NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Championnat National

The Championnat de France National (also called Division 3) is the third highest division in French football , one division below Ligue 2, one above the Championnat de France Amateurs. Football in France is governed by the national body Fédération Française de Football (FFF). ... Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... The Championnat de France Amateurs is a French football competition; the equivalent of the fourth division, below the Championnat National How it works The Championnat de France Amateurs consists of 72 clubs spread into 4 parallel groups of 18. ...

How it works

The Championnat de France National consists of 20 teams. At the end of the season, after all clubs play a home and away tie against each other, the 3 top teams in the league are promoted to Ligue 2, replaced by the latter's bottom three teams; and the bottom 4 are relegated to the Championnat de France de C.F.A., replaced by their top 4 clubs. After the Ligue 2 clubs are relegated, they are allowed to keep their professional status for 2 seasons, except under exceptional circumstances. Thus, this league contains both professional and amateur clubs. Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... A professional works to receive payment for an activity (as a profession), which usually requires expertise and carries with it socially significant mores and folkways. ... The word amateur has at least two connotations. ...

Since 1970, there has been an automatic promotion/relegation link between the D3 and the Ligue 2. However, before 1970 the Division 3 was open to reserve teams from the best professional teams in France, whose first teams played in Ligue 1. Nowadays, the best reserve teams are eligible for the division below, the Championnat de France Amateurs. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... The Championnat de France Amateurs is a French football competition; the equivalent of the fourth division, below the Championnat National How it works The Championnat de France Amateurs consists of 72 clubs spread into 4 parallel groups of 18. ...

In the long run, the professionalisation of the club hangs in the balance. The French League does not want to divide football's profits in smaller shares, so it does not collaborate with amateur clubs to help them become professionnal. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) is the French League of professional Football (soccer). ...

The matches in the Championnat National attract on average between 1500 and 2000 spectators per match.

Honours

Championnat National (1993-94 - 1996-97), (when there were two parallel groups in the division)

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Champions (since 1997-98) (when there are only one group in the division)

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Season 2005-2006

External links (in French)

Categories: French football competitions Football in France is governed by the national body Fédération Française de Football (FFF). ... Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... The Championnat de France Amateurs is a French football competition; the equivalent of the fourth division, below the Championnat National How it works The Championnat de France Amateurs consists of 72 clubs spread into 4 parallel groups of 18. ... The Coupe de France, the French Cup is a football cup competition open to both professional and amateur clubs in France. ... The Coupe de la Ligue, the French League Cup is an elimination cup competition. ... First International Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) Largest win France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Paris, France; 6 September 1995) Worst defeat Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 19 October 1908) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1998 European Championship Appearances 6 (First in... The French womens national football team constists of the best female players in France and is run by the Fédération française de football. ... The Championnat de France de football fÃ©minin is a French womens football (soccer) competition that was resurrected in 1974 under the wing of the French Football Federation. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Football (soccer) governing bodies | French football ... The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) is the French League of professional Football (soccer). ...

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