The 2022–23 Championnat National 2 was the 25th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. This season the competition was 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. The competition started on 20 August 2022 and completed on 3 June 2023.
Teams On 13 July 2022, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups.
Changes from the 2021-22 season were:
Teams joining the division Chambly, Boulogne and Créteil finished in the relegation positions in 2021-22 Championnat National. Sète were relegated from 2021-22 Championnat National by the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion for financial mismanagement. Stade Bordelais, Saumur, Vierzon, Furiani-Agliani, Racing Besançon, Colmar, Alès, Wasquehal, Évreux, Rennes (res), Racing Club and Thonon Évian finished in the promotion places in 2021–22 Championnat National 3
Teams leaving the division Versailles, Martigues, Paris 13 Atletico and Le Puy were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2022–23 Championnat National Plabennec, Vitré, Schiltigheim, Lens (res), Entente SSG, Monaco (res), Rumilly-Vallières, Marseille (res), Montpellier (res), Colomiers and Mont-de-Marsan finished in the relegation positions in 2021–22 Championnat National 2 and were relegated to 2022–23 Championnat National 3 Béziers were relegated to 2022-23 Championnat National 3 by the DNCG for financial mismanagement.
Promotion and Relegation The top team in each group were promoted to 2023–24 Championnat National.
Due to the restructuring of the French football leagues, this season the bottom five teams in each group were relegated to 2023–24 Championnat National 3, along with the two worst performing eleventh-placed teams. This performance was calculated based on the performance of each eleventh-placed team in matches against the teams finishing 6th to 10th.
League tables Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dame GuèyeGrasse242 Arnold Lamb LuthRacing Club22 Christopher IbayiRouen Farid BeziouenFC 935 Cheikh TouréPoissy216 Alexi ÉbrardVannes18 Jordan PopineauBlois8 Ousmane CamaraAuxerre (res)17 Orphé MbinaChamalières10 Hugo ChambonSaint-Quentin16 Isaac MatondoLes Herbiers
Season outcomes Promotion Rouen, Épinal, Marignane GCB, GOAL FC were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2023–24 Championnat National, subject to the usual ratification by the FFF and DNCG.
Relegations A total of 22 clubs were relegated to 2023–24 Championnat National 3. Reprieves are required to maintain this number in light of any administrative relegations enacted by the FFF and DNCG.
Évreux, Rennes (res), Vannes, SM Caen (res), Chartres, Reims (res), Sainte-Geneviève, Metz (res), Belfort, Saint-Maur, Sète, Saint-Priest, Lyon (res), Canet Roussillon, Louhans-Cuiseaux, Vierzon, Moulins Yzeure, Stade Bordelais, Nantes (res) and Lorient (res) finished in places 12 to 16 in their groups.
The two eleventh placed teams with the worst record against teams in sixth to tenth place in their groups are also relegated: Ranking of eleventh placed teams. Team1Andrézieux12 Maintain in National 22Guingamp (res)9 Maintain in National 23Aubagne8 Reprieved4Saint-Quentin7 Reprieved
Reprieves The following reprieves took place.
Aubagne were reprieved, due to the administrative relegation of Lyon La Duchère by the DNCG, with Lyon La Duchère indicating they are not appealing the decision.
Saint-Quentin were reprieved, due to the expulsion from the national competition of Poissy by the DNCG, which was confirmed on appeal.
Any reprieves required beyond the two eleventh-placed clubs were taken from the twelfth-placed clubs with the best record, excluding Évreux due to their expulsion from the national competition by the DNCG. Ranking of twelfth placed teams. Team1Lorient (res)20 Reprieved2Saint-Maur13 Relegated3Louhans-Cuiseaux12 Relegated
Lorient (res) were reprieved due to the exclusion of Sedan from the national competition.
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