2007–08 Championnat National

The 2007–08 Championnat National is the 15th edition of the 3rd division league and began play in August 2007 and is slated to end in May 2008. Clermont Foot, US Boulogne, and Angers SCO were promoted to Ligue 2, whereas Sporting Toulon, US Raon-l'Étape, SO Châtellerault, and AS Yzeure were relegated to the CFA.

Promoted from the CFA were Calais RUFC from Groupe A, AC Arles from Groupe B, Rodez AF from Groupe C, and Villemomble Sports from Groupe D.

20 participating teams

AC Arles AS Beauvais Oise AS Cannes Calais RUFC AS Cherbourg Football US Créteil-Lusitanos FC Istres Stade Lavallois CS Louhans-Cuiseaux FC Martigues

Nîmes Olympique Paris FC Pau FC Rodez AF SO Romorantin L'Entente SSG FC Sète Tours FC Vannes OC Villemomble Sports

League table

Last updated 17 May 2008

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Vannes OC (C) (P)	38	20	9	9	47	31	+16	69	Promoted to Ligue 2
2	Tours FC (P)	38	18	11	9	53	31	+22	65
3	Nîmes Olympique (P)	38	17	12	9	51	40	+11	63
4	AS Cherbourg	38	17	10	11	47	37	+10	61
5	Stade Lavallois	38	14	16	8	51	31	+20	58
6	FC Sète	38	14	14	10	39	29	+10	56
7	US Créteil	38	12	15	11	47	35	+12	51
8	AC Arles	38	12	15	11	37	35	+2	51
9	AS Beauvais	38	13	12	13	44	44	0	51
10	Paris FC	38	12	14	12	52	53	-1	50
11	FC Istres	38	13	11	14	39	42	-3	50
12	L'Entente SSG	38	15	5	18	46	52	-6	50
13	AS Cannes	38	12	14	12	41	49	-8	50
14	Rodez AF	38	14	6	18	42	49	-7	48
15	Calais RUFC	38	11	14	13	39	41	-2	47
16	CS Louhans	38	12	9	17	40	61	-21	45
17	Villemomble (R)	38	9	14	15	29	38	-9	41	Relegated to CFA
18	Pau FC (R)	38	12	5	21	39	61	-22	41
19	FC Martigues (R)	38	9	13	16	40	48	-8	40
20	SO Romorantin (R)	38	8	13	17	31	47	-16	37'

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top goalscorers

Last updated 10 May 2008

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Hamado Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	AS Beauvais	18
2	Youssef Adnane	France	AS Cherbourg	17
–	Welington	Brazil	L'Entente SSG	17
4	Maurice Dalé	France	FC Martigues	14
–	Olivier Giroud	France	FC Istres	14
6	Robert Malm	Togo	Nîmes Olympique	13
7	Jean-Marie David	France	Paris FC	12
–	Gilles Fabien	France	Stade Lavallois	12
–	Tenema N'Diaye	Mali	Tours FC	12
10	Franck Berrier	France	AS Cannes	11

Managers

Club	Head coach
AC Arles	Estevan, MichelMichel Estevan
AS Beauvais Oise	Roux, BrunoBruno Roux
AS Cannes	Lahiner, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Lahiner
Calais RUFC	Jore, SylvainSylvain Jore
AS Cherbourg Football	Tosi, NoëlNoël Tosi
US Créteil-Lusitanos	Goudet, ThierryThierry Goudet
FC Istres	Arpinon, FrédéricFrédéric Arpinon
Stade Lavallois	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger
CS Louhans-Cuiseaux	Crucet, StéphaneStéphane Crucet
FC Martigues	Eyraud, PatricePatrice Eyraud
Nîmes Olympique	Fournier, LaurentLaurent Fournier
Paris FC	Wallemme, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Wallemme
Pau FC	Vignes, DavidDavid Vignes
Rodez AF	Tholot, DidierDidier Tholot
SO Romorantin	Rizzetto, FranckFranck Rizzetto
L'Entente SSG	Djamour, KamelKamel Djamour
FC Sète	Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey
Tours FC	Daniel Sanchez
Vannes OC	Gabillet, ThierryThierry Gabillet
Villemomble Sports	M'Boma, AlainAlain M'Boma

References

• Official Website of The Championnat de France National
• Championnat Football Statistics
• Championnat National Standings