2021–22 Championnat National 2 Explained

Competition:Championnat National 2
Season:2021–22
Dates:7 August 2021 – 28 May 2022
Winners:Paris 13 Atletico
Promoted:Versailles
Martigues
Paris 13 Atletico
Le Puy
Relegated:12 teams
See Season outcomes
League Topscorer:23 (Anthony Petrilli, Fleury)
Biggest Home Win:Épinal 8–1 Reims (res)
(Group B, game week 15, 29 January 2022)
Biggest Away Win:Plabennec 0–6 Saint-Malo
(Group A, game week 29, 21 May 2022)
Highest Scoring:9 goals
Épinal 8–1 Reims (res)
(Group B, game week 15, 29 January 2022)
Blois 5–4 Vitré
(Group A, game week 29, 21 May 2022)
Updated:10:42, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2021–22 Championnat National 2 was the 24th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. This season the competition was contested by 64 clubs split geographically across four groups of 16 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Teams

On 15 July 2021, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups.[1]

Due to the non-completion of the 2020–21 season, the FFF declared that there would be no regular promotion or relegation from the division, and that any vacancies to be filled would be done on the basis of finishing positions in the 2019–20 season.[2] [3]

Changes from 2020–21 season are as follows:

Impact of COVID-19 on the season

The start of the season was impacted by postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Three opening day games in Group C were postponed due to COVID-19 cases at Saint-Priest, Martigues and Aubagne.[11] [12]

The game-week three game between Nantes (res) and Angers (res) was postponed on the preceding Wednesday due to COVID-19 cases at Angers.[13]

League tables

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Anthony PetrilliFleury23
2 Abdoulaye DialloAndrézieux19
3 Jordan PopineauBlois17
4 Mokhtar BenarbiaAubagne16
Sébastien PersicoVannes
Steven NsimbaBourges Foot 18
7 Rayan GhriebSchiltigheim14
8 Sambou SoumanoLorient (res)13
Maxime PélicanMoulins Yzeure
Claudy M'BuyiJura Sud Foot
Mouya IpiéléSainte-Geneviève

Season outcomes

Promotion

Versailles, Martigues, Paris 13 Atletico and Le Puy were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2022–23 Championnat National, subject to the usual ratification by the FFF and DNCG.

Relegation

Romorantin, Plabennec, Vitré, Schiltigheim, Lens (res), Entente SSG, Monaco (res), Rumilly-Vallières, Marseille (res), Montpellier (res), Colomiers and Mont-de-Marsan finished in the relegation places, and were relegated to 2022–23 Championnat National 3, subject to any reprieves detailed in the next section.

Reprieves

Any reprieves required due to administrative relegations, mergers or clubs folding will be decided by taking, in order, the 14th placed clubs ranked by order of their record against clubs finishing 9th to 13th position in their group, followed by the 15th placed clubs ranked by order of their record against clubs finishing in 10th to 14th position in their group.

On 14 June 2022, the DNCG announced that Béziers were to be relegated to Championnat National 3 for the 2022–23 season, due to financial mismanagement.[14] The decision was upheld on appeal, and Romorantin were reprieved from relegation.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National 2. Les groupes pour la saison 2021-2022. footamateur.fr. fr. 15 July 2021.
  2. Web site: La FFF a décidé d’arrêter les championnats de National 2 et D2 Féminine. footamateur.fr. fr. 23 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Relégations, repêchages : petit point sur le règlement des championnats. footamateur.fr. fr. 9 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Le CS Sedan-Ardennes repêché en National, Saint-Etienne en D1 Féminine. footamateur.fr. fr. 13 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Le Sporting Club de Lyon va redevenir Lyon La Duchère. footamateur.fr. fr. 1 June 2021. 9 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Bourges Foot et Bourges 18 fusionnent pour devenir Bourges Foot 18. footamateur.fr. fr. 18 April 2021.
  7. Web site: DNCG : un club de N2 rétrogradé, les décisions de la semaine. foot-national.com. fr. 15 June 2021.
  8. Web site: La relégation en N3 confirmée en appel pour le GFC Ajaccio. maligue2.fr. fr. 9 July 2021. 17 July 2021. 17 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717104854/https://maligue2.fr/2021/07/09/la-relegation-en-n3-confirmee-en-appel-pour-le-gfc-ajaccio/. dead.
  9. Web site: National 2. Vitré accepte d’être repêché, Lille refuse, Montpellier réfléchit. footamateur.fr. fr. 14 July 2021.
  10. Web site: La réserve de Montpellier repêchée en N2, Aigues-Mortes en N3. footamateur.fr. fr. 15 July 2021.
  11. Web site: National 2. Deux premiers matchs reportés pour cause de Covid-19. footamateur.fr. fr. 4 August 2021.
  12. Web site: Le match entre Aubagne et Fréjus reporté!. actufoot.com. fr. 6 August 2021.
  13. Web site: N2 D:un match reporté! (Officiel). foot-national.com. fr. 18 August 2021.
  14. Web site: DNCG. Béziers rétrogradé en National 3, Romorantin repêché ?. footamateur.fr. fr. 14 June 2022.
  15. Web site: DNCG. Rétrogradation de Béziers confirmée, Bourg-Péronnas reste en N1. footamateur.fr. fr. 1 July 2022.