Championnat National

Championnat National (English: French National Championship), also known as National or Division 3, is the third division of French football behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. It is contested by 18 clubs and runs on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2, the second division of French football and the Championnat National 2, the fourth division of French football. It is a semi-professional league and is run annually and is composed of professional and semi-professional clubs or amateur clubs. In January 2025, Philippe Diallo announced during a press conference the Championnat National would be renamed Ligue 3 from the 2026–27 season, making it a professional league.

Current clubs
List (2025–26 season)

 Team Location Stadium Capacity Aubagne Air Bel Aubagne  1,000 Bourg-Péronnas Bourg-en-Bresse  11,400 Caen Caen  20,300 Châteauroux Châteauroux  17,173 Concarneau Concarneau  5,800 Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 15,995  Fleury-Mérogis Stade Auguste Gentelet 2,000  Le Puy-en-Velay Stade Charles Massot 4,800 Orléans Orléans  7,533 Paris 13 Atletico Paris  20,000 Quevilly-Rouen   12,018 Rouen Rouen Sochaux Montbéliard  20,005 Stade Briochin Saint-Brieuc  10,600 Valenciennes Valenciennes  25,172 Versailles Versailles  2,164 Villefranche Villefranche-sur-Saône  3,500

Champions
Teams in Bold were promoted.
 Season Group A Winner  Group B Winner Other promoted teams  Guingamp Châteauroux Amiens and   Lorient Épinal  and Louhans-Cuiseaux  Stade Briochin Sporting Toulon Var Troyes and Beauvais  Wasquehal Nîmes Season Champions Runner Up Third place  AC Ajaccio Sedan Ardennes   Louhans-Cuiseaux    Beauvais Martigues Angers  Grenoble Amiens Istres  Clermont Reims  and Toulouse4 clubs promoted this season.  Racing Besançon Angers Rouen  Stade de Reims Brest Dijon FCO  Valenciennes Not promoted due to financial problems. Sète  Niort Tours   Clermont (2) US Boulogne Angers  Vannes Tours Nîmes  Istres  Arles   Reims Troyes  SC Bastia Amiens Guingamp  Nîmes (2) Niort    Metz   Orléans    Paris FC Red Star Bourg-Péronnas  Strasbourg Orléans Amiens  Châteauroux Quevilly-Rouen Paris FC  Red Star (2)  Grenoble    Le Mans  Pau  US Boulogne  SC Bastia (2) Quevilly-Rouen Villefranche    Villefranche  Concarneau  Red Star  Red Star (3) Martigues Niort  Nancy Le Mans US Boulogne  TBD TBD TBD

Notes

Related pages
 Ligue 1
 Ligue 2

References

Category:1993 establishments in France
Category:Football leagues in France