2021–22 Championnat National
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Laval |
| Promoted | Laval Annecy |
| Relegated | Sète Chambly Boulogne Créteil |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 756 (2.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 21 Pape Meïssa Ba, Red Star |
| Biggest home win | Annecy 6–0 Red Star (Game-week 6, 10 September 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Avranches 0–6 Red Star (Game-week 10, 8 October 2021) |
| Highest scoring | 8 goals Créteil 4–4 Cholet (Game-week 33, 5 May 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 7 (Laval) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 (Bourg-Péronnas Concarneau) |
| Longest winless run | 19 (Boulogne) |
| Longest losing run | 5 (Boulogne) |
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← 2020–21
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 10:09, 14 July 2022 (UTC). |
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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]
Contents
Team changes
Team changes from the 2020–21 Championnat National.
To NationalPromoted from 2020–21 Championnat National 2
Promoted from 2019–20 Championnat National 2 Relegated from Ligue 2 |
From NationalRelegated to National 2 Promoted to Ligue 2 |
Stadia and locations
| 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 | 23x15px Pays de la Loire | Cholet, Laval and Le Mans |
| 23x15px 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 | |
| 23x15px Hauts-de-France | Boulogne and Chambly | |
| 1 |  Normandy |
Avranches |
 Occitanie |
Sète | |
 Corsica |
Bastia-Borgo | |
| 23x15px 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
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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.[4][5]
First leg
| 24 May 2022 | Villefranche | 1–3 | Quevilly-Rouen | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | 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) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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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.[6] On 1 July 2022, the decision was overturned at the appeal hearing.[7]
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.[8] On 12 July 2022, the decision was upheld at the appeal hearing, meaning Bastia-Borgo were reprieved from relegation.[9]
Top scorers
- As of games played on 13 May 2022.[10]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pape Meïssa Ba |
Red Star | 21 |
| 2 |  Fahd El Khoumisti |
Concarneau | 20 |
| 3 | Geoffray Durbant |
Laval | 19 |
| 4 | Thomas Robinet |
Châteauroux | 18 |
| 5 | Simon Elisor |
Villefranche | 17 |
| 6 | Kévin Farade |
Créteil | 13 |
| 7 | Romain Spano |
Annecy | 11 |
 Alexandre Ramalingom |
Sedan | ||
| Cheikh N'Doye |
Red Star | ||
| Alexy Bosetti |
Annecy |
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