2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2

The 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2 will be the 19th season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition will be contested by 112 clubs split geographically across 8 groups of 14 teams each. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Championnat de France Amateur 2
Season2016–17
ChampionsSaint-Brieuc
Promoted(12 teams. See "Season outcomes" section)
Relegated(10 teams. See "Season outcomes" section)
Top goalscorer19 goals
Abdoulaye Diallo, Lozère
Vincent Créhin, Le Mans
Biggest home win10–0 Aurillac v Île-Rousse
Group F, R16, 18 February 2017
Biggest away win0–6 Toulon (res) v Nîmes (res)
Group G, R24, 30 April 2017
Highest scoring11 goals Le Mans 9–2 Tours (res)
Group B, R26, 20 May 2017
All statistics correct as of 12:00, 25 May 2017 (UTC).

Teams

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On July 15, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows:[1]

On 9 August, the FFF confirmed the decision by Évian TG not to participate in the CFA 2 with their reserve team following the club's recent receivership. Because the decision comes after 15 July, there will be no replacement and Group F will instead operate with 13 clubs.[4]

Eligibility for Promotion

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The reserve teams in CFA2 cannot obtain promotion if their centre de formation (equivalent to Academy) is deemed of insufficient quality. The following teams are not eligible for promotion from CFA2 this season:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

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SU Divaise finished 1st in DH Basse-Normandie, but were denied promotion due to not having a youth team.[5] However this ruling was successfully appealed, however the decision was not binding on the FFF.[6]

On 20 September the Tribunal Administratif de Paris (Administrative Court of Paris) upheld the decision of the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français that SU Divaise should be promoted to CFA 2. This ruling gave the FFF 10 days to place SU Divaise into a CFA 2 group.[7]

On 21 September the FFF published a revision to CFA 2 Group F, including SU Divaise in the group.[8]

League tables

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Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Saint-Brieuc (P) 26 16 8 2 42 11 +31 56 Promotion to National 2
2 Angers (res) 26 13 8 5 38 23 +15 47
3 Guingamp (res) 26 13 3 10 41 30 +11 42
4 Dinan-Léhon 26 11 8 7 28 24 +4 41
5 Vannes 26 12 4 10 45 44 +1 40
6 Vertou 26 10 9 7 37 32 +5 39
7 Laval (res) 26 9 8 9 38 34 +4 35
8 Brest (res) 26 8 8 10 32 27 +5 32
9 Sablé 26 7 10 9 31 34 −3 31
10 TA Rennes 26 8 6 12 24 38 −14 30
11 Changé 26 6 10 10 31 54 −23 28
12 Lannion 26 7 7 12 28 40 −12 28
13 La Flèche 26 5 8 13 23 37 −14 23
14 Fougères (R) 26 3 11 12 31 41 −10 20 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Saint-Pryvé (C, P) 26 17 4 5 54 24 +30 55 Promotion to National 2
2 Le Mans (P) 26 15 6 5 47 23 +24 51 Possible Promotion to National 2
3 Avoine Chinon 26 13 7 6 33 25 +8 46
4 Oissel 26 11 9 6 44 36 +8 42
5 Tours (res) 26 12 4 10 49 42 +7 40
6 Aubervilliers 26 10 7 9 39 35 +4 37
7 SM Caen (res)[a] 26 11 4 11 40 46 −6 36
8 Blois 26 10 5 11 38 35 +3 35
9 Dreux 26 7 8 11 28 42 −14 29
10 Évreux 26 8 5 13 23 35 −12 29
11 Bourges 18 26 8 3 15 31 39 −8 27
12 Quevilly-Rouen (res) 26 5 10 11 26 39 −13 25
13 Avranches (res) 26 6 7 13 36 49 −13 25
14 UJAM Paris (R) 26 5 9 12 26 44 −18 24 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SM Caen reserves were penalised for an infringement in the game against UJAM Paris on 20 August 2016. The game originally finished 0–0. UJAM Paris were awarded a 3–0 victory and SM Caen were given an additional one point penalty.[9]

