
11 Aurillac 26 7 12 7 28 34 −6 59
12 Angoulême 26 7 9 10 26 34 −8 56
13 Blagnac (R) 26 6 10 10 33 41 −8 54 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Villenave (R) 26 8 3 15 32 41 −9 53
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Toulon (C) 24 15 6 3 48 23 +25 75
2 Annecy (P) 24 12 5 7 31 22 +9 65 Promotion to CFA
3 Nîmes (res) 24 12 4 8 42 29 +13 64
4 Borgo 24 11 4 9 40 32 +8 61
5 Cannet 24 9 8 7 44 38 +6 59
6 Bastia (res) 24 9 5 10 36 36 0 56
7 Alès 24 8 7 9 41 46 −5 55
8 Évian TG (res) 24 8 6 10 35 36 −1 54
9 Agde 24 7 6 11 33 42 −9 51
10 Fabrègues 24 5 11 8 28 39 −11 50
11 Île-Rousse[lower-alpha 1] 24 7 6 11 24 37 −13 50
12 Aubagne 24 6 7 11 38 51 −13 49
13 Aix-les-Bains (R) 24 6 7 11 27 36 −9 49 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Arles (res)[lower-alpha 2] (X) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Record expunged due to dissolution.
Notes:
  1. Île-Rousse were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Évian TG Reserves on 23 January 2016. The match originally ended 1-1. Évian TG Reserves were awarded a 3-0 win, and Île-Rousse had the 1 point for defeat withheld.[7]
  2. Arles were dissolved during the season, and their record thus expunged.[8]

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Andrézieux (C) 26 17 4 5 48 26 +22 81 Promotion to CFA
2 Saint-Priest 26 13 7 6 36 20 +16 72
3 Pontarlier 26 11 10 5 31 22 +9 69
4 Bourgoin-Jallieu 26 12 5 9 34 34 0 67
5 Racing Besançon 26 11 6 9 33 34 −1 65
6 Gueugnon 26 9 7 10 29 28 +1 60
7 Saint-Étienne (res) 26 8 9 9 33 32 +1 59
8 Dijon (res) 26 10 3 13 29 33 −4 59
9 Clermont (res) 26 7 11 8 45 36 +9 58
10 Besançon 26 7 10 9 34 37 −3 57
11 Selongey 26 8 7 11 29 36 −7 57
12 Cournon 26 7 7 12 32 44 −12 54
13 Thiers (R) 26 5 10 11 32 38 −6 51 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Sens (R) 26 6 6 14 29 54 −25 50
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Reims (res) (C) 26 16 8 2 66 26 +40 82 Promotion to CFA
2 Raon-l'Étape (P) 26 14 4 8 60 37 +23 72
3 Sarreguemines 26 13 5 8 42 37 +5 70
4 Nancy (res) 26 12 4 10 46 40 +6 66
5 Metz (res)[lower-alpha 1] 26 11 7 8 59 54 +5 65
6 Schiltigheim 26 9 9 8 37 33 +4 62
7 Illzach 26 10 5 11 41 44 −3 61
8 Strasbourg (res) 26 10 4 12 46 46 0 60
9 Haguenau 26 7 12 7 34 35 −1 59
10 Pagny-sur-Moselle[lower-alpha 2] 26 8 9 9 26 38 −12 58
11 Forbach 26 7 10 9 35 44 −9 57
12 Biesheim 26 6 10 10 38 50 −12 54
13 Épernay (R) 26 6 6 14 31 44 −13 50 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Thaon[lower-alpha 3] (R) 26 4 5 17 25 58 −33 42
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Metz reserves were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Strasbourg reserves on 2 April 2016. The game originally ended in a 4–2 victory for Metz reserves. Strasbourg reserves were awarded a 3–0 victory, and the point due to Metz reserves in defeat was withheld.[9]
  2. Pagny-sur-Moselle were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Schiltigheim on 20 March 2016. The game ended in a 0-5 defeat for Pagny-sur-Moselle. The result stood, and the point due to Pagny-sur-Moselle in defeat was withheld.[10]
  3. Thaon were penalised for a technical infringement in the game against Nancy reserves on 9 April 2016. The game originally ended in a 2–0 victory for Nancy reserves. Nancy reserves were awarded a 3–0 victory, and the point due to Thaon in defeat was withheld.

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lille (res) (C) 26 14 8 4 45 26 +19 76 Promotion to CFA
2 Lusitanos St-Maur (P) 26 14 8 4 45 28 +17 76
3 Grande-Synthe 26 14 5 7 45 31 +14 73
4 Noisy-le-Sec 26 13 6 7 45 34 +11 71
5 Ivry 26 11 7 8 33 27 +6 66
6 Boulogne (res) 26 10 8 8 42 34 +8 64
7 Ailly-sur-Somme 26 10 7 9 27 29 −2 63
8 Feignies[lower-alpha 1] 26 8 7 11 31 39 −8 56
9 Saint-Quentin 26 8 5 13 37 44 −7 55
10 Amiens (res)[lower-alpha 2] 26 8 7 11 31 38 −7 55
11 Marck 26 6 10 10 25 31 −6 54
12 Tourcoing 26 6 8 12 36 54 −18 52
13 Aulnoye (R) 26 4 11 11 39 46 −7 49 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Valenciennes (res) (R) 26 3 7 16 26 48 −22 42
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Feignies were penalised for a technical infringement in the game against Noisy-le-Sec on 12 December 2015. The original scoreline was Noisy-le-Sec 1–2 Feignies. The opposition were awarded a 3–0 victory and the point due to Feignies in defeat was withheld.[11]
  2. Amiens reserves have been penalised for incidents in two separate games. In both cases the opposition has been awarded a 3–0 victory, and the point due to Amiens in defeat has been withheld. In the game against Lille reserves on 3 October 2015, a dismissed player kicked the ball at the referee. The original scoreline was Amiens 0–2 Lille.[12] In the game against Feignies on 7 November 2015, a suspended player was fielded. The original scoreline was Feignies 2–0 Amiens.[5]

