2017–18 Championnat National

The 2017–18 Championnat National season is the 20th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2017.^[1]

Championnat National

Season	2017–18
Champions	Red Star
Promoted	Red Star Beziers Grenoble
Relegated	Créteil Marseille Consolat Les Herbiers
Matches played	272
Goals scored	636 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals Aaron Boupendza, Pau
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 20:11, 11 May 2018 (UTC).

Team changes

To National Promoted from CFA Cholet L'Entente Grenoble Rodez Relegated from Ligue 2 Red Star Laval

From National Relegated to CFA Épinal CA Bastia Sedan Belfort Promoted to Ligue 2 Châteauroux Quevilly-Rouen Paris FC[a]

1. Paris FC were promoted to fill the vacant spot created by the administrative relegation of SC Bastia from Ligue 1 to Championnat National.^[2] On 10 August, the FFF announced that SC Bastia would be denied entry to Championnat National due to financial issues. The club will therefore take the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3 and Championnat National will operate with 17 clubs.^[3]

Stadia and locations

Avranches

Béziers

Boulogne

Chambly

Cholet

Concarneau

Créteil

Dunkerque

Grenoble

Laval

L'Entente

Les Herbiers

Lyon-Duchère

Marseille Consolat

Pau

Red Star

Rodez

Location of teams in 2017–18 National

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Avranches	Avranches	Stade René Fenouillère	2,000
Béziers	Béziers	Stade de Sauclières	12,000
Boulogne	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Stade de la Libération	15,204
Chambly	Chambly	Stade des Marais	2,500
Cholet	Cholet	Stade Pierre Blouen	9,000
Concarneau	Concarneau	Stade Guy Piriou	6,500
Créteil	Créteil	Stade Dominique Duvauchelle	12,050
Dunkerque	Dunkirk	Stade Marcel-Tribut	4,200
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
L'Entente	Saint-Gratien	Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo	8,000
Les Herbiers	Les Herbiers	Stade Massabielle	5,000
Lyon-Duchère	Lyon	Stade de Balmont	5,438
Marseille Consolat	Marseille	Stade La Martine	1,990
Pau	Pau	Stade du Hameau	13,819
Red Star	Saint-Ouen	Stade Bauer	2,999
Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul Lignon	5,955

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Red Star (C, P)	32	15	11	6	41	25	+16	56	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Béziers (P)	32	13	13	6	41	29	+12	52
3	Grenoble (O, P)	32	13	12	7	33	23	+10	51	Qualification to promotion play-off
4	Rodez	32	12	9	11	33	33	0	45
5	Avranches	32	11	10	11	39	42	−3	43
6	Lyon-Duchère	32	10	12	10	30	33	−3	42
7	Boulogne[a]	32	10	13	9	36	34	+2	42
8	Laval	32	10	12	10	37	36	+1	42
9	Dunkerque[b]	32	11	11	10	39	39	0	41
10	Pau	32	9	13	10	43	37	+6	40
11	L'Entente SSG	32	8	16	8	41	46	−5	40
12	Chambly	32	10	10	12	36	32	+4	40
13	Concarneau	32	9	13	10	38	38	0	40
14	Cholet	32	10	9	13	49	53	−4	39
15	Les Herbiers (R)	32	9	12	11	37	45	−8	39	Relegation to National 2
16	Marseille Consolat (R)	32	9	10	13	37	46	−9	37
17	Créteil (R)	32	6	8	18	29	48	−19	26

Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Boulogne were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Créteil on 17 November 2017. The game originally ended 1–1. Créteil were awarded a 3–0 victory, and Boulogne were deducted a point.^[4]
2. On 28 November 2017, the FFF announced that Dunkerque would be deducted three points due to breaking the financial rules of the league.^[5] Dunkerque appealed, but the decision was upheld.^[6]

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off will be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed 2017–18 Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team of Championnat National. This will be played over two legs on 22 and 27 May 2018.^[7]

22 May 2018

20:45

Grenoble	2–1	Bourg-Péronnas
Sotoca 1' Elogo  69' Belvito 83'	Report	Bègue 45+1'

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Referee: Nicolas Rainville

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27 May 2018

18:00

Bourg-Péronnas	0–0	Grenoble
Sarr  90+5'	Report

Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse

Attendance: 4,700

Referee: François Letexier

Grenoble are promoted to 2018–19 Ligue 2

Top scorers

As of 11 May 2018 ^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aaron Boupendza	Pau	15
2	Jamal Thiaré	Avranches	14
	Koro Koné	Boulogne
	Saïd Idazza	Concarneau
5	Abdoulaye Sané	Red Star	13
6	Diego Gómez	Cholet	10
7	Romain Montiel	Chambly	9
	Oumar Pouye	Créteil
	Alexy Bosetti	Laval
	Louckmane Ouédraogo	L'Entente SSG