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beauvais (C, P) 26 14 6 6 39 21 +18 48 Promotion to National 2
2 AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 26 13 8 5 31 17 +14 47
3 Amiens (res) 26 13 5 8 34 30 +4 44
4 Feignies Aulnoye 26 12 6 8 36 28 +8 42
5 Saint-Quentin 26 11 6 9 35 29 +6 39
6 Grande-Synthe 26 10 8 8 32 32 0 38
7 Tourcoing 26 10 8 8 25 24 +1 38
8 Maubeuge 26 10 5 11 36 32 +4 35
9 Boulogne (res) 26 10 3 13 35 41 −6 33
10 Roye Noyon 26 8 8 10 25 26 −1 32
11 Ailly-sur-Somme 26 7 7 12 30 36 −6 28
12 Paris FC (res) 26 7 6 13 34 44 −10 27
13 Senlis 26 5 10 11 23 41 −18 25
14 Marck (R) 26 7 4 15 24 38 −14 25 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RC Strasbourg (res) (C) 26 17 3 6 46 21 +25 54
2 Schiltigheim (P) 26 16 5 5 45 17 +28 53 Promotion to National 2
3 Haguenau 26 14 7 5 49 31 +18 49
4 Sarreguemines 26 13 5 8 38 36 +2 44
5 Metz (res) 26 10 9 7 39 30 +9 39
6 Prix-lès-Mézières 26 11 5 10 41 38 +3 38
7 Lunéville 26 10 8 8 36 36 0 38
8 Sarre-Union 26 10 4 12 42 47 −5 34
9 Nancy (res) 26 9 6 11 37 43 −6 33
10 Biesheim 26 9 6 11 34 44 −10 33
11 Pagny 26 5 10 11 26 34 −8 25
12 Forbach (R) 26 7 3 16 26 49 −23 24 Possible Relegation to Division d'Honneur
13 Strasbourg Vauban (R) 26 5 8 13 26 37 −11 23
14 Illzach (R) 26 3 7 16 34 56 −22 16 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ste-Geneviève (C, P) 26 14 9 3 41 22 +19 51 Promotion to National 2
2 Pontarlier 26 13 9 4 39 22 +17 48
3 Noisy-le-Sec 26 14 5 7 45 29 +16 47
4 Créteil (res) 26 12 7 7 41 36 +5 43
5 Gueugnon 26 10 10 6 36 28 +8 40
6 Troyes (res) 26 10 8 8 36 27 +9 38
7 Ivry 26 9 5 12 34 37 −3 32
8 Dijon (res) 26 7 10 9 25 25 0 31
9 Sochaux (res) 26 8 7 11 25 29 −4 31
10 Selongey[a] 26 9 3 14 23 44 −21 30
11 Sénart-Moissy 26 7 7 12 31 40 −9 28
12 Besançon 26 5 11 10 34 40 −6 26
13 Racing Besançon 26 6 7 13 26 39 −13 25
14 Ornans (R) 26 7 4 15 32 50 −18 25 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Selongey were deducted 6 points by the FFF on 8 March 2017 for failing to comply with FFF rules on youth teams.[10] This was reduced to 3 points at an appeal in April 2017.[11] The deduction was removed completely by the CNOSF in May 2017.[12]

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Saint-Priest (C, P) 26 15 4 7 47 23 +24 49 Promotion to National 2
2 Saint-Étienne (res) 26 14 5 7 43 37 +6 47
3 Lozère 26 13 7 6 49 38 +11 46
4 Borgo 26 12 8 6 48 34 +14 44
5 Bourgoin-Jallieu 26 13 5 8 52 41 +11 44
6 Limonest 26 12 7 7 35 28 +7 43
7 Aurillac 26 11 10 5 43 24 +19 43
8 Louhans-Cuiseaux 26 12 5 9 44 42 +2 41
9 Clermont (res) 26 10 6 10 37 26 +11 36
10 Bastia (res) 26 9 6 11 35 44 −9 33
11 Dives-Cabourg[a] 26 6 9 11 33 41 −8 26
12 Île-Rousse 26 3 7 16 21 54 −33 16
13 Chamalières 26 3 7 16 24 49 −25 16
14 Cournon (R) 26 3 6 17 30 60 −30 15 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dives-Cabourg were penalised for fielding a suspended player in the game against Bastia (res) on 15 October 2016.[13] The original scoreline was 2–3. The result was amended to 0–3 and Dives-Cabourg were deducted 1 point.

