2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur

February 2022 Championnat de France Amateur 2015–16 Lyon-Duchère Lyon-DuchèrePauConcarneauQuevilly (11 teams - see "Season outcomes" section) Damien Mayenga, Roye Noyon (18 goals) 6–0 (Troyes (res) v L'Entente SSG, Round 8, 17 October 2015Cholet v Fleury-Mérogis, Round 27, 7 May 2016) 1–6 (Roye Noyon v Poissy, Round 3, 29 August 2015) 8 goals (Stade Plabennécois v Lorient (res), Round 8, 17 October 2015Sochaux (res) v Montceau, Round 11, 5 December 2015Saint-Malo v Lorient (res), Round 30, 4 June 2016) 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur is the 18th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system. Teams There were twelve teams promoted from Championnat de France amateur 2, while ten teams were relegated from the 2014–15 Championnat de France amateur. Two teams came from the 2014–15 Ligue 2 and 2014–15 Championnat National, which are AC Arles-Avignon and US Colomiers Football respectively. The original plan was to have CA Bastia, FC Istres and SAS Épinal also relegated from the Championnat National, but due to DNCG and/or FFF rulings, the following clubs were relegated to lower divisions: AC Arles-Avignon (demoted from Ligue 2),http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2015/07/10/arles-avignon-retrograde-en-cfa ledauphine.com Arles-Avignon rétrogradé en CFA fr 10 July 2015 12 August 2015 Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie Football (resigned to join CFA 2)https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Le-poire-sur-vie-quitte-le-championnat-de-national/563028 lequipe.fr Le Poiré-sur-Vie quitte le Championnat de National fr 31 May 2015 12 August 2015 and FC Istres (demoted to 6th level).http://www.laprovence.com/article/sports/3465386/fc-istres-lenorme-gachis.html FC Istres, l'énorme gâchis 24 June 2015 12 August 2015 laprovence.com fr Bastia and Épinal stayed in Championnat National. Because of these vacancies, Hyères FC and Vendée Fontenay Foot remained in the CFA. Arles-Avignon was declared bankrupt in the middle of the season and subsequently relegated to the Mediterranean second tier or 7th tier overall.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-arles-avignon-renvoye-en-dhr-76463.html foot-national.com Arles-Avignon renvoyé en DHR fr 16 October 2015 17 October 2015 9 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017123208/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-arles-avignon-renvoye-en-dhr-76463.html dead All results were invalidated and remaining games cancelled. League tables main WDL Group A Group A Complete FFF.fr POI QUE WAS CRO BOU ENT TRO MAN AMI DIE PSG CAL ARR LEN AUB ROY AC Amiens Aubervilliers Arras FA Boulogne-Billancourt IC Croix Calais RUFC Dieppe L'Entente SSG Lens (res) Mantes Paris Saint-Germain (res) Poissy Quevilly-Rouen Roye Noyon Troyes (res) Wasquehal PROM REL REL REL Roye Noyon were penalised when the game against Troyes reserves on 12 September 2015 was forced to be abandoned with Roye reduced to 7 men, due to three players being sent off and two players injured after all three substitutions had been made. The score at the time of abandonment was 3-0 to Troyes reserves. This scoreline stood, but Roye Noyon had the 1 point for defeat withheld.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-roye-noyon-des-rouges-des-blesses-et-un-point-de-penalite-75987.html Roye Noyon : Des rouges, des blessés et un point de pénalité fr foot-national.com 1 October 2015 22 March 2016 On 5 January 2016, Wasquehal were handed an administrative demotion to CFA 2 for financial issues.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-dncg-un-club-de-cfa-retrograde-en-fin-de-saison-79185.html DNCG : Un club de CFA rétrogradé en fin de saison foot-national.com fr 5 January 2016 On appeal, this was reduced to a deduction of 10 points on 25 May 2016.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-dncg-cnosf-incroyable-retournement-de-situation-pour-wasquehal-84938.html DNCG - CNOSF : Incroyable retournement de situation pour Wasquehal foot-national.com fr 25 May 2016 Troyes reserves were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Wasquehal on 12 March 2016. The match finished 4–0 to Wasquehal. The scoreline stood, but Troyes reserves had the 1 point for defeat withheld.