2024–25 Championnat National 3

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Championnat National 3
Season 2024–25
Dates25 August 2024 – 26 May 2025
Promoted Bayonne
Chauray
Lorient (res)
Borgo
Dieppe
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Saint-Maur
Colmar
Limonest
Rousset
Relegated40 Teams
2025–26

The 2024-25 Championnat National 3 is the eighth season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. For this season only, the competition is contested by 140 clubs split geographically across 10 groups of 14 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs. The competition starts on 25 August 2024 and is scheduled to end on 26 May 2025. [1]

Contents

Teams

On 16 July 2024, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups. [2]

Changes from the 2023–24 season were as follows:

Teams joining the division
Teams promoted to Championnat National 3
RegionTeamMethod of qualification
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bassin d'Arcachon Champion, R1 Group C
Pays de la Loire La Roche-sur-Yon Champion, R1 Group B
Centre-Val de Loire Chartres Champion, R1
Corse Sud FC Champion, R1 Corse
Méditerranée Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Champion, R1 Méditerranée
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Montceau-les-Mines Champion, R1 Group A
Grand Est Sarreguemines Champion, R1 Group B
Occitanie Aigues-Mortes Champion, R1 Group A
Hauts-de-France Calais Champion, R1 Group C
Normandy Grand-Quevilly Champion, R1 Group B
Brittany Cesson-Sévigné Champion, R1 Group B
Paris Île-de-France Torcy Champion, R1 Group B
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Seyssinet-Pariset Champion, R1 Group C
Teams leaving the division

Promotion and relegation

If eligible, the top team in each group is promoted to Championnat National 2. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, or declines promotion, the next eligible team in that group is promoted.

This season a total of 40 teams will be relegated to Régional 1, as a result of the restructuring of the French leagues. [5] [6] This will result in teams finishing in the bottom three places being relegated, along with the four worst eleventh-placed clubs, calculated from results against the teams placed 5th to 10th in their group. [7] Initially, it was planned the worst tenth was to be relegated, but the administrative relegation of FC Girondins de Bordeaux changed that. [8]

Reserve teams whose training centres are categorised as category 2B or lower cannot be promoted to Championnat National 2 by the rules of the competition.

League tables

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Bayonne (C, P)2616824917+3256Promotion to National 2
2 Colomiers 2611694134+739
3 Bassin d'Arcachon 2611694239+339
4 Toulouse (res)2610793429+537
5 Alberes Argelès 2681263634+236
6 Castanet 2681262834636
7 Pau (res)26106103436235 [a]
8 Blagnac 2671362519+634
9 Onet-le-Château 2689940561633
10 Canet Roussillon 2696112931233
11 Lège Cap Ferret 2671183335232
12 Trélissac (R)26771234441028Relegation to Régional 1
13 Bordeaux (res) (R)2668123544925 [b]
14 Stade Bordelais (R)2657142533822
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Pau (res) was deducted 1 point.
  2. Bordeaux (res) was deducted 1 point.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Chauray (C, P)2612773024+643Promotion to National 2
2 Nantes (res)2611874026+1441
3 La Châtaigneraie 26124102433940
4 Vitré 2611694336+739
5 Angers (res)26106103833+536
6 Fontenay 2681174031+935
7 Vertou 2697103036634
8 Panazol 2697103433+134
9 Challans 2671273226+633
10 Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu 268993536133
11 Laval (res)2671273233132 [a]
12 ESOF La Roche-sur-Yon (R)26710926361031Relegation to Régional 1
13 TA Rennes (R)26861227371030
14 Sablé (R)26771229401127 [b]
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Laval (res) was deducted 1 point.
  2. Sablé was deducted 1 point.

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Lorient (res) (C, P)2616465030+2052Promotion to National 2
2 Guingamp (res)2614754223+1949
3 Vire 2614664934+1548
4 Rennes (res)2613674128+1344 [a]
5 Milizac 26111054331+1243
6 Cesson-Sévigné 2610793330+337
7 Fougères 26971037481134
8 Vannes 26103133034432 [b]
9 Pontivy 2695123937+232
10 Ergué-Gabéric 26941336481231
11 Lannion 2679103038830
12 Flers (R)2678113138729Relegation to Régional 1
13 Plabennec (R)26561520422221
14 Saint-Lô (R)26461638582018
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Rennes (res) was deducted 1 point.
  2. Vannes was deducted 1 point.

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Borgo (C, P)2616734523+2255Promotion to National 2
2 Oissel 2613854528+1747
3 Brétigny 2613583724+1344
4 AC Ajaccio (res)2611964133+842
5 Linas-Montlhéry 2612683738142
6 Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône 2611874525+2041
7 SM Caen (res)26115104841+738
8 SC Bastia (res)26114113734+337
9 Alençon 26114114444037
10 Dives-Cabourg 2697103638234
11 ASPTT Caen (R)2695123540532Relegation to Régional 1
12 Chatou (R)2677123737027 [a]
13 Grand-Quevilly (R)26461625623718
14 AG Caen (R)2631222671457 [b]
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Chatou was deducted 1 point.
  2. AG Caen was deducted 3 points.

