The 2018–19

Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

is the second season of the fifth tier in the

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in its current format. The competition is due to be contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are

semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a consid ...

) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Teams

On 13 July, the

French Football Federation The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments ( Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion), the over ...

ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows: * 123 teams that were not relegated or promoted from the 2017–18 Championnat National 3 groups. * 9 teams relegated from

2017–18 Championnat National 2 The 2017–18 Championnat National 2 was the 20th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 64 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 16 teams each. The teams incl ...

after any reprieves and additional administrative relegations to the Regional Leagues (

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, Fontenay,

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

(res),

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

, Montceau, St-Louis Neuweg,

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Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

and

AC Amiens Athlétic Club Amiens is a French association football club founded in 1977. They are based in Amiens, Picardie, located in northern France, north of Paris. They are currently playing in the Championnat National 3 the fifth tier of the French f ...

) * 36 teams promoted from Regional

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(as shown in the table below).

Promotion and relegation

If eligible, the top team in each group will be promoted to

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. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, or declines promotion, the next eligible team in that group will be promoted. Generally, three teams will be relegated from each group to their respective top regional league, subject to reprieves. Extra teams will be relegated from a group if more than one team is relegated to that group from Championnat National 2. In the case that no teams are relegated to a group from Championnat National 2, one less team will be relegated from that group to the regional league. Reserve teams whose training centre is categorised as category 2B or lower cannot be promoted to Championnat National 2 by the rules of the competition. It was announced in September 2018 that the following reserve teams would be ineligible for promotion following the categorisation of their training centres:

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccio ( co, Athletic Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ''ACA'' or simply Ajaccio, is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and ...

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

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, Clermont,

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and

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League tables

Group A: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Group B: Pays de la Loire

Group C: Centre-Val de Loire

Group D: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corsica

Group E: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Group F: Grand Est

Group H: Occitanie

Group I: Hauts-de-France

Group J: Normandy

Group K: Brittany

Group L: Île-de-France

Group M: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Season outcomes

Promotion

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(res),

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, Louhans-Cuiseaux,

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

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(res), Saint-Quentin,

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(res), Gobelins and

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finished in the promotion places, and were promoted to 2019–20 Championnat National 2, subject to ratification by the FFF. On 12 June 2019, the financial regulator of the FFF, the ''DNCG'' denied

promotion, subject to appeal. The decision was successfully appealed, and Mulhouse were promoted.

Champions

The title of Champion of Championnat National 3 is awarded to the team with the best record in games against the teams that finished in 2nd to 6th place in their group, with goal difference to separate ties. Saint-Quentin are Champions of 2018–19 Championnat National 3.

Relegation

Pau (res),

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, Chauray,

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(res),

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, Amilly, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc,

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, Le Pontet,

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, AS Saint-Rémy, La Charité,

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, Nancy (res),

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, Déville-Maromme, Montagnarde, Atlantique Vilaine, Brétigny, Le Mée, Meaux Academy,

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, Moulins and

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finished in the relegation places and were relegated to the top division of their respective regional leagues, subject to any reprieves detailed in the next section.

Reprieves

In Group D,

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were reprieved due to the reprieve of

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(res) in 2018–19 Championnat National 2, caused by the decision of

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(res) not to participate next season. Subsequently, on 11 July 2019, they were re-relegated as a result of the relegation of

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from 2018–Championnat National 2. In Group H,

were reprieved due to the reprieve of

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(res) in Championnat National 2, caused by the administrative relegation of

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to Championnat National 3 (where they will take the place of their reserve team). In Group F,

were reprieved due to the reprieve of

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in Championnat National 2, caused by the administrative relegation of

. In Group B,

(res) were reprieved due to the administrative relegation of

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. In Group A, Pau (res) were reprieved due to the administrative relegation of

Top scorers

References

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