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grasse (C, P) 26 15 5 6 40 28 +12 50 Promotion to National 2
2 Furiani-Agliani (P) 26 14 6 6 35 29 +6 48 Possible Promotion to National 2
3 Aubagne 26 12 9 5 36 19 +17 45
4 Balma 26 12 8 6 44 35 +9 44
5 Rodéo 26 12 6 8 51 35 +16 42
6 Cannet 26 13 2 11 47 29 +18 41
7 Nîmes (res) 26 10 5 11 34 40 −6 35
8 AC Ajaccio (res) 26 9 7 10 43 44 −1 34
9 Fabrègues 26 7 12 7 36 35 +1 33
10 Alès 26 7 10 9 28 39 −11 31
11 Toulouse (res) 26 8 5 13 30 34 −4 29
12 Castanet 26 7 7 12 38 45 −7 28
13 Agde 26 4 10 12 30 50 −20 22
14 Toulon (res) (R) 26 3 6 17 25 55 −30 15 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stade Bordelais (C, P) 26 14 9 3 42 22 +20 51 Promotion to National 2
2 Limoges (P) 26 13 10 3 45 18 +27 49 Possible Promotion to National 2
3 Anglet 26 12 9 5 37 21 +16 45
4 Bordeaux (res) 26 12 8 6 44 30 +14 44
5 Niort (res) 26 11 9 6 41 25 +16 42
6 Angoulême 26 11 7 8 39 38 +1 40
7 Bressuire 26 8 11 7 24 23 +1 35
8 Pau (res) 26 7 11 8 26 31 −5 32
9 Bayonne 26 7 9 10 27 28 −1 30
10 La Roche 26 5 11 10 29 44 −15 26
11 Lège Cap Ferret 26 5 7 14 27 43 −16 22
12 Les Herbiers (res) 26 3 11 12 28 49 −21 20
13 Cozes[a] 26 4 11 11 24 42 −18 20
14 Marmande (R) 26 3 11 12 23 42 −19 20 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cozes were deducted 6 points by the FFF on 8 March 2017 for failing to comply with FFF rules on youth teams.[14] This was reduced to 3 points at an appeal in April 2017.[15]

Season outcomes

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Outcomes below are provisional and subject to ratification by the FFF.

Champions and promotion

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Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Pryvé, Beauvais, Ste-Geneviève, Saint-Priest, Grasse, and Stade Bordelais are promoted to National 2 as champions of their respective groups.

Schiltigheim are promoted after finishing second in Group B, as champions RC Strasbourg reserves are ineligible for promotion.

Le Mans, AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Furiani-Agliani and Limoges are promoted, due to having the best record of the 2nd placed clubs against the top five teams eligible for promotion in their respective groups.[16] AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône[17] were subsequently denied promotion by the FFF.

Saint-Brieuc are champions of 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 2, due to having the best record of the four promoted sides against the teams finishing in 2nd to 6th in their respective groups.[18]

Relegation

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Fougères, UJAM Paris, Marck, Forbach, Illzach, Strasbourg Vauban, Ornans, Cournon, Toulon (res) and Marmande are relegated to their regional Division d'Honneur.

Top scorers

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As of end of season[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Abdoulaye Diallo Lozère 19
Vincent Créhin Le Mans
3 Henry N'Dépo Vannes 18
4 Kévin Cardinali Castanet 17
Tristan Campeon Grasse
Olivier Diedhiou Saint-Pryvé
7 Cyril Giesi Haguenau 16
Fabrice Seidou Saint-Pryvé
9 Hicham Benkaid RC Strasbourg (res) 15
Quentin Barcelo Ste-Geneviève
Benjamin Genghini Schiltigheim
Benjamin Betourné Sénart-Moissy
Maxime Lemoine Maubeuge

References

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  2. ^ "FOOTBALL - CFA 2 : Le SO Châtellerault rétrogradé administrativement en Division d'Honneur" (in French). Centre-Press.fr. 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Fusion à Toulon : Le Sporting Club de Toulon est créé" (in French). foot-national.com. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Evian Thonon Gaillard ni en CFA, ni en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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  6. ^ "Accession en CFA2 : Le CNOSF en faveur de Dives" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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  8. ^ "CFA2 F : Le nouveau calendrier du groupe et de Dives Cabourg" (in French). foot-national.com. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Proces-Verbal: Commission Federale des Championnats Nationaux Seniors Masculins: 20 September 2016" (PDF) (in French). FFF.fr. 20 September 2016. p. 19. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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  14. ^ "PROCES-VERBAL COMMISSION FEDERALE DES CHAMPIONNATS NATIONAUX SENIORS MASCULINS §6" (PDF) (in French). FFF.fr. 8 March 2017. p. 15. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  19. ^ "CFA 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 June 2020.