| Competition: | Championnat National |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 6 August 2021 – 13 May 2022 |
| Winners: | Laval |
| Promoted: | Laval Annecy |
| Relegated: | Sète Chambly Boulogne Créteil |
| League Topscorer: | 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) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 756 |
| Longest Wins: | 7 (Laval) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 11 (Bourg-Péronnas Concarneau) |
| Longest Winless: | 19 (Boulogne) |
| Longest Losses: | 5 (Boulogne) |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
| Updated: | 10:09, 14 July 2022 (UTC) |
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]
Team changes from the 2020–21 Championnat National.
Promoted from 2020–21 Championnat National 2
Promoted from 2019–20 Championnat National 2
Relegated from Ligue 2
Relegated to National 2
Promoted to Ligue 2
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annecy | Parc des Sports | 15,660 | ||
| Avranches | Stade René Fenouillère | 2,000 | ||
| Borgo | Stade Paul-Antoniotti | 1,300 | ||
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | Stade de la Libération | 15,204 | ||
| Bourg-en-Bresse | Stade Marcel-Verchère | 11,400 | ||
| Chambly | Stade des Marais | 1,000 | ||
| Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,173 | ||
| Cholet | Stade Pierre Blouen | 9,000 | ||
| Concarneau | Stade Guy Piriou | 6,500 | ||
| Stade Dominique Duvauchelle | 12,150 | |||
| Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,607 | ||
| Le Mans | MMArena | 25,000 | ||
| Orléans | Stade de la Source | style=text-align:center; | 7,000 | |
| Stade Bauer | 10,000 | |||
| Saint-Brieuc | Fred-Aubert Stadium | 10,600 | ||
| Sedan | Stade Louis Dugauguez | 23,189 | ||
| Sète | Stade Louis Michel | 8,500 | ||
| Villefranche-sur-Saône | Stade Armand-Chouffet | 3,200 |
| Teams | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cholet, Laval and Le Mans | |
| Annecy, Bourg-Péronnas and Villefranche | ||
| 2 | Concarneau and Saint-Brieuc | |
| Châteauroux and Orléans | ||
| Créteil and Red Star | ||
| Boulogne and Chambly | ||
| 1 | Avranches | |
| Sète | ||
| Bastia-Borgo | ||
| Sedan |
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.[2]
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.[3] [4]
Quevilly-Rouen won 5–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
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.[5] On 1 July 2022, the decision was overturned at the appeal hearing.[6]
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.[7] On 12 July 2022, the decision was upheld at the appeal hearing, meaning Bastia-Borgo were reprieved from relegation.[8]
