2015–16 Championnat National
# 2015–16 Championnat National

The 2015–16 Championnat National season was the 18th season since its establishment. The previous season's champions were Red Star.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Amiens | Amiens | Stade de la Licorne | 12,097 |
| Avranches | Avranches | Stade René Fenouillère | 800 |
| CA Bastia | Bastia | Stade $d'Erbajolo^1$ | 2,000 |
| Belfort | Belfort | Stade Roger Serzian | 5,500 |
| Béziers | Béziers | Stade de Sauclières | 12,000 |
| Boulogne | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Stade de la Libération | 15,004 |
| Chambly | Chambly | Stade des Marais | 1,000 |
| Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,072 |
| Colmar | Colmar | Colmar Stadium | 7,000 |
| Dunkerque | Dunkerque | Stade Marcel-Tribut | 4,200 |
| Épinal | Épinal | Stade de la Colombière | 8,000 |
| Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Fréjus | Stade Pourcin | 2,500 |
| Les Herbiers | Les Herbiers | Stade Massabielle | 5,000 |
| Luçon | Luçon | Stade Jean de Mouzon | 7,000 |
| Marseille-Consolat | Marseille | Stade La Martine | 1,990 |
| Orléans | Orléans | Stade de la Source | 7,000 |
| Sedan | Sedan | Stade Louis Dugauguez | 23,189 |
| Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Stade de la Meinau | 29,000 |

* $^1$ Bastia failed to reach an agreement with the local government on the use of Stade Armand Cesari, the local professional stadium. As a result, they will play in their smaller original stadium, Stade d'Erbajolo, after a minor renovation. During this renovation, the team will play its home games in Stade Claude-Papi in Porto-Vecchio, after playing its first two home games at Stade Charles-Ehrmann in Nice, and Stade Jean-Filippi in Vescovato.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Strasbourg (C, P) | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 58 | Promotion to Ligue 2 |
| 2 | Orléans (P) | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 56 | Promotion to Ligue 2 |
| 3 | Amiens (P) | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 55 | Promotion to Ligue 2 |
| 4 | Marseille Consolat | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 54 | |
| 5 | Châteauroux | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Dunkerque | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 47 | |
| 7 | Avranches | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | |
| 8 | Boulogne | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | Chambly | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 44 | |
| 10 | Béziers | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 44 | |
| 11 | Luçon (D, R) | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 44 | Demotion to Division d'Honneur |
| 12 | Sedan | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 43 | |
| 13 | CA Bastia | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 43 | |
| 14 | Belfort | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 41 | |
| 15 | Les Herbiers | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 39 | |
| 16 | Colmar (D, R, R) | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 37 | Demotion to Division d'Honneur |
| 17 | Épinal | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 30 | |
| 18 | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël (R) | 34 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Championnat de France Amateur |

* ↑ Luçon resigned due to financial difficulties. Les Herbiers was reprieved from relegation.
* ↑ Colmar was assigned to Division d'Honneur (6th tier) after filing for insolvency. Épinal was reprieved from relegation.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMI | AVR | CAB | BEL | BÉZ | BOU | CHA | CHÂ | COL | DUN | ÉPI | FSR | LHV | LUÇ | MCO | ORL | SED | STR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amiens | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Avranches | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| CA Bastia | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Belfort | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Béziers | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Boulogne | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Chambly | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Châteauroux | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Colmar | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Dunkerque | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Épinal | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Fréjus | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Les Herbiers | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Luçon | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Marseille Consolat | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Orléans | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sedan | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| Strasbourg | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of games played on 3 June 2016

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Farid Beziouen | Avranches | 17 |
| 1 | Kévin Fortuné | Béziers | 17 |
| 3 | Wilfried Louisy-Daniel | Chambly | 15 |
| 3 | Grégory Thil | Boulogne | 15 |
| 5 | Romain Armand | Orléans | 12 |
| 5 | Jonathan Tinhan | Amiens | 12 |
| 5 | Oumare Tounkara | Châteauroux | 12 |
| 8 | Kévin Dupuis | Orléans | 11 |
| 8 | Adama Sarr | Les Hebiers | 11 |
| 8 | Jean-Philippe Mateta | Châteauroux | 11 |

Source: Scoresway

