2023–24 Championnat National Explained

Competition:Championnat National
Season:2023–24
Dates:11 August 2023 – 17 May 2024
Winners:Red Star
Promoted:Red Star
Martigues
Relegated:Niort
GOAL FC
Avranches
Marignane GCB
Épinal
Cholet
League Topscorer: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
Matches:203
Total Goals:506
Longest Wins:7 (Red Star)
Longest Unbeaten:11 (Red Star)
Longest Winless:13 (Châteauroux)
Longest Losses: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
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

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.

Team changes

Team changes from 2022–23 Championnat National.

To National

Promoted from 2022–23 Championnat National 2

Relegated from 2022–23 Ligue 2

From National

Relegated to 2022–23 Championnat National 2

Administratively relegated to Régional 3

Promoted to 2022–23 Ligue 2

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AvranchesStade René Fenouillère2,000
ChâteaurouxStade Gaston Petit17,173
CholetStade Pierre Blouen9,000
DijonStade Gaston Gérard15,995
ÉpinalStade de la Colombière8,000
ChasselayStade Ludovic Giuly5,000
Le MansMMArena25,000
MarignaneStade Saint-Exupéry1,500
MartiguesStade Francis Turcan8,290
NancyStade Marcel Picot20,087
NîmesStade des Costières18,482
NiortStade René Gaillard10,886
OrléansStade de la Sourcestyle=text-align:center;7,000
Stade Bauer10,000
RouenStade Robert Diochon12,108
MontbéliardStade Auguste Bonal20,005
Stade Jean-Bouin19,904
Villefranche-sur-SaôneStade Armand Chouffet3,500

Number of teams by regions

TeamsRegionTeam(s)
2GOAL FC and Villefranche
Châteauroux and Orléans
Épinal and Nancy
Versailles and Red Star
Avranches and Rouen
Cholet and Le Mans
Marignane GCB and Martigues
Dijon and Sochaux
1
Nîmes

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alan KerouedanAvranches15
Diawoye DiarraMarignane GCB
Cheikh TouréNancy
2 Nesta ElphegeNiort13
Hacène BenaliRed Star12
3 Esteban LepaulÉpinal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Records du Tournoi, National. Foot Mercato. fr. 2 February 2024.