French football league system
The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France and Monaco, and includes one Spanish side. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.[1][2][3] Below that are a number of leagues run by the Fédération Française de Football. At level 3 is the semi-professional Championnat National.[4] Below that is the amateur Championnat de France amateur (level 4), which is divided into four parallel regional divisions, followed by the Championnat de France amateur 2 (level 5), which is divided into eight parallel regional divisions. Underneath that are many more regional leagues and divisions.[5][6] Clubs finishing the season at or near the top of their division may be eligible for promotion to a higher division. Similarly, clubs finishing at or near the bottom of their division may be relegated to a lower division.
Men
National Leagues
Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||
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1 |
Ligue 1 | |||||||
2 |
Ligue 2 | |||||||
3 |
National | |||||||
4 |
CFA groupe A |
CFA groupe B |
CFA groupe C |
CFA groupe D | ||||
5 |
CFA2 groupe A |
CFA2 groupe B |
CFA2 groupe C |
CFA2 groupe D |
CFA2 groupe E |
CFA2 groupe F |
CFA2 groupe G |
CFA2 groupe H |
6 |
Alsace Honneur Aquitaine Honneur Atlantique Honneur Auvergne Honneur Lower Normandy Honneur Burgundy Honneur Brittany Honneur Centre Honneur Centre-Ouest Honneur Champagne-Ardenne Honneur Corsica Honneur Franche-Comté Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon Honneur Lorraine Honneur Maine Honneur Provence Honneur Midi-Pyrénées Honneur Nord-Pas-de-Calais Honneur Upper Normandy Honneur Paris Honneur Picardy Honneur Rhône-Alpes Honneur | |||||||
7 |
Aquitaine DSR Atlantique DRS Auvergne DHR Lower Normandy DSR Burgundy PH Brittany DSE Centre DHR Centre-Ouest DHR Champagne-Ardenne DHR Corsica PHA Franche-Comté LR2 Languedoc-Roussillon DHR Lorraine DHR Maine DSR Provence DHR Midi-Pyrénées DHR Nord-Pas-de-Calais DHR Upper Normandy DHR Paris DSR Picardy PH Rhône-Alpes HRL | |||||||
8 |
Aquitaine DHR Atlantique DRH Auvergne PHR Lower Normandy DHR Burgundy PL Brittany DSR Centre PH Centre-Ouest PH Champagne-Ardenne PL Corsica PHB Franche-Comté LR3 Lorraine PH Maine DRH Midi-Pyrénées PH Nord-Pas-de-Calais PH Upper Normandy PH Paris DHR Picardy PI Rhône-Alpes PHR | |||||||
9 |
Aquitaine PH Atlantique PH Lower Normandy PH Brittany DRH Centre PL Centre-Ouest PL Corsica PHC1 Lorraine PHR Maine PH Midi-Pyrénées PL Nord-Pas-de-Calais PHR Paris PH | |||||||
10 |
Aquitaine PL Brittany PH Corsica PHC2 Nord-Pas-de-Calais Régionale | |||||||
11 |
Championnat de district level 1 (all Departments) | |||||||
12 |
Championnat de district level 2 (all Departments) | |||||||
13 |
Championnat de district level 3 (all Departments) | |||||||
14 |
Championnat de district level 4 (all Departments except district of Finistère-nord) | |||||||
15 |
Championnat de district level 5 | |||||||
16 |
Championnat de district level 6 (only Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Loire-Atlantique, Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme) |
Regional Leagues
Leagues | Level VI | Level VII | Level VIII | Level IX | Level X |
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Alsace | Division Honneur | ||||
Aquitaine | Division Honneur | Division Supérieure Régionale | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Ligue |
Atlantique | Division Honneur | Division Régionale Supérieure | Division Régionale Honneur | Promotion Honneur | |
Auvergne | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur Régionale | ||
Lower Normandy | Division Honneur | Division Supérieure Régionale | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | |
Burgundy | Honneur Ligue | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Ligue | ||
Brittany | Division Honneur | Division Supérieure Élite | Division Supérieure Régionale | Division Régionale Honneur | Promotion Honneur |
Centre | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Ligue | |
Centre-Ouest | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Ligue | |
Champagne-Ardenne | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Ligue | ||
Corsica | Division Honneur | Promotion Honneur A | Promotion Honneur B | Promotion Honneur C1 | Promotion Honneur C2 |
Franche-Comté | Division Honneur | Ligue Régionale 2 | Ligue Régionale 3 | ||
Languedoc-Roussillon | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | |||
Lorraine | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Honneur Régionale | |
Maine | Division Honneur | Division Supérieure Régionale | Division Régionale Honneur | Promotion Honneur | |
Méditerranée | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | |||
Midi-Pyrénées | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Ligue | |
Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Honneur Régionale | Promotion Ligue |
Normandy | Division Honneur | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | ||
Paris Île-de-France | Division Honneur | Division Supérieure Régionale | Division Honneur Régionale | Promotion Honneur | |
Picardy | Division Honneur | Promotion Honneur | Promotion Interdistricts | ||
Rhône-Alpes | Honneur Ligue | Honneur Régional Ligue | Promotion Honneur Régional |
Departemental Districts
