2023–24 Championnat National 2

Championnat National 2
Season	2023–24
Dates	26 August 2023 - 18 May 2024
Top goalscorer	10 Amine Meftah; Aubervilliers
Biggest home win	Cannes 8–1 Alès; Group A, Game week 4, 16 September 2023
Biggest away win	Thonon Évian 0–6 Hyères; Group A, Game week 3, 9 September 2023
Highest scoring	Cannes 8–1 Alès; Group A, Game week 4, 16 September 2023
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 15:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC).

The 2023–24 Championnat National 2 is the 26th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. This season the competition is contested by 56 clubs split geographically across four groups of 14 teams, a change from the previous season, as part of the restructuring of the French football league system. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs. The competition starts on 28 August 2023 and completes on 18 June 2024.^[1]

Teams

On 13 July 2023, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups.^[2]

Changes from the 2022–23 season are:

Teams joining the division

Bourg-Péronnas, Stade Briochin, Le Puy, Paris 13 Atletico and Borgo finished in the relegation positions in 2022-23 Championnat National.
Libourne, La Roche, Avoine Chinon, Cannes, Mâcon, Biesheim, Feignies Aulnoye, Vire, Dinan Léhon, Aubervilliers and Bourgoin-Jallieu were promoted as champions of their 2022–23 Championnat National 3 groups.
Béziers finished top of their 2022–23 Championnat National 3 group, but were denied promotion by the DNCG, and failed to appeal successfully.^[3]^[4] Toulouse (res) were promoted as runners-up.

Teams leaving the division

Rouen, Épinal, Marignane GCB, GOAL FC were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2023–24 Championnat National.
Évreux, Rennes (res), Vannes, SM Caen (res), Chartres, Reims (res), Sainte-Geneviève, Metz (res), Belfort, Saint-Maur, Sète, Saint-Priest, Lyon (res), Canet Roussillon, Louhans-Cuiseaux, Vierzon, Moulins Yzeure, Stade Bordelais, Nantes (res) and Lorient (res) finished in relegation positions in 2022–23 Championnat National 2 and were relegated to 2023–24 Championnat National 3
Lyon La Duchère were administratively relegated by the DNCG to 2023–24 Championnat National 3.^[5]
Poissy were excluded from national competition by the DNCG, which was confirmed on appeal.^[6]^[7]

Promotion and Relegation

The top team in each group will be promoted to 2024–25 Championnat National.

Due to the restructuring of the French football leagues, this season the bottom five teams in each group will be relegated to 2024–25 Championnat National 3, along with the worst performing ninth-placed team. This performance will calculated based on the performance of each ninth-placed team in matches against the teams finishing 4th to 8th.^[1]

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aubagne	12	6	4	2	14	9	+5	22	Promotion to National
2	Le Puy	12	6	3	3	16	12	+4	21
3	Andrézieux	12	6	2	4	15	13	+2	20
4	Hyères	12	5	4	3	20	10	+10	19
5	Cannes	12	4	6	2	21	9	+12	18
6	Grasse	12	4	6	2	13	8	+5	18
7	Jura Sud Foot	12	4	6	2	12	9	+3	18
8	Toulon	12	4	5	3	12	12	0	17
9	Thonon Évian	11	4	3	4	13	14	−1	15	Possible relegation to National 3
10	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	12	2	8	2	11	11	0	14	Relegation to National 3
11	Alès	12	3	4	5	14	25	−11	13
12	Chamalières	12	2	6	4	11	16	−5	12
13	Bourgoin-Jallieu	11	1	5	5	11	18	−7	8
14	Toulouse (res)	12	0	2	10	10	27	−17	2

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2023. Source: soccerway
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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Les Herbiers	11	6	3	2	17	8	+9	21	Promotion to National
2	Libourne	11	5	5	1	20	11	+9	20
3	Paris 13 Atletico	11	5	4	2	18	11	+7	19
4	La Roche	12	4	6	2	16	10	+6	18
5	Romorantin	11	5	3	3	15	14	+1	18
6	Angoulême	12	5	2	5	19	18	+1	17
7	Saint-Pryvé	12	4	4	4	16	13	+3	16
8	Blois	12	3	6	3	16	19	−3	15
9	Avoine Chinon	12	4	3	5	10	15	−5	15	Possible relegation to National 3
10	Bourges Foot 18	11	4	2	5	15	20	−5	14	Relegation to National 3
11	Bergerac	10	3	4	3	14	17	−3	13
12	Trélissac	10	2	6	2	10	11	−1	12
13	Saumur	12	2	3	7	11	17	−6	9
14	Angers (res)	11	0	3	8	3	16	−13	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2023. Source: soccerway
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

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Boulogne	12	8	3	1	22	12	+10	27	Promotion to National
2	Aubervilliers	12	8	1	3	19	14	+5	25
3	Chambly	11	6	3	2	16	10	+6	21
4	Granville	12	5	5	2	16	13	+3	20
5	Dinan Léhon	12	5	4	3	20	18	+2	19
6	Racing Club	12	5	3	4	16	17	−1	18
7	Saint-Malo	12	5	3	4	19	14	+5	18
8	Châteaubriant	12	3	6	3	12	14	−2	15
9	Beauvais	12	4	3	5	14	17	−3	15	Possible relegation to National 3
10	Stade Briochin	12	3	4	5	15	15	0	13	Relegation to National 3
11	Vire	12	4	0	8	15	17	−2	12
12	Borgo	12	3	2	7	18	23	−5	11
13	Lorient (res)	11	2	2	7	14	20	−6	8
14	Guingamp (res)	12	2	1	9	11	23	−12	7

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2023. Source: soccerway
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

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bourg-Péronnas	11	7	3	1	21	9	+12	24	Promotion to National
2	Créteil	12	5	4	3	15	12	+3	19
3	Biesheim	12	5	4	3	14	15	−1	19
4	Fleury	11	5	3	3	16	8	+8	18
5	Racing Besançon	12	5	3	4	16	16	0	18
6	Furiani-Agliani	11	4	6	1	13	7	+6	18
7	FC 93	11	4	6	1	13	8	+5	18
8	Auxerre (res)	12	3	5	4	13	11	+2	14
9	Saint-Quentin	12	3	4	5	20	27	−7	13	Possible relegation to National 3
10	Haguenau	12	4	1	7	10	23	−13	13	Relegation to National 3
11	Mâcon	11	3	3	5	14	15	−1	12
12	Wasquehal	10	2	4	4	13	15	−2	10
13	Feignies Aulnoye	11	2	3	6	11	17	−6	9
14	Colmar	12	2	3	7	13	19	−6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2023. Source: soccerway
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

Top scorers

As of 17 December 2023.[1][2][3][4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amine Meftah	Aubervilliers	10
2	Sander Benbachir	Hyères	8
2	Florent Stevance	Saint-Quentin	8
4	Lenny Leonil	Cannes	7
4	Mamadou Diallo	Boulogne	7
6	Abdoulaye Diaby	Alès	6
	Jérémy Billy	Les Herbiers
	Vincent Créhin	Granville
	Sofian Valla	Dinan Léhon FC
	Farid Beziouen	FC 93
	Maxime Blé	Racing Besançon
	Gwenn Foulon	Bourg-en-Bresse
	Alain Reppert	Biesheim

References

^ ^a ^b "National 2. Tout ce qu'il savoir sur la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 6 June 2023.
^ "National 2. Les groupes pour la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 13 July 2023.
^ "DNCG. Nancy relégué en N3, Béziers interdit d'accession" (in French). Foot Amateur. 27 June 2023.
^ "Appel DNCG. Sochaux en National, Nancy en National 2" (in French). Foot Amateur. 11 July 2023.
^ "DNCG. Lyon La Duchère rétrogradé en National 3 !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 13 June 2023.
^ "Découvrez toutes les décisions de la DNCG de l'été 2023" (in French). Foot Amateur. 6 June 2023.
^ "DNCG. Trois clubs exclus des championnats nationaux en appel" (in French). Foot Amateur. 4 July 2023.

[nat2-1] "National 2. Tout ce qu'il savoir sur la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 6 June 2023.

[2] "National 2. Les groupes pour la saison 2023-2024" (in French). Foot Amateur. 13 July 2023.

[3] "DNCG. Nancy relégué en N3, Béziers interdit d'accession" (in French). Foot Amateur. 27 June 2023.

[4] "Appel DNCG. Sochaux en National, Nancy en National 2" (in French). Foot Amateur. 11 July 2023.

[5] "DNCG. Lyon La Duchère rétrogradé en National 3 !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 13 June 2023.

[Nat2DNCG-6] "Découvrez toutes les décisions de la DNCG de l'été 2023" (in French). Foot Amateur. 6 June 2023.

[7] "DNCG. Trois clubs exclus des championnats nationaux en appel" (in French). Foot Amateur. 4 July 2023.

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