2021–22 Championnat National

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]

Championnat National
Season2021–22
Dates6 August 2021 – 13 May 2022
ChampionsLaval
PromotedLaval
Annecy
RelegatedSète
Chambly
Boulogne
Créteil
Matches played306
Goals scored756 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer21 Pape Meïssa Ba, Red Star
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 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).

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 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 1] (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[lower-alpha 2]
    18 Boulogne[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 6 9 19 28 48 −20 26[lower-alpha 2]
    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. 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. 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
    29 May 2022 Quevilly-Rouen 2–0 Villefranche Le Petit-Quevilly
    16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
    		Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon

    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 Sète would be relegated to Championnat National 2 for the 2022–23 season, due to financial mismanagement.[11] On 12 July 2022, the decision was upheld at the appeal hearing, meaning 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. "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.
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