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Series of interconnected leagues for club football

The French football league system, also known as the: French football pyramid, 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, Ligue 2. Below that are a number of leagues run by, the Fédération