- League of Alsace
Officially, the League of Alsace does not include departmental districts. The organization of the championships, with a single DH and departmental groups at lower levels wrongly conveys the impression that there is a district of Haut-Rhin and a district of Bas-Rhin (also sometimes called District Nord Alsace and District Sud Alsace). At Level X and below reserves or second teams (II-III-IV-etc. ...) participate in a "B" pyramid. From this they can move into the "A" pyramid if they are promoted into Level IX and above.
Départemental districts | Level VII | Level VIII | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV |
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Bas-Rhin | Excellence | Promotion Excellence | Promotion | Division 1 Excellence B (rés.) | Division 2 Prom. Exc. B (rés.) | Division 3 Promotion B (rés.) | Division 1 B (rés.) | Division 2 B (rés.) | Division 3 B (rés.) |
Haut-Rhin | Excellence | Promotion Excellence | Promotion | Division 1 Excellence B (rés.) | Division 2 Prom. Exc. B (rés.) | Division 3 Promotion B (rés.) | Division 1 B (rés.) | Division 2 B (rés.) |
- League of Aquitaine
Départemental districts | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV |
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Bordeaux (Gironde) | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | |
Dordogne-Périgord (Dordogne) | Division 1 Excellence | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 |
Gironde-Altantique (Gironde) | Division 1 | Honneur Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | |
Gironde-Est (Gironde) | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | |
Landes | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | Division 3 |
Lot-et-Garonne | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | |
Sauternais-et-Graves (Gironde) | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 |
- Atlantic League
Départemental districts | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV |
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Loire-Atlantique | Division Supérieure | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | Division 3 |
Maine-et-Loire | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Vendée | Division 1 | Promotion Division 1 | Division 2 | Promotion Division 2 | Division 3 |
- League of the Auvergne
Départemental districts | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV |
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Allier | Élite | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Cantal | Élite | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
Haute-Loire | Élite | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Puy-de-Dôme | Élite | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
- League of Lower Normandy
Départemental districts | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV |
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Calvados | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | ||
Manche | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | |
Orne | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
- League of Burgundy
Départemental districts | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV |
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Côte-d'Or | Promotion | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Nièvre | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |
Pays Minier (Saône-et-Loire) | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |
Pays Saônois (Saône-et-Loire) | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |
Yonne | Promotion | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 |
- League of Brittany
Départemental districts | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV | Level XVI |
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Côtes-d'Armor | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Challenge | |
Finistère-Nord (Finistère) | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |||
Finistère-Sud (Finistère) | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | ||
Ille-et-Vilaine | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | |
Morbihan | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
- League of the Centre
Départemental districts | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV |
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Cher | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
Eure-et-Loir | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |
Indre | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
Indre-et-Loire | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
Loiret | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
Loir-et-Cher | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
- League of Champagne-Ardenne
Départemental districts | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII |
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Ardennes | Excellence | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division |
Aube | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | 3rd Division |
Marne | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | 3rd Division |
Haute-Marne | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | 3rd Division |
- League of Corsica
There is no district championship in Corsica.