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Dieppe (C, P)2617636027+3357Promotion to National 2
2 Lille (res)2613674730+1745
3 Reims (res)2611694939+1039
4 Charleville Prix-lès-Mézières 269893738135
5 Pays du Valois 269893644835
6 Vimy 2681084345234
7 Drancy 2697103741434
8 Croix 2681083636034
9 Pays de Cassel 2689938481033
10 Saint-Quentin 268994546133
11 Lens (res) (R)26104124239+333 [a] Relegation to Régional 1
12 Sannois-Saint-Gratien (R)2671183036632
13 Calais (R)26681229441526
14 Valenciennes (res) (R)262121227431618
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Lens (res) was deducted 1 point.

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Montlouis-sur-Loire (C, P)2618353620+1657Promotion to National 2
2 Chartres 2616644324+1954
3 Cosne-sur-Loire 2613584440+444
4 Orléans (res)2613495343+1043
5 Romorantin 26133105845+1342
6 Châtellerault 26104123939034
7 Ouest Tourangeau 2697103836+234
8 Vierzon 2611875441+1334 [a]
9 Chauvigny 268993340733
10 Châteauroux (res)2694132733631
11 Avoine Chinon (R)2651292529427Relegation to Régional 1
12 Moulon Bourges (R)2683153642627
13 Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (R)26741532542225
14 Vineuil (R)26521918503217
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Vierzon was deducted 7 points.

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Saint-Maur (C, P)2616824721+2656Promotion to National 2
2 Racing Club 2615835722+3553
3 Auxerre (res)2612774026+1443
4 ESTAC Troyes (res)2612684930+1942
5 Sainte-Geneviève 2610973328+539
6 Torcy 26106103543836
7 Neuilly-sur-Marne 2610883937+238
8 Dijon (res)2696113636033
9 Moulins Yzeure 2696113543833
10 Ivry 2688103637132
11 Montceau-les-Mines (R)26851322401829Relegation to Régional 1
12 ASPTT Dijon (T)2679103340727 [a] Administrative reintegration to National 3
13 Louhans-Cuiseaux (R)26371620553516Relegation to Régional 1
14 Gueugnon (R)26371619432416
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ASPTT Dijon, initially 6th with 38 points, is handed 3-0 losses on the 12 June 2025 (at home against Torcy and Neuilly-sur-Marne, away against Montceau-les-Mines) along with a 3-point deduction. Indeed, Didier Slimane, a New Caledonian player, played in all three of these matches, and it was found the player had been transferred without an international certificate. [9] The club then fell to 12th place, which should've meant being relegated. However, the club will be reintegrated in the 2025–26 Championnat National 3, by decision from the French Football Federation, following an appeal to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. [10]

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Colmar (C, P)2615475427+2749Promotion to National 2
2 Racing Besançon 2614663926+1348
3 Sochaux (res)2613674130+1145
4 Pontarlier 2611783535040
5 Metz (res)2611694634+1239
6 RC Strasbourg (res)26114114752537
7 Jura Dolois 2610793329+436 [a]
8 Belfort 2697103941234
9 Thaon 2671183640432
10 Besançon Football 2687113342931
11 Sarreguemines (R)26941341591831Relegation to Régional 1
12 Sarre-Union (R)2679102829130
13 Raon-l'Étape (R)2667134150925
14 Strasbourg Koenigshoffen (R)26571429481922
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Jura Dolois was deducted 1 point.

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Limonest (C, P)2615563725+1250Promotion to National 2
2 Lyon La Duchère 2614573929+1047
3 Bourgoin-Jallieu 2611784232+1040
4 Mâcon 26131123435140
5 Olympique Lyonnais (res)26124104330+1340
6 Thonon Évian 26124103936+340
7 Chamalières 26106102829136
8 Saint-Étienne (res)269893335235
9 Seyssinet-Pariset 2696113342933
10 Hauts Lyonnais 2671092929031
11 Chassieu (R)2678113540529Relegation to Régional 1
12 Clermont (res) (R)26861236481229 [a]
13 Espaly-Saint-Marcel (R)26511102632626
14 Chambéry (R)26671327391225
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Clermont Foot was deducted 1 point.

Group J

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Rousset (C, P)2619346636+3060Promotion to National 2
2 Alès 2616286741+2650
3 Agde 2614394135+645
4 Marseille (res)2612775130+2142 [a]
5 Fos-sur-Mer 2611784240+240
6 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 26115103638238
7 Lucciana 269894149835
8 Beaucaire 26105113938+135
9 Cannet Rocheville 2681083128+331 [b]
10 Montpellier (res)2686123842430
11 Sud FC (R)26681225371226Relegation to Régional 1
12 Aigues-Mortes (R)26671331441325
13 Corte (R)26661431522124
14 EUGA Ardziv (R)26631742712921
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2025. Source: fff
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Olympique de Marseille was deducted 1 point
  2. Cannet Rocheville was deducted 3 points.

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