2022–23 Championnat National

The 2022–23 Championnat National season was the 30th since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 24th in its current format, which serves as third division of the French football league system. Two clubs were promoted to Ligue 2 and six relegated after this season as adjustment for Ligue 1's reduction in size from 20 to 18 next season.^[2] As a result, no promotion play-offs were held.^[2]

Championnat National

Season	2022–23
Dates	12 August 2022 – 26 May 2023[1]
Champions	Concarneau
Promoted	Concarneau Dunkerque
Relegated	Sedan (to Régional 3) Bourg-en-Bresse Stade Briochin Le Puy Paris 13 Atletico Borgo
Matches	306
Goals	766 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	16 Fahd El Khoumisti, Le Mans and Concarneau
Biggest home win	Le Mans 6–1 Sedan Game week 2, 22 August 2022
Biggest away win	Borgo 0–5 Avranches Game week 16, 15 December 2022
Highest scoring	7 goals Le Mans 6–1 Sedan Game week 2, 22 August 2022 Avranches 3–4 Dunkerque Game week 13, 25 November 2022 Martigues 4–3 Versailles Game week 34, 26 May 2023
Longest winning run	7 (Dunkerque)
Longest unbeaten run	16 (Martigues)
Longest winless run	11 (Stade Briochin)
Longest losing run	5 (Borgo Avranches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 19:16, 29 May 2023 (UTC).

Team changes

Team changes from 2021–22 Championnat National.

To National Promoted from 2021–22 Championnat National 2 Versailles Martigues Paris 13 Atletico Le Puy Relegated from 2021–22 Ligue 2 Dunkerque Nancy

From National Relegated to 2022–23 Championnat National 2 Sète[a] Chambly Créteil Boulogne Promoted to 2022–23 Ligue 2 Laval Annecy

1. 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.^[3] On 12 July, the decision was upheld at the appeal hearing, meaning Bastia-Borgo were reprieved from relegation.^[4]

Stadia and locations

Avranches

Borgo

Bourg-Péronnas

Châteauroux

Cholet

Dunkerque

Concarneau

Le Mans

Le Puy

Martigues

Nancy

Orléans

Paris 13 Atletico

Red Star

Stade Briochin

Sedan

Versailles

Villefranche

Location of teams in 2022–23 National

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Avranches	Avranches	Stade René Fenouillère	2,000
Borgo	Borgo	Stade Paul-Antoniotti	1,300
Bourg-Péronnas	Bourg-en-Bresse	Stade Marcel-Verchère	11,400
Châteauroux	Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,173
Cholet	Cholet	Stade Pierre Blouen	9,000
Concarneau	Concarneau	Stade Guy Piriou	6,500
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade Marcel-Tribut	4,933
Le Mans	Le Mans	MMArena	25,000
Le Puy	Le Puy-en-Velay	Stade Charles Massot	4,800
Martigues	Martigues	Stade Francis Turcan	8,290
Nancy	Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Paris 13 Atletico	Paris (Paris 13)	Stade Sébastien Charléty[a]	20,000
Orléans	Orléans	Stade de la Source	7,000
Red Star	Paris (Saint-Ouen)	Stade Bauer	10,000
Stade Briochin	Saint-Brieuc	Fred-Aubert Stadium	10,600
Sedan	Sedan	Stade Louis Dugauguez	23,189
Versailles	Paris (Paris 16)	Stade Jean-Bouin[b]	19,904

1. Stade Boutroux is not of sufficient standard for Championnat National, although it is being renovated. Paris 13 Atletico will start the season at Stade Sébastien Charléty^[5]
2. 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)
3	Île-de-France	Versailles, Paris 13 Atletico and Red Star
	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne, Bourg-Péronnas and Villefranche
2	Brittany	Concarneau and Saint-Brieuc
	Centre-Val de Loire	Châteauroux and Orléans
	Pays de la Loire	Cholet and Le Mans
	Grand Est	Nancy and Sedan
1	Corsica	Borgo
	Normandy	Avranches
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Martigues
	Hauts-de-France	Dunkerque

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Concarneau (C, P)	34	19	6	9	60	37	+23	62[a]	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Dunkerque (P)	34	19	5	10	50	32	+18	62
3	Red Star	34	17	9	8	51	30	+21	60
4	Martigues	34	15	15	4	54	40	+14	60
5	Versailles	34	14	9	11	41	41	0	51
6	Villefranche	34	11	13	10	49	40	+9	46
7	Sedan	34	12	10	12	41	47	−6	46	Administrative relegation
8	Cholet	34	11	12	11	38	41	−3	45
9	Avranches	34	14	4	16	44	46	−2	45[b]
10	Orléans	34	10	14	10	38	37	+1	44
11	Châteauroux	34	12	8	14	41	46	−5	44
12	Le Mans	34	10	13	11	50	42	+8	43
13	Nancy (T)	34	10	12	12	37	42	−5	41[c]	Spared from relegation
14	Bourg-Péronnas (R)	34	9	13	12	42	46	−4	40	Relegation to Championnat National 2
15	Stade Briochin (R)	34	8	14	12	36	46	−10	38
16	Le Puy (R)	34	7	14	13	34	50	−16	35
17	Paris 13 Atletico (R)	34	6	13	15	28	42	−14	31
18	Borgo (R)	34	6	8	20	32	61	−29	26

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; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Concarneau were deducted one point for fielding a suspended player against Orléans on 12 August 2022. Orléans were awarded a 3–0 win.^[7]
2. Avranches were deducted one point for fielding a suspended player against Cholet on 12 August 2022. Cholet were awarded a 3–0 win.^[7]
3. Nancy were deducted one point for fielding a player against Concarneau on 28 March 2023, who was suspended when the game originally took place (and was subsequently abandoned) on 13 February 2023. Concarneau were awarded a 3–0 win.^[8]

Top scorers

As of end of season.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fahd El Khoumisti	Le Mans and Concarneau	16
2	Armand Gnanduillet	Le Mans	14
	Rayan Ghrieb	Dunkerque
4	Alexandre Ramalingom	Sedan	13
	Idrissa Ba	Villefranche
	Mohamed Ben Fredj	Le Puy
	Goduine Koyalipou	Avranches
8	Hicham Benkaid	Stade Briochin	12
	Antoine Rabillard	Concarneau
10	Amine Boutrah	Concarneau	11
	Yankuba Jarju	Cholet

Post-season administrative relegations and reprieves

On 6 June 2023, the DNCG announced administrative relegation to Championnat National 2 for Sedan.^[10] Sedan appealed the decision, and the DNCG appeal committee elected to take stronger action, excluding the club from all national championships, effectively relegating the club to the sixth tier.^[11] As a result, Nancy were handed a reprieve from relegation.

Nancy themselves were originally handed an administrative relegation by the DNCG, but this was successfully appealed.^[12][13]

Châteauroux were also initially punished with relegation by the DNCG, but successfully appealed and retained their place in the division.^[14][15]

Bourg-Péronnas were initially handed an administrative relegation to Championnat National 3 on top of their sporting relegation, but this was also successfully appealed.^[16][15]