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-cfacfa2-retrait-de-point-pour-plusieurs-clubs-83959.html CFA/CFA2 : Retrait de point pour plusieurs clubs foot-national.com fr 2 May 2016 12 4 14 35 34 4 12 14 27 47 11 8 11 43 43 10 8 12 43 40 15 10 5 55 37 10 8 12 32 37 9 10 11 31 24 12 10 8 46 39 9 9 12 37 45 11 6 13 31 38 11 7 12 35 40 15 7 8 55 42 17 11 2 50 22 5 7 18 38 67 -1 9 9 12 41 47 -1 12 10 8 44 41 -10 4 2 1 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw R R C R PR green1 Promotion to National red1 Relegation to CFA 2main WDL Group B Group B 4 June 2016 FFF.fr GRE LYD AUX JSF LYO CHA VIL MUL DRA SLN LPF YZE SAR MON MOU SOC Auxerre (res) Monts d'Or Drancy Grenoble Jura Sud Lyon-Duchère Lyon (res) Le Puy Foot Mulhouse Montceau Moulins Sochaux (res) Sarre-Union St-Louis Neuweg Villefranche Yzeure PROM REL REL E Jura Sud were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the match against Villefranche on 2 April 2016. The original scoreline was 1–0 in favour of Jura Sud. The match was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Villefranche, and the point due to Jura Sud in defeat was withheld http://www.foot-national.com/foot-cfa-b-une-victoire-sur-tapis-vert-83103.html CFA B : Une victoire sur tapis vert fr foot-national.com 12 April 2016 Moulins forfeited the game against St-Louis Neuweg on 28 May 2016, when their players refused to play after the club's board declined to take forward a merger with Yzeure for the following season.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-moulins-declare-forfait-le-communique-des-joueurs-85104.html Moulins déclare forfait, le communiqué des joueurs foot-national.com fr 28 May 2016http://www.foot-national.com/foot-moulins-fusion-rejetee-depot-de-bilan-imminent-84956.html Moulins : Fusion rejetée, dépôt de bilan imminent ? foot-national.com fr 26 May 2016 Moulins also did not present for the game against Sarre-Union, the final game of the season, on 4 June 2016. They are to file for bankruptcy and be administratively relegated at the end of the season, and are therefore placed at the bottom of the table by the FFF.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-moulins-forfait-general-confirme-off-85538.html Moulins : Forfait général confirmé (off) fr 7 June 2016 14 7 9 39 27 8 14 8 26 32 10 11 9 33 29 17 8 5 40 19 11 11 8 41 34 -1 18 8 4 44 19 14 5 11 39 41 8 8 14 27 35 10 7 13 33 36 8 8 14 28 50 9 9 12 34 41 -66 5 9 16 23 42 6 10 14 34 41 11 7 12 30 30 11 10 9 37 30 8 12 10 27 29 4 2 1 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw R R X C PR green1 Promotion to National red1 Relegation to CFA 2 black1 Relegated and points expunged in June 2016, see notes. Relegated and points expungedmain WDL Group C Group C complete FFF.fr PAU SMT COL NIC HYE MAR MON PON TOU SET MTG MSL ROD TAR BAY ARL Arles Bayonne Colomiers Hyères Marignane Monaco (res) Marseille (res) Martigues Nice (res) Pau Le Pontet Rodez Sète Stade Montois Tarbes Toulon-Le Las PROM REL DEM Arles were dissolved during the season, and their record thus expunged.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-arles-avignon-renvoye-en-dhr-76463.html Arles Avignon renvoyé en DHR foot-national.com 16 October 2015 fr 9 January 2016 17 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017123208/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-arles-avignon-renvoye-en-dhr-76463.html dead Monaco reserves were penalised for fielding an ineligible player in the game against Sète on 9 January 2016. The game finished 3-3, but Sète were awarded a 3–0 victory, and Monaco reserves had the point due for defeat withheld.