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Le Havre (res) (C) 26 15 8 3 52 25 +27 79 Promotion to CFA
2 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 26 12 7 7 28 16 +12 69
3 Beauvais 26 12 5 9 26 23 +3 67
4 Évreux 26 10 9 7 31 28 +3 65
5 SM Caen (res) 26 10 9 7 44 42 +2 65
6 Ste-Geneviève 26 10 7 9 39 27 +12 63
7 Dreux 26 9 9 8 35 34 +1 62
8 Sénart-Moissy 26 9 8 9 28 34 −6 61
9 Oissel 26 10 5 11 37 37 0 61
10 AC Ajaccio (res) 26 9 7 10 49 39 +10 60
11 Paris FC (res) 26 8 9 9 27 33 −6 59
12 UJAM Paris 26 9 5 12 30 38 −8 58
13 ASPTT Caen (R) 26 6 10 10 31 44 −13 54 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
14 Gonfreville[lower-alpha 1] (R) 26 1 6 19 19 56 −37 32
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Gonfreville were penalised for technical infringements (fielding an ineligible player) in the games against Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône on 22 August 2015 (original scoreline Gonfreville 1-0 Saint-Oeuen-l'Aumône), against Évreux on 29 August 2015 (original scoreline Gonfreville 1-1 Évreux) and against ASPTT Caen on 5 September 2015 (original scoreline ASPTT Caen 2-1 Gonfreville). In all three cases, Gonfreville were awarded a 3-0 defeat, and the 1 point awarded for defeat was withheld.[13]

Season outcomes

Outcomes below are provisional and subject to ratification by the FFF.

Champions and promotion

Rennes reserves, Chartres, ES Paulhan-Pézenas, Andrézieux, Reims reserves, Lille reserves and Le Havre reserves are promoted to CFA as champions of their respective groups.

Toulon, champions of Group D, are set to merge for next season with Toulon-Le Las, forming Sporting Club Toulon. The new club will play in CFA, with their reserves taking the place in CFA2.[14] Accordingly, Annecy are promoted to CFA from Group D as best placed team.

Lusitanos St-Maur, Montpellier reserves, Raon-l'Étape and Granville are promoted, due to having the best record of the 2nd placed clubs against the top five teams eligible for promotion in their respective groups.[15]

Reims reserves are Champions of 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur 2, due to having the best record of the four promoted sides against the teams finishing in 2nd to 6th in their respective groups.[16]

Relegation

Saint-Lô, Pontivy, Challans, Châteauroux reserves, Villenave, Blagnac, Aix-les-Bains, Sens, Thiers, Thaon, Épernay, Valenciennes reserves, Aulnoye, Gonfreville and ASPTT Caen are relegated to their regional Division d'Honneur as a result of finishing 13th or 14th in their respective groups.

Poiré-sur-Vie, Lannion, Tourcoing, Aubagne and Angoulême are relegated to their regional Division d'Honneur, due to having the worst record of the 12th placed teams against the teams finishing in 7th to 11th in their respective groups.[15]

Reprieves

On 8 June, the FFF confirmed that Luçon would be administratively relegated from 2015–16 Championnat National to the regional Division d'Honneur.[17] This resulted in a reprieve for Angoulême.[18]

On 31 May, the FFF confirmed that Colmar would be administratively relegated, in addition to their sporting relegation from 2015–16 Championnat National.[18] Colmar subsequently filed for bankruptcy, and will reform in the regional Division d'Honneur. This results in a reprieve for Aubagne.[19]

On 21 June, it was confirmed that Moulins would be administratively relegated to the regional Division d'Honneur due to bankruptcy.[19] This resulted in a reprieve for Tourcoing. Moulins eventually completed a merger with Yzeure, forming Moulins Yzeure Foot 03.[20]

On 10 June, it was confirmed that Châtellerault would be administratively relegated to the regional Division d'Honneur due to financial issues.[21] This resulted in a reprieve for Lannion.[19]

If any administrative events lead to teams from outside the relegation places being relegated, already relegated teams will be reprieved in the following order:

4th to 8th Best 12th Placed teams

Based on record against the teams finishing in 7th to 11th place in their respective groups.

Pos Team Pld Pts GD
1Angoulême1021-4Reprieved
2Aubagne1021-5Reprieved
3Tourcoing1020-3Reprieved
4Lannion1020-5Reprieved
5Poiré-sur-Vie1018-6

Best 13th Placed teams

Based on record against the teams finishing in 8th to 12th place in their respective groups.

Pos Team Pld Pts GD
1Aix-les-Bains10265
2Pontivy1023-1
3Blagnac1021-2
4ASPTT Caen1020-5
5Épernay1019-3
6Aulnoye10180
7Thiers1017-6
8Châteauroux reserves1013-18

Top scorers
As of end of season [22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Said Habouch ES Paulhan-Pézenas 26
2 Remy Oudin Reims (res) 19
Cristian Ferreira Cabrera Alès
Sekou Mangara Andrézieux
5 Remy Baty Bourgoin-Jallieu 17
Thomas Vauvy Granville
7 Alhassane Traore Grande-Synthe 15
Alimami Gory Le Havre (res)
Abdoulaye Sané Rennes (res)
Kévin Cardinale Castanet
Edwin Maanane Reims (res)

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