2020–21 Championnat National 2

The 2020–21 Championnat National 2 is the 23rd season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. This season the competition is being contested by 64 clubs split geographically across four groups of 16 teams. The teams included amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Championnat National 2
Season2020–21
Dates22 August 2020 – 5 June 2021
Biggest home winReims (res) 5–0 Schiltigheim
Group B, Round 4, 5 September 2020
GOAL FC 6–1 Monaco (res)
Group C, Round 7, 26 September 2020
Andrézieux 5–0 Hyères
Group C, Round 8, 10 October 2020
Bourges 18 5–0 Angoulême
Group D, Round 8, 10 October 2020
Biggest away winMont-de-Marsan 0–4 Bourges Foot
Group D, Round 5, 12 September 2020
Highest scoring7 goals
GOAL FC 6–1 Monaco (res)
Group C, Round 7, 26 September 2020
Plabennec 4–3 Poissy
Group A, Round 8, 10 October 2020
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 20:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC).

Teams

On 17 July 2020, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows:[1]

On 27 July 2020, the Appeals committee of the DNCG confirmed that Athlético Marseille would be allowed to play in Championnat National 2, although no decision was made which group they would be placed in.[3] Three days later, the disciplinary committee of the FFF announced that they were demoting the club back to National 3, due to the production of fraudulent documentation at the end of the 2018–19 season.[4]

    Impact of COVID-19 on the season

    The start of the season was impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Two game-week one matches, between Jura Sud Foot and Saint-Priest, and Bourges 18 and Le Puy were postponed due to a number of positive COVID-19 tests at Jura Sud Foot and Bourges 18.[5][6] The game-week two match between Marignane-Gignac and Jura Sud Foot was also postponed.[7]

    Jura Sud Foot had a third postponement in game-week three, with the match against Rumilly-Vallières being called off.[8] Their game-week four game against Louhans-Cuiseaux was initially postponed by one day to Sunday 6 September, against the wishes of the club, who wanted it postponed due to the team having not trained for 15 days.[9] The FFF insisted the game go ahead, but Jura Sud Foot turned out just eight players, and a first-minute injury caused the game to be abandoned by the referee.[10]

    Two other Group C games in game-week four were also postponed: Andrézieux-Bouthéon v Monaco (res) and Toulon v Marseille (res).[11][12]

    Game-week 5 games between Angers (res) and Le Puy in Group D and between Marseille (res) and Saint-Priest in Group C were postponed,[13][14] as were Game-week 6 games between Châteaubriant and Poissy, and between Le Puy and Nantes (res), due to both visiting teams having positive case.[15] Jura Sud Foot suffered their fourth postponement of the season when their game-week 6 match at Grasse was postponed due to the home team having positive cases.[16] Haguenau versus Bobigny in the same game-week was also postponed due to a positive case for the home team.[17]

    Three game-week 7 matches in Group C were postponed, featuring Hyères, Grasse, Martigues, Toulon, Olympic Marseille (res) and Rumilly-Vallières.[18][19] Eight games across groups A, B and C were postponed in game-week 9.[20]

    On 28 October 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a second COVID-19 lockdown, including the suspension of all amateur football, for four weeks.[21] The following day, the FFF confirmed the suspension of senior football at all levels below Championnat National.[22]

    League tables

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1 Saint-Pryvé 8 6 2 0 12 3 +9 20 Promotion to National
    2 Châteaubriant 9 4 4 1 12 8 +4 16
    3 Sainte-Geneviève 9 4 4 1 10 6 +4 16
    4 Granville 9 4 3 2 8 6 +2 15
    5 SM Caen (res) 9 4 3 2 10 7 +3 15
    6 Fleury 9 3 4 2 7 6 +1 13
    7 Chartres 9 3 3 3 13 11 +2 12
    8 Plabennec 9 3 3 3 11 13 −2 12
    9 Rouen 8 2 4 2 4 4 0 10
    10 Versailles 9 3 1 5 11 13 −2 10
    11 Guingamp (res) 9 1 6 2 7 9 −2 9
    12 Lorient (res) 9 1 6 2 5 8 −3 9
    13 Saint-Malo 9 1 5 3 8 10 −2 8
    14 Blois 8 2 2 4 11 15 −4 8 Relegation to National 3
    15 Vannes 8 2 2 4 9 10 −1 8
    16 Poissy 9 0 2 7 6 15 −9 2
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2020. Source: foot-national.com
    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 Paris 13 Atletico 9 4 4 1 10 4 +6 16 Promotion to National
    2 Épinal 8 5 0 3 10 8 +2 15
    3 Haguenau 8 3 4 1 9 6 +3 13
    4 Metz (res) 8 4 1 3 9 7 +2 13
    5 Lens (res)[lower-alpha 1] 8 4 2 2 12 14 −2 13
    6 FC 93 7 4 1 2 8 10 −2 13
    7 Auxerre (res) 9 3 4 2 13 13 0 13
    8 Saint-Maur 8 4 1 3 13 7 +6 13
    9 Gazélec Ajaccio 8 3 3 2 11 7 +4 12
    10 Belfort 9 3 3 3 12 10 +2 12
    11 Beauvais 8 2 4 2 10 8 +2 10
    12 Reims (res) 8 2 3 3 14 10 +4 9
    13 Sedan 7 1 5 1 5 5 0 8
    14 L'Entente SSG 9 2 1 6 8 13 −5 7 Relegation to National 3
    15 Schiltigheim 9 1 2 6 5 20 −15 5
    16 Saint-Quentin 9 0 4 5 6 13 −7 4
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2020. Source: foot-national.com
    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
    Notes:
    1. Lens (res) were penalised for a currently unpublished infringement in the game against Paris 13 Atletico on 28 August 2020. The game finished 0–3, so remained unchanged. Lens (res) were deducted a penalty point.

    Group C
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1 Aubagne 9 5 2 2 15 10 +5 17 Promotion to National
    2 GOAL FC 9 5 2 2 18 10 +8 17
    3 Toulon 9 5 1 3 15 8 +7 16
    4 Martigues 8 5 1 2 15 9 +6 16
    5 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 8 4 3 1 9 2 +7 15
    6 Andrézieux 9 4 2 3 15 11 +4 14
    7 Hyères 9 4 1 4 10 12 −2 13
    8 Saint-Priest 9 2 6 1 14 14 0 12
    9 Lyon (res) 9 2 4 3 12 14 −2 10
    10 Grasse 7 2 3 2 9 6 +3 9
    11 Rumilly-Vallières 8 2 3 3 11 14 −3 9
    12 Louhans-Cuiseaux 8 2 2 4 11 12 −1 8
    13 Monaco (res) 9 2 2 5 9 18 −9 8
    14 Jura Sud Foot[lower-alpha 1] 6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 6 Relegation to National 3
    15 Marignane Gignac 9 1 3 5 9 19 −10 6
    16 Olympic Marseille (res) 8 1 2 5 6 17 −11 5
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2020. Source: foot-national.com
    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
    Notes:
    1. On 6 September 2020, Jura Sud Foot were due to play at Louhans-Cuiseaux. Due to COVID-19 cases, they requested the game be postponed. The FFF denied the request. Jura Sud Foot attended the game with only 8 players. In the first minute of the game, a player was injured and couldn't continue, causing the referee to abandon it. On 14 September 2020, the FFF penalised Jura Sud Foot, awarding Louhans-Cuiseaux a 3–0 win and deducting a point from Jura Sud Foot.[10][23] On 26 October 2020 it was announced that Jura Sud Foot had successfully appealed the penalty, and the match was to be replayed.[24]

    Group D
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1 Béziers 9 6 3 0 15 5 +10 21 Promotion to National
    2 Trélissac 9 4 5 0 13 5 +8 17
    3 Colomiers 9 4 4 1 7 4 +3 16
    4 Romorantin 8 4 2 2 10 3 +7 14
    5 Les Herbiers 9 4 2 3 11 5 +6 14
    6 Le Puy 7 3 4 0 10 4 +6 13
    7 Angers (res) 9 3 4 2 11 12 −1 13
    8 Moulins Yzeure 9 2 5 2 10 7 +3 11
    9 Bourges Foot 8 3 2 3 11 7 +4 11
    10 Nantes (res) 8 2 4 2 6 8 −2 10
    11 Bergerac 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10
    12 Canet Roussillon 9 2 4 3 9 10 −1 10
    13 Chamalières 9 2 4 3 5 8 −3 10
    14 Angoulême 9 1 3 5 5 21 −16 6 Relegation to National 3
    15 Bourges 18 9 1 0 8 10 19 −9 3
    16 Mont-de-Marsan 9 0 2 7 2 19 −17 2
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2020. Source: foot-national.com
    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 28 October 2020.
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Reo Griffiths Lyon (res) 6
    Sébastien Persico Chartres
    Issouf Macalou GOAL FC
    Lassine Sinayoko Auxerre (res)
    Manuel Delgado Toulon
    Souleiman Djabour Andrézieux
    Alexy Bosetti Le Puy
    8 David Pollet Gazélec Ajaccio 5
    Esteban Lepaul Épinal
    Fode Guirassy Béziers
    Samy Baghdadi Grasse
    Dramane Sissoko Hyères

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