2023–24 Championnat National

The 2023–24 Championnat National season is the 31st since the establishment of the Championnat National and the 25th in its current format, which serves as third division of the French football league system. Two clubs will be promoted to Ligue 2 and six relegated to Championnat National 2 after this season as adjustment for the reduction in size of Ligue 2 from 20 teams to 18 next season. As a result, no promotion play-offs are to be held.

Championnat National

Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 17 May 2024
Champions	Red Star
Promoted	Red Star Martigues
Relegated	Niort GOAL FC Avranches Marignane GCB Épinal Cholet
Matches played	203
Goals scored	506 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 (Alan Kerouedan, Avranches Diawoye Diarra Marignane GCB)
Biggest home win	Versailles 6–0 Nîmes Game week 13, 10 November 2023
Biggest away win	Villefranche 0–4 Niort Game week 19, 2 February 2024 Villefranche 0–4 Le Mans Game week 14 (rearranged), 27 February 2024
Highest scoring	Dijon 5–2 Avranches Game week 3, 25 August 2023
Longest winning run	7 (Red Star)
Longest unbeaten run	11 (Red Star)
Longest winless run	13 (Châteauroux)
Longest losing run	5 (Nîmes Cholet)
Highest attendance	18,034 Le Mans 1–3 Nancy Game week 15, 1 December 2023[1]
Lowest attendance	104 Marignane GCB 1–1 Villefranche Game week 20, 9 February 2024[1]
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Team changes

Team changes from 2022–23 Championnat National.

To National Promoted from 2022–23 Championnat National 2 Épinal GOAL FC Marignane GCB Rouen Relegated from 2022–23 Ligue 2 Dijon Nîmes Niort Sochaux (administrative relegation)[a]

From National Relegated to 2022–23 Championnat National 2 Borgo Bourg-Péronnas Le Puy Paris 13 Atletico Stade Briochin Administratively relegated to Régional 3 Sedan [b] Promoted to 2022–23 Ligue 2 Concarneau Dunkerque

1. As of the start of the season, the future status of Sochaux was still in dispute, and hence the season commenced without them.^[2] The FFF validated Sochaux's participation on 17 August 2023.^[3]
2. The administrative relegation of Sedan by the DNCG appeal committee was later confirmed by the CNOSF and the administrative court.^[4][5]

Stadia and locations

Avranches

Châteauroux

Cholet

Dijon

Épinal

GOAL FC

Le Mans

Marignane GCB

Martigues

Nancy

Nîmes

Niort

Orléans

Red Star

Sochaux

Rouen

Versailles

Villefranche

Location of teams in 2023–24 National

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Avranches	Avranches	Stade René Fenouillère	2,000
Châteauroux	Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,173
Cholet	Cholet	Stade Pierre Blouen	9,000
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	15,995
Épinal	Épinal	Stade de la Colombière	8,000
GOAL FC	Chasselay	Stade Ludovic Giuly	5,000
Le Mans	Le Mans	MMArena	25,000
Marignane GCB	Marignane	Stade Saint-Exupéry	1,500
Martigues	Martigues	Stade Francis Turcan	8,290
Nancy	Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482
Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,886
Orléans	Orléans	Stade de la Source	7,000
Red Star	Paris (Saint-Ouen)	Stade Bauer	10,000
Rouen	Rouen	Stade Robert Diochon	12,108
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,005
Versailles	Paris (Paris 16)	Stade Jean-Bouin[a]	19,904
Villefranche	Villefranche-sur-Saône	Stade Armand Chouffet	3,500

1. Stade de Montbauron is not of sufficient standard for Championnat National. Versailles will play their games at Stade Jean-Bouin.^[6]

