- 2008–09 Championnat National
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Championnat National Season 2008–09 Champions Istres Promoted Laval
ArlesRelegated Niort
Calais
Cherbourg
L'EntenteGoals scored 778 Average goals/game 2.04 Top goalscorer 
Eyemen Henaini (21)Biggest home win Cannes 6–0 Cherbourg (22 May 2009) Biggest away win Calais 1–4 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure (29 August 2008)
Croix de Savoie 1–4 Laval (25 October 2008)
L'Entente 1–4 Arles (15 November 2008)Highest scoring Louhans-Cuiseaux 4–3 Beauvais (6 December 2008)
(7 goals)← 2007–082009–10 →The 2008–09 Championnat National was the 16th edition of the 3rd division league. Play commenced on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. Vannes OC, Tours FC, and Nîmes Olympique were promoted to Ligue 2, replacing Chamois Niortais, FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, and FC Gueugnon who were relegated from Ligue 2.
Villemomble Sports, Pau FC, FC Martigues and SO Romorantin were relegated to the CFA, and promoted from the CFA were Pacy Vallée-d'Eure from Group A, Croix de Savoie Gaillard from Group B, SO Cassis Carnoux from Group C, and Aviron Bayonnais FC from Group D.
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Participating teams
As usual, there will be 20 teams competing in the Championnat National in the 2008–09 season.
League table
Last updated 29 May 2009
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes 1 Istres (C) (P) 38 21 12 5 55 24 +31 75 Promoted to
Ligue 22 Laval (P) 38 19 14 5 52 31 +21 71 3 Arles (P) 38 19 9 10 52 37 +15 66 4 Cannes 38 16 13 9 46 33 +13 61 5 Croix de Savoie 38 16 9 13 51 43 +8 57 6 Paris FC 38 16 7 15 46 43 +3 55 7 Sète1 38 15 12 11 41 35 +6 54 8 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 38 13 13 12 41 42 -1 52 9 Créteil 38 9 22 7 38 28 +10 49 10 Beauvais 38 12 11 15 47 50 -3 47 11 Gueugnon 38 11 14 13 38 36 +2 47 12 Libourne-Saint-Seurin 38 13 7 18 40 55 -15 46 13 Bayonne 38 12 10 16 21 31 -10 46 14 Cassis 38 11 13 14 37 47 -10 46 15 Rodez AF 38 13 7 18 40 39 +1 46 16 Louhans-Cuiseaux2 38 12 13 13 38 48 -10 46 17 Niort (R) 38 9 14 15 31 37 -6 41 Relegated to
CFA18 Calais (R) 38 10 10 18 34 50 -16 40 19 Entente SSG (R) 38 9 9 20 29 48 -19 36 20 Cherbourg (R) 38 7 15 16 30 50 -20 36 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1. Sète have been deducted 3 points.
2. Louhans-Cuiseaux have been deducted 3 points.
Stats
Top goalscorers
Position Player Nationality Club Goals 1 Eyemen Henaini FranceAC Arles 21 2 Cyril Arbaud FranceFC Istres 13 3 Kévin Bérigaud FranceCroix de Savoie 11 - Mathieu Duhamel FranceStade Laval 11 - Simon Feindouno 
GuineaFC Istres 11 - Lys Mouithys 
CongoFC Libourne 11 - Foued Nadji FranceCassis Carnoux 11 - Yannick Yenga 
Congo DRParis FC 11 9 5 players 10 14 7 players 9 21 2 players 8 23 6 players 7 29 5 players 6 34 18 players 5 52 25 players 4 77 33 players 3 110 43 players 2 153 100 players 1 Total: 778 Average after 380 games: 2.04 Last updated: 30 May 2009
Source: FootNationalManagers
Club Head coach Arles Michel EstevanBeauvais Oise Hubert Velud then replaced by Alexandre ClémentCannes Patrice CarteronCalais Sylvain Jore then Djezon BoutoilleCherbourg Noël TosiUS Créteil Olivier FrapolliFC Istres Nicolas Usai & Henri StambouliStade Laval Philippe HinschbergerCS Louhans-Cuiseaux Stéphane Crucet then Gaëtan Hardouin (caretaker), then Stéphane CrucetSO Cassis Léon GalliPacy Vallée-d'Eure Laurent HattonParis FC Jean-Marc PilorgetLibourne-Saint-Seurin Stéphane Ziani then replaced by Thierry OleksiakRodez AF Franck RizzettoBayonne FC Alain PochatL'Entente SSG Kamel DjabourFC Sète Fréd RemolaGueugnon René Le Lamer & Hubert FournierNiort Denis TrochCroix de Savoie Pascal DuprazExternal links
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