The 2017–18

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 first season of the fifth tier in the

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in its current format. The competition is contested by 171 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams, 1 group of 15 teams and 1 group of 16 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 cons ...

) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Teams

On 13 July, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows: * 90 teams that did not finish in a promotion or relegation place in the 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2 groups. * 1 team that finished in a promotion place in the 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2 groups, but was subsequently denied promotion. ( AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) * 9 teams relegated from

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after any reprieves ( Plabennec,

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(res),

Châteaubriant Châteaubriant (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Châtiaoberiant'') is a town in western France, about southwest of Paris, and one of the three Subprefectures in France, sous-préfectures of the Loire-Atlantique departments of France, department. C ...

Wasquehal Wasquehal (traditional pronunciation ; currently common pronunciation ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as ''Waskenhal'' in the 11th century. Geography Wasquehal ...

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Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

(res),

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

, Le Pontet and

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(res)) * 67 teams promoted from Regional

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by finishing in a promotion position. * 1 team promoted from Regional

to replace Calais RUFC who should have been relegated from

but who were given an administrative relegation by the FFF, and as a consequence will play in the top level of regional football in 2017–18. ( Saint-Amand) * 1 team promoted from Regional

to replace Paulhan-Pézenas, who were reprieved from

relegation due to AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône being denied promotion from 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2. (

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) On 10 August, the FFF announced that

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would be denied entry to

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due to financial issues. The club will therefore take the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3. On 16 August, the FFF admitted Clémenceau Besançon to the competition. The team had previously been excluded due to financial issues, but successfully appealed the ruling. On 22 September, the FFF admitted CSO Amnéville to the competition. Amnéville had previously been denied promotion from the Regional

for financial reasons, and had already started their programme of fixtures in that division.

Promotion and relegation

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

Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...

. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, the next eligible team in that group will be promoted. Generally, three teams will be relegated from each group to the top league in their region, subject to reprieves. Extra relegation places will be enforced if more than one team is relegated to a specific group from Championnat National 2, and one less may be enforced if no team is relegated to a specific group. Special cases exist for those groups which started the year with more than the standard 14 teams.

Grand Est (Group F) relegation

At least four and up to seven teams will be relegated from Group F, depending on the number of teams from this region relegated from Championnat National 2. * If no teams from Grand Est region relegated from Championnat National 2, four teams relegated from Group F * If one team from Grand Est region relegated from Championnat National 2, five teams relegated from Group F * If two, three or four teams from Grand Est region relegated from Championnat National 2, six teams relegated from Group F * If five (maximum possible) teams from Grand Est region relegated from Championnat National 2, seven teams relegated from Group F

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

Outcomes below are provisional and subject to ratification by the FFF.

Promotion

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(res),

Blois Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher Departments of France, department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the mos ...

, Endoume Marseille,

Pontarlier Pontarlier ( ; Latin: ''Ariolica'') is a Communes of France, commune and one of the two Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectures of the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern ...

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Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

(res), Feignies Aulnoye,

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and

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(res) were promoted to

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as champions of their respective groups. As of 19 June, all promotions had been verified by the FFF and DNCG

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.

are Champions of 2017–18 Championnat National 3.

Relegation

Libourne Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Geog ...

, Cozes, Feytiat, Changé, Poiré-sur-Vie, Mulsanne-Teloché,

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, St Cyr-sur-Loire, Bastia-Borgo (res), Île-Rousse, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Vit, Quetigny, Clémenceau Besançon,

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(res), Prix-lès-Mézières,

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, Pagny-sur-Moselle,

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, Trémery,

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, Luzenac,

, Roye Noyon, Ailly,

, Saint-Amand, USON Mondeville, Dives-Cabourg,

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(res), Guichen, Ergué-Gabéric,

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, Sénart-Moissy,

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and

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(res) were relegated to the

of their respective regional leagues.

Reprieves

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were reprieved due to the administrative relegation of Poiré-sur-Vie. *

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were reprieved due to the administrative relegation from

to the Regional division of Paulhan-Pézenas *

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(res) were reprieved due to the administrative relegation from Championnat National 2 to the Regional division of

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. *

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were reprieved due to the administrative relegation of Mondeville. * Châteauneuf-sur-Loire were reprieved due to the administrative relegation of

Top scorers

References

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