Number of teams by regions

Teams	Region	Team(s)
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	GOAL FC and Villefranche
	Centre-Val de Loire	Châteauroux and Orléans
	Grand Est	Épinal and Nancy
	Île-de-France	Versailles and Red Star
	Normandy	Avranches and Rouen
	Pays de la Loire	Cholet and Le Mans
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Marignane GCB and Martigues
	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Dijon and Sochaux
1	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Niort
	Occitanie	Nîmes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Red Star (C, P)	34	19	8	7	55	34	+21	65	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Martigues (P)	34	17	8	9	44	29	+15	59
3	Niort (R)	34	17	7	10	58	42	+16	58	Administrative relegation to Régional 1
4	Dijon	34	15	9	10	50	41	+9	54
5	Le Mans	34	14	10	10	49	44	+5	52
6	Nancy[a]	34	14	9	11	51	46	+5	50
7	Rouen[b]	34	15	9	10	41	37	+4	49
8	Sochaux	34	12	12	10	51	44	+7	48
9	Versailles	34	12	11	11	41	33	+8	47
10	Orléans	34	11	11	12	36	37	−1	44
11	Nîmes	34	11	11	12	36	43	−7	44
12	Châteauroux	34	10	12	12	41	44	−3	42
13	Villefranche[c]	34	10	11	13	36	43	−7	41	Spared from relegation
14	GOAL FC (R)	34	10	8	16	43	47	−4	38	Relegation to Championnat National 2
15	Avranches (R)	34	11	5	18	37	59	−22	38
16	Marignane GCB (R)	34	9	10	15	37	50	−13	37
17	Épinal (R)	34	9	6	19	39	51	−12	33
18	Cholet (R)	34	9	5	20	34	55	−21	32	Administrative relegation to Régional 3

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. 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. On 23 June 2023, the FFF announced a deduction of one point for Nancy, applicable to the 2023–24 season, due to incidents in the game against Bourg-Péronnas on the final day of the 2022–23 Championnat National season.^[7]
2. On 28 November 2023, the DNCG announced a deduction of five points for Rouen, due to financial issues.^[8] The punishment was upheld on appeal.^[9]
3. On 19 January 2024, the appeal commission of the FFF announced that Villefranche would have to replay games against Rouen, Avranches and Le Mans after fielding an ineligible player in the original fixtures. The three results were removed from the table.^[10]

Top scorers

As of 18 May 2024.^[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Kerouedan	Avranches	15
	Diawoye Diarra	Marignane GCB
	Cheikh Touré	Nancy
2	Nesta Elphege	Niort	13
	Hacène Benali	Red Star	12
3	Esteban Lepaul	Épinal

Attendances

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Championnat National.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[12]
1	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	17	10,382
2	AS Nancy-Lorraine	17	9,421
3	Le Mans FC	17	5,186
4	Dijon FCO	17	5,121
5	FC Rouen	17	4,901
6	Red Star FC	17	3,508
7	La Berrichonne de Châteauroux	17	2,904
8	US Orléans	17	2,781
9	Chamois Niortais	17	2,194
10	FC Martigues	17	1,949
11	FC Villefranche Beaujolais	17	1,778
12	Nîmes Olympique	17	1,635
13	FC Versailles	17	1,423
14	SAS Épinal	17	1,210
15	US Avranches	17	879
16	SO Cholet	17	558
17	GOAL FC	17	546
18	Marignane Gignac	17	264

References

1. "Records du Tournoi, National" (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
2. "Au programme de la 1ère journée du National" (in French). Foot Amateur. 10 August 2023.
3. "La FFF valide la participation du FC Sochaux-Montbéliard en National" (in French). Foot Amateur. 17 August 2023.
4. "DNCG. Le CS Sedan-Ardennes exclu des championnats nationaux" (in French). Foot Amateur. 4 July 2023.
5. "Le CS Sedan-Ardennes débouté par le tribunal administratif" (in French). Foot Amateur. 8 August 2023.
6. "National. Le FC Versailles 78 a choisi de jouer au stade Jean Bouin" (in French). footamateur.fr. 28 June 2022.
7. "Un retrait d'un point pour l'AS Nancy Lorraine pour la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 23 June 2023.
8. "DNCG. Des retraits de points pour le FC Rouen et l'AS Cannes !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 28 November 2023.
9. "DNCG. Cinq points de retrait pour Rouen, amende pour Cannes" (in French). Foot Amateur. 15 December 2023.
10. "Villefranche devra bien rejouer contre Le Mans, Avranches et Rouen" (in French). Foot Amateur. 19 January 2024.
11. "National 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
12. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra24.htm