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-sete-une-victoire-sur-tapis-vert-et-un-depart-off-80721.html Sète : Une victoire sur tapis vert... et un départ (off.) fr foot-national.com 8 February 2016 22 March 2016 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 18 23 43 14 6 8 32 27 9 9 10 32 29 10 7 11 32 39 14 5 9 52 35 -1 7 13 8 33 33 9 10 9 25 29 13 6 9 42 36 17 7 4 38 19 9 7 12 38 40 8 7 13 25 27 7 11 10 23 26 12 7 9 33 30 9 7 12 28 36 7 13 8 27 34 D Record expunged due to dissolution. R C 4 2 1 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw PR green1 Promotion to National red1 Relegation to CFA 2 black1 Club dissolvedmain WDL Group D Group D complete FFF.fr CON USM BER LOR ROM CHA TRE CHO NAN FLE VIT VIR PLA VFF BOR BGR Bergerac Bordeaux (res) Stade Bordelais Châteaubriant Cholet Concarneau Fleury-Mérogis Lorient (res) Nantes (res) Stade Plabennécois Romorantin Trélissac Saint-Malo Vendée Fontenay Viry Vitré PROM REL REL 15 7 8 36 33 4 10 16 23 46 5 10 15 22 37 11 10 9 46 41 12 8 10 36 28 15 11 4 41 24 9 14 7 32 35 11 11 8 40 31 9 8 13 37 38 8 10 12 34 49 16 6 8 54 44 9 12 9 38 32 16 7 7 57 32 7 14 9 40 45 6 13 11 26 34 7 9 14 33 46 R R C 4 2 1 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play points; 7) draw PR green1 Promotion to National red1 Relegation to CFA 2 Season outcomes Outcomes below are provisional and subject to ratification by the FFF. Champions and promotion Lyon-Duchère, Pau, Concarneau and Quevilly-Rouen are promoted to National. Lyon-Duchère are Champions of 2015–16 Championnat de France amateur, due to having the best record of the four promoted sides against the teams finishing in 2nd to 6th in their respective groups.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-cfa-et-le-champion-des-quatre-groupes-est-85425.html CFA : Et le champion des quatre groupes est fr foot-national.com 4 June 2016 Relegation Troyes (res), Aubervilliers, Roye Noyon, Sochaux (res) , Sarre-Union, Moulins,Montceau originally finished in the relegation places, but Moulins were placed 16th in the Group B table by the FFF due to filing for bankruptcy, meaning Montceau were elevated to 13th Bayonne, Rodez, Bordeaux (res), Stade Bordelais and Vitré were provisionally relegated to CFA2, subject to reprieves. Reprieves On 8 June, the FFF confirmed that Luçon would be administratively relegated from 2015–16 Championnat National to the regional Division d'Honneur.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-lucon-le-depot-de-bilan-est-acte-off-85581.html Luçon : Le dépôt de bilan est acté (off) foot-national.com fr 8 June 2016 8 June 2016 9 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160609113937/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-lucon-le-depot-de-bilan-est-acte-off-85581.html dead This results in a reprieve for Rodez.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-le-point-sur-les-repechages-en-national-cfa-et-cfa2-85583.html Le point sur les repêchages en National, CFA et CFA2 foot-national.com fr 8 June 2016 On 31 May, the FFF confirmed that Colmar would be administratively relegated, in addition to their sporting relegation from 2015–16 Championnat National, resulting in Vitré being reprieved. Colmar subsequently filed for bankruptcy, and will reform in the regional Division d'Honneur.http://www.foot-national.com/foot-colmar-depose-le-bilan-des-repeches-en-cfa-et-cfa2-86129.html Colmar dépose le bilan, des repêchés en CFA et CFA2 foot-national.com fr 20 June 2016 If any further administrative events lead to teams from outside the relegation places being relegated, already relegated teams will be reprieved in the following order: Best 14th placed teams Based on record against the teams finishing in 9th to 13th place in their respective groups. Pos PositionTeam Pld Played Pts Points GD Goal difference1Rodez10252Reprieved2Vitré1025-2Reprieved3Sarre-Union102334Troyes (res)1021-6 Best 15th placed teams Based on record against the teams finishing in 10th to 14th place in their respective groups Pos PositionTeam Pld Played Pts Points GD Goal difference1Stade Bordelais1021-62Sochaux (res)1020-13Bayonne1019-64Aubervilliers1017-9 Top scorers end of season https://int.soccerway.com/national/france/cfa/20152016/group-d/r31827/ CFA Soccerway 3 June 2020 RankPlayerClubGoals1Damien MayengaRoye Noyon 19Ilyes ChaïbiMonaco (res)3Abou MaigaSaint-Malo18Yannick MamilonnePoissy5Tony Do Pilar PatraoJura Sud176Mehdy GuezouiQuevilly-Rouen16Malik RouagPoissyRémi LaurentVitré9Patrick Etshini KindengeL'Entente SSG1510Jeremy BekhechiIC Croix13Rémi SouyeuxRomorantin References External links Official site Standings and statistics 2015–16 4 France