2008–09 Championnat National

The 2008–09 Championnat National was the 16th edition of the 3rd division league. Play commenced on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. Vannes OC, Tours FC, and Nîmes Olympique were promoted to Ligue 2, replacing Chamois Niortais, FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, and FC Gueugnon who were relegated from Ligue 2.

Championnat National
Season2008–09
ChampionsIstres
PromotedLaval
Arles
RelegatedNiort
Calais
Cherbourg
L'Entente
Goals scored778
Average goals/game2.04
Top goalscorerEyemen Henaini (21)
Biggest home winCannes 6–0 Cherbourg (22 May 2009)
Biggest away winCalais 1–4 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure (29 August 2008)
Croix de Savoie 1–4 Laval (25 October 2008)
L'Entente 1–4 Arles (15 November 2008)
Highest scoringLouhans-Cuiseaux 4–3 Beauvais (6 December 2008)
(7 goals)

Villemomble Sports, Pau FC, FC Martigues and SO Romorantin were relegated to the CFA, and promoted from the CFA were Pacy Vallée-d'Eure from Group A, Croix de Savoie Gaillard from Group B, SO Cassis Carnoux from Group C, and Aviron Bayonnais FC from Group D.

Participating teams

As usual, there will be 20 teams competing in the Championnat National in the 2008–09 season.

League table

Last updated 29 May 2009

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Istres (C, P) 38 21 12 5 55 24 +31 75 Promoted to Ligue 2
2 Laval (P) 38 19 14 5 52 31 +21 71
3 Arles (P) 38 19 9 10 52 37 +15 66
4 Cannes 38 16 13 9 46 33 +13 61
5 Croix de Savoie 38 16 9 13 51 43 +8 57
6 Paris FC 38 16 7 15 46 43 +3 55
7 Sète 38 15 12 11 41 35 +6 54[lower-alpha 1]
8 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 38 13 13 12 41 42 −1 52
9 Créteil 38 9 22 7 38 28 +10 49
10 Beauvais 38 12 11 15 47 50 −3 47
11 Gueugnon 38 11 14 13 38 36 +2 47
12 Libourne-Saint-Seurin 38 13 7 18 40 55 −15 46
13 Bayonne 38 12 10 16 21 31 −10 46
14 Cassis 38 11 13 14 37 47 −10 46
15 Rodez AF 38 13 7 18 40 39 +1 46
16 Louhans-Cuiseaux 2 38 12 13 13 38 48 −10 46[lower-alpha 2]
17 Niort (R) 38 9 14 15 31 37 −6 41 Relegated to CFA
18 Calais (R) 38 10 10 18 34 50 −16 40
19 Entente SSG (R) 38 9 9 20 29 48 −19 36
20 Cherbourg (R) 38 7 15 16 30 50 −20 36
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sète have been deducted 3 points.
  2. Louhans-Cuiseaux have been deducted 3 points.

Stats

Top goalscorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Eyemen Henaini AC Arles 21
2 Cyril Arbaud FC Istres 13
3 Kévin Bérigaud Croix de Savoie 11
- Mathieu Duhamel Stade Laval 11
- Simon Feindouno FC Istres 11
- Lys Mouithys FC Libourne 11
- Foued Nadji Cassis Carnoux 11
- Yannick Yenga Paris FC 11
9 5 players 10
14 7 players 9
21 2 players 8
23 6 players 7
29 5 players 6
34 18 players 5
52 25 players 4
77 33 players 3
110 43 players 2
153 100 players 1
Total: 778
Average after 380 games: 2.04

Last updated: 30 May 2009
Source: FootNational

Managers
ClubHead coach
Arles Michel Estevan
Beauvais Oise Hubert Velud then replaced by Alexandre Clément
Cannes Patrice Carteron
Calais Sylvain Jore then Djezon Boutoille
Cherbourg Noël Tosi
US Créteil Olivier Frapolli
FC Istres Nicolas Usai & Henri Stambouli
Stade Laval Philippe Hinschberger
CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Stéphane Crucet then Gaëtan Hardouin (caretaker), then Stéphane Crucet
SO Cassis Léon Galli
Pacy Vallée-d'Eure Laurent Hatton
Paris FC Jean-Marc Pilorget
Libourne-Saint-Seurin Stéphane Ziani then replaced by Thierry Oleksiak
Rodez AF Franck Rizzetto
Bayonne FC Alain Pochat
L'Entente SSG Kamel Djabour
FC Sète Fréd Remola
Gueugnon René Le Lamer & Hubert Fournier
Niort Denis Troch
Croix de Savoie Pascal Dupraz
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