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2020–21 Championnat National 3


Season
29 August 2020 – 24 March 2021
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8 goalsMustapha Sangaré, Racing Club
Vitré 6–0 Guipry MessacGroup K, Round 2, 5 September 2020Gueugnon 6–0 Valdahon-VercelGroup E, Round 3, 12 September 2020Dives-Cabourg 6–0 RomillyGroup J, Round 6, 24 October 2020Amiens SC (res) 7–1 ChantillyGroup I, Round 6, 25 October 2020
Paron 0–6 Jura DoloisGroup E, Round 3, 13 September 2020
Rousset 4–4 Cannet RochevilleGroup D, Round 2, 5 September 2020Ain Sud 4–4 Hauts LyonnaisGroup M, Round 5, 26 September 2020
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 08:33, 25 March 2021 (UTC).

The 2020–21 Championnat National 3 is the fourth season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition is contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

After a suspension starting in October 2020, the season was declared void by the FFF on 24 March 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in France, with some teams having played just three games.

On 17 July 2020, the French Football Federation ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows:

  • 120 teams that were not relegated or promoted from the 2019–20 Championnat National 3 groups.
  • 11 teams relegated from 2019–20 Championnat National 2 after any reprieves.
  • 1 team reprieved from relegation from 2019–20 Championnat National 3 groups.
  • 36 teams promoted from Régional 1 leagues (as shown in the table below).
RegionTeamMethod of qualification
Nouvelle-AquitaineNeuvilleR1A champions
LibourneR1B champions
TartasR1C champions
Pays de la LoirePoiré-sur-VieR1A champions
SautronR1A runners up
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-LieuR2A champions
Centre-Val de LoireDéolsR1 runners up
AmillyR1 third
Saint-Jean-le-BlancR1 fourth
Méditerranée-CorsicaCorteR1 Corsica champions
Cannet RochevilleR1 Méditerranée champions
RoussetR1 Méditerranée runners up
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéSaint-ApollinaireR1A champions
GrandvillarsR1B runners up
ParonR1A runners up
Grand EstÉpernayR1A champions
Nancy (res)R1B champions
ColmarR1C champions
OccitanieCastanetR1A runners up
NarbonneR1B champions
Alberes ArgelèsR1C champions
Hauts-de-FranceWasquehalR1A champions
ChantillyR1B champions
Saint-OmerR1B runners up (best runner up on PPG)
NormandyBayeuxR1A runners up
RomillyR1B runners up
Dives-CabourgR1A third
BrittanyMilizacR1A champions
Guipry MessacR1B champions
Saint-Brieuc (res)R1B runners up (best runner up on PPG)
Paris Île-de-FranceMeaux AcademyR1A champions
Linas-MontlhéryR1B champions
BrétignyR1B runners up
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesMoulinsR1A champions
Thonon ÉvianR1B champions
VelayR1A runners up

On 27 July 2020, the Appeals committee of the DNCG confirmed that Athlético Marseille would be allowed to play in Championnat National 2, thus temporarily leaving a vacant place in Group D. 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.

If eligible, the top team in each group is promoted to Championnat National 2. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, or declines promotion, the next eligible team in that group is promoted.

Generally, three teams are relegated from each group to their respective top regional league, subject to reprieves. Extra teams are relegated from a group if more than one team is relegated to that group from Championnat National 2. In the case that no teams are relegated to a group from Championnat National 2, one less team is relegated from that group to the regional league.

Reserve teams whose training centres are categorised as category 2B or lower cannot be promoted to Championnat National 2 by the rules of the competition.

On 28 October 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a second COVID-19 lockdown, including the suspension of all amateur football, for four weeks. The following day, the FFF confirmed the suspension of senior football at all levels below Championnat National. By this point in the competition, more than 60 games had been postponed due to positive covid cases impacting one or both teams.

On 24 March 2021, the COMEX (Executive Committee) of the FFF announced end of all amateur championships below Championnat National 2, including Championnat National 3, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The announcement also confirmed no promotions or relegations would take place, with the season void.

The league standings are a record of the games that took place before the competition was declared void.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
15500151+1415
25320127+511
3632163+311
4422053+28
5622289−18
6520356−16
7413042+26
86132613−76
941126604
10511336−34
11511337−44
12310243+13
13502339−62
14301216−51
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1440092+712
2532092+711
3522195+48
4522176+18
5522174+38
6321042+27
7520369−36
8620467−16
9312032+15
10311165+14
115113714−74
12402249−52
13502327−52
14401338−51
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16330115+612
25311105+510
3530274+39
4622269−38
5522197+28
6522175+28
7615054+18
862221110+18
9622245−18
10621356−17
11522145−17
12613269−36
13510458−33
146015816−81
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
15410116+513
26411107+313
3631284+410
4531185+310
562221411+38
6522152+38
76222117+48
862131113−27
9621369−37
10421175+27
11520359−46
126114613−74
136033410−63
144013611−51
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16501135+815
25320123+911
35311116+510
4624085+310
5531195+410
66222107+38
7522165+18
8521254+17
9521278−17
10511338−54
11511369−34
12411236−34
135014213−111
145005112−110
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
17520165+1117
27511146+816
373221310+311
463121210+210
5631298+110
67232121209
77304915−69
8621376+17
96213712−57
107214911−27
117214511−66
126132910−16
13613256−16
147124611−55
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1633094+512
26321128+411
3532085+311
46240107+310
5631267−110
66222911−28
76213111107
86213712−57
96213810−27
1052031310+36
11613297+26
1262041113−26
13612349−55
14612347−35
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
15410116+513
2430173+49
3622289−18
4522176+18
5522163+38
6421143+17
762131312+17
852121314−17
95212912−37
10420264+26
11420279−26
12613289−16
13504189−14
146006412−80
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16501165+1115
26501166+1015
35320105+511
46321117+411
5623187+19
663037709
7622298+18
862228808
9521278−17
1051317706
11620479−26
124103313−103
136015615−91
145005313−100
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16600172+1518
26420117+414
36411113+813
46402105+512
56402106+412
66312127+510
7522176+18
8521259−47
96204714−76
10611448−44
115104512−73
12610529−73
136105615−93
14510459−43
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16510145+916
26411116+513
36411105+513
46321106+411
5630356−19
6530285+39
7630397+29
8622286+28
962228808
10612359−45
116114610−44
12511325−34
136114411−74
146024314−112
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
163211410+411
263211512+311
35311117+410
4631286+210
552211312+18
65221106+48
752121211+17
8521276+17
95203812−46
105203610−46
116123911−25
126123610−45
13411257−24
14511348−44

As of 28 October 2020.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Mustapha SangaréRacing Club8
2El Hadji Malick SeckStade Bordelais7
Belkacem Dali-AmarCôte Bleue
4Sullivan MartinetStade Bordelais6
Thomas AlvarezSaran
Rodney MazikouAmilly
Alain ReppertBiesheim
Moustapha OuabiFabrègues
Christopher FormyVitré
Christian TokoHauts Lyonnais
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