2008–09 Championnat National

Championnat National

Season	2008–09
Champions	Istres
Promoted	Laval Arles
Relegated	Niort Calais Cherbourg L'Entente
Goals scored	778
Average goals/game	2.04
Top goalscorer	Eyemen Henaini (21)
Biggest home win	Cannes 6–0 Cherbourg (22 May 2009)
Biggest away win	Calais 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 scoring	Louhans-Cuiseaux 4–3 Beauvais (6 December 2008) (7 goals)
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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.

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.

• AC Arles
• Aviron Bayonnais FC
• AS Beauvais Oise
• AS Cannes
• Calais RUFC
• SO Cassis Carnoux
• AS Cherbourg Football
• US Créteil-Lusitanos
• Croix de Savoie Gaillard
• FC Gueugnon
• FC Istres
• Stade Lavallois
• FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin
• CS Louhans-Cuiseaux
• Chamois Niortais
• Pacy Vallée-d'Eure
• Paris FC
• Rodez AF
• L'Entente SSG
• FC Sète

League table

Last updated 29 May 2009

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
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	Sète1	38	15	12	11	41	35	+6	54
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-Cuiseaux2	38	12	13	13	38	48	-10	46
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

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^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

Club	Head 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

External links

• Championnat National Official Site
• Championnat National Standings
• Championnat National Statistics