France National 2
Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/05 18:00 | 12 |
Les Herbiers vs Aviron Bayonnais
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| 12/05 18:30 | 12 |
Angouleme vs La Roche VF
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| 12/05 18:30 | 12 |
Creteil vs Cannes
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| 12/05 19:00 | 12 |
Chambly Thelle FC vs Beauvais
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| 12/05 19:00 | 12 |
Stade Poitevin vs Granville
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| 12/05 19:00 | 12 |
FC 93 Bobigny vs Istres
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| 12/06 15:30 | 12 |
Bieshiem vs Chantilly
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| 12/06 16:00 | 12 |
GOAL FC vs US Lusitanos Saint-Maur
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| 12/06 17:00 | 12 |
Blois Foot 41 vs St Pryve St Hilaire
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| 12/06 17:00 | 12 |
Haguenau vs Epinal
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| 12/06 17:00 | 12 |
Thionville FC vs Colmar
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| 12/06 17:00 | 12 |
Bourges 18 vs Feignies Aulnoye FC
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 17:00 | 11 |
[6] St Pryve St Hilaire vs Haguenau
[12]
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1-2 |
| 11/22 18:00 | 11 |
[11] AS Montlouis vs Les Herbiers
[9]
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1-2 |
| 11/22 18:00 | 11 |
[11] Beauvais vs FC Bastia-Borgo
[6] 
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1-2 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
Granville vs Aviron Bayonnais
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0-1 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
Rousset-Ste Victoire vs GOAL FC
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1-3 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
[3] US Lusitanos Saint-Maur vs Nimes
[2] 
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2-0 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
[10] Hyeres FC vs Creteil
[12]
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1-0 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
[5] Cannes vs Grasse
[13] 
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3-1 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
[11] Saint Priest vs Rumilly Vallieres
[1] 
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1-2 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
Istres vs Sporting Club Toulon
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4-0 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
[14] Dinan Lehon vs Avranches
[5] 
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3-2 |
| 11/22 17:00 | 11 |
Locmine Saint-Colomban vs Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant
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0-1 |
Teams
Frejus
Saint Malo
Hyeres FC
US Lusitanos Saint-Maur
Sporting Club Toulon
Haguenau
Creteil
Wasquehal
AS Poissy
Les Herbiers
Epinal
Chambly Thelle FC
Reims II
Marignane
Nantes II
Romorantin
Monaco II
Lens II
FC Chartres
Martigues
Stade Bordelais
Sedan
Colomiers
ASM Belfort
Trelissac FC
Avranches
Lyon Duchere
Bordeaux
AC Boulogne-Billancourt
Annecy
Drancy
Yzeure
Boulogne
Nice II
Monts d'Or Azergues
Nimes
Le Havre II
Montpellier II
Viry-Chatillon
Amiens AC
Montceau
AS Beziers
ES Paulhan Pezenas
Bourg-Peronnas
Grenoble
Villefranche
Tarbes
Saint Louis Neuweg
Ajaccio GFCA
Mt de Marsans Stade
Wikipedia - Championnat National 2
The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Championnat National. Contested by 48 clubs, the Championnat National 2 operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Championnat National and Championnat National 3, the fifth division of French football. Seasons run from August to May, with teams in the three groups playing 30 games each. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.
The Championnat de France amateur was initially founded by the French Football Federation in 1927 and was composed of the regional amateur league champions. The league served as the first division of French football until 1929 before the league was converted to the professional league that exists today in 1932. The current incarnation of the league is a simple rebrand of the CFA, which was founded in 1993 as National 2 and lasted for five years before being converted to the CFA name in 1998 and the National 2 name in 2017. Some clubs that participate in the league are semi-professional. The matches in the league attract on average between 800 and 1,000 spectators per match. However, this average is dragged down by the minuscule turnouts for the pros' home reserve matches.
History
The amateur championship of France was created in 1993 under the name National 2 as an heir to the now-defunct Division 3. The league's debut coincided with the creation of the Championnat National, the third division of French football, which is commonly known as National. For the first three years of the competition, an amateur champion was crowned in France regardless of whether the club was amateur or a reserve team. In 1998, the French Football Federation changed the competition's format creating two separate tables; one for the amateur clubs and another for the reserve teams of professional clubs. The dual tables allowed the league to declare a champion for the amateurs and the reserves with four team tournaments being held following the conclusion of league play to determine the champions. At the same time the competition was renamed Championnat de France Amateur (CFA). In 2001, the federation ended this style and reverted to the original format allowing both the amateur clubs and reserve teams to be grouped together based on their regional location. The winner of each group would then earn promotion to the Championnat National, unless the club is a reserve team. Meanwhile, the reserve teams continued to use the previous format with the best reserve teams of each group being inserted into a tournament to decide the reserves' champion.
In 2017, the FFF reorganised amateur football along the lines of the 2016 reorganisation of the Regions of France, creating Championnat National 2 and Championnat National 3 to replace CFA and CFA2. For National 2 this was in effect just a change of name, whilst National 3 saw a major restructure.
As part of the restructure of the French football leagues system between 2022 and 2026, the league was reduced from 64 teams across 4 groups in 2022–23, to 56 across 4 groups in 2023–24, and will have 48 teams across 3 groups from 2024–25.