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.

Championnat National
Country	France
Founded	1993 (1993)
Level	3
Current champions
Most successful club	Red Star (3 titles)

List (2025–26 season)

Sochaux

Aubagne

Bourg-Péronnas

Dijon

Villefranche

Le Puy

Valenciennes

Orléans

Châteauroux

QRM

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Rouen

Caen

Stade Briochin

Concarneau

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Championnat National.

Paris 13

Fleury

Versailles

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Championnat National from Île-de-France

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aubagne Air Bel	Aubagne	Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny	1,000
Bourg-Péronnas	Bourg-en-Bresse	Stade Marcel-Verchère	11,400
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	20,300
Châteauroux	Châteauroux	Stade Gaston-Petit	17,173
Concarneau	Concarneau	Stade Guy-Piriou	5,800
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	15,995
Fleury	Fleury-Mérogis	Stade Auguste Gentelet	2,000
Le Puy	Le Puy-en-Velay	Stade Charles Massot	4,800
Orléans	Orléans	Stade de la Source	7,533
Paris 13 Atletico	Paris	Stade Sébastien Charléty	20,000
Quevilly-Rouen	Le Petit-Quevilly	Stade Robert Diochon	12,018
Rouen	Rouen
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste-Bonal	20,005
Stade Briochin	Saint-Brieuc	Stade Fred-Aubert	10,600
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172
Versailles	Versailles	Stade Georges Lefèvre	2,164
Villefranche	Villefranche-sur-Saône	Stade Armand Chouffet	3,500

Champions

Teams in Bold were promoted.

Season	Group A Winner	Group B Winner	Other promoted teams
1993–94	Guingamp	Châteauroux	Amiens and Perpignan
1994–95	Lorient	Épinal	Stade Poitevin and Louhans-Cuiseaux
1995–96	Stade Briochin	Sporting Toulon Var	Troyes and Beauvais
1996–97	Wasquehal	Nîmes
Season	Champions	Runner Up	Third place
1997–98	AC Ajaccio	Sedan Ardennes	Créteil-Lusitanos
1998–99	Louhans-Cuiseaux	Créteil	Gazélec Ajaccio
1999–2000	Beauvais	Martigues	Angers
2000–01	Grenoble	Amiens	Istres
2001–02	Clermont	Reims	Valence and Toulouse
2002–03	Racing Besançon	Angers	Rouen
2003–04	Stade de Reims	Brest	Dijon FCO
2004–05	Valenciennes	Valence	Sète
2005–06	Niort	Tours	Libourne
2006–07	Clermont (2)	US Boulogne	Angers
2007–08	Vannes	Tours	Nîmes
2008–09	Istres	Laval	Arles
2009–10	Évian	Reims	Troyes
2010–11	SC Bastia	Amiens	Guingamp
2011–12	Nîmes (2)	Niort	Gazélec Ajaccio
2012–13	Créteil	Metz	CA Bastia
2013–14	Orléans	Luzenac	Gazélec Ajaccio
2014–15	Paris FC	Red Star	Bourg-Péronnas
2015–16	Strasbourg	Orléans	Amiens
2016–17	Châteauroux	Quevilly-Rouen	Paris FC
2017–18	Red Star (2)	Béziers	Grenoble
2018–19	Rode	Chambly	Le Mans
2019–20	Pau	Dunkerque	US Boulogne
2020–21	SC Bastia (2)	Quevilly-Rouen	Villefranche
2021–22	Laval	Annecy	Villefranche
2022–23	Concarneau	Dunkerque	Red Star
2023–24	Red Star (3)	Martigues	Niort
2024–25	Nancy	Le Mans	US Boulogne
2025–26	TBD	TBD	TBD

Related pages

• Ligue 1
• Ligue 2