- League of Franche-Comté
Départemental districts | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV |
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Doubs-Sud/Haut-Doubs | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | |
Belfort-Montbéliard | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | ||
Jura | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | ||
Haute-Saône | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
- League of Guyana
- League of Languedoc-Roussillon
Départemental districts | Level VIII | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII |
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Aude | Promotion Honneur | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | 3rd Division | |
Gard-Lozère | Promotion Honneur A | Promotion Honneur B | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | Promotion 2nd Division |
Hérault | Promotion Honneur A | Promotion Honneur B | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | |
Pyrénées-Orientales | Promotion Honneur | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division |
- League of Lorraine
Départemental districts | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII |
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Meurthe-et-Moselle Sud (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
Pays-Haut (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
Meuse | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | |
Moselle | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
Vosges | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
- League of Maine
- League of the Mediterranean
- League of Midi-Pyrénées
- League of Nord Pas-de-Calais
Départemental districts | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV | Level XVI | Level XVII | Level XVIII |
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Artois (Pas-de-Calais) | Excellence | Promotion Excellence | First Division | Promotion First | Second Division | Promotion Second | Third Division | |
Côte d'Opale (Pas-de-Calais) | Excellence | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | Promotion 2nd Division | 3rd Division | 4th Division | |
Escaut (Nord) | Excellence | Promotion Excellence | 1st Division | Promotion 1st Division | 2nd Division | Promotion 2nd Division | 3rd Division | 4th Division |
Flandre (Nord) | Excellence District | Promotion Excellence | Promotion District | 1st Division District | 2nd Division District | 3rd Division District | ||
Maritime Nord (Nord) | Excellence | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | Fourth Division |
- League of Normandy
- League of Paris Île-de-France
The arrondissements of Paris are divided into the three suburban districts. The District of Hauts-de-Seine includes 6th, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, the District of Seine-Saint-Denis has the 9th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 19th, 20th and the District of Val-de-Marne includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 12th and 13th.
Départemental districts | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV | Level XV | Level XVI | Level XVII |
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Essonne | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | ||
Hauts-de-Seine | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | ||
Seine-et-Marne Nord (Seine-et-Marne) | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |||
Seine-et-Marne Sud (Seine-et-Marne) | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |||
Seine-Saint-Denis | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |||
Val d'Oise | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |||
Val-de-Marne | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |||
Yvelines | Excellence | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | Division 6 | Division 7 |
- League of Picardy
- League of Réunion
- League of Rhône-Alpes
Départemental districts | Level IX | Level X | Level XI | Level XII | Level XIII | Level XIV |
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Ain | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Drôme-Ardèche | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Isère | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Loire | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Rhône | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Savoie | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | |
Haute-Savoie et Pays Gex | Excellence | Promotion d'Excellence | 1ere Division | 2eme Division | 3eme Division | 4emeDivision |
Women
National leagues
Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||
1 |
Division 1 Féminine | |||||||
2 |
Division 2 Féminine |
Division 2 Féminine |
Division 2 Féminine | |||||
3 |
Division 3 Féminine |
Division 3 Féminine |
Division 3 Féminine |
Division 3 Féminine | ||||
4 |
Alsace Honneur Aquitaine Honneur Atlantique Honneur Auvergne Honneur Lower Normandy Honneur Burgundy Honneur Brittany Honneur Centre Honneur Centre-Ouest Honneur Champagne-Ardenne Honneur Corsica Honneur Franche-Comté Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon Honneur Lorraine Honneur Maine Honneur Provence Honneur Midi-Pyrénées Honneur Nord-Pas-de-Calais Honneur Upper Normandy Honneur Paris Honneur Picardy Honneur Rhône-Alpes Honneur |
References
- ↑ "LFP, Ligue 1, L1, Ligue 2, L2 et Coupe de le Ligue." (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ligue 1" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ligue 2" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Championnat National" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Championnat de France amateur" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Championnat de France amateur 2" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
External links
- FFF Regional Leagues
- FFF Districts
- League321.com - French football league tables, records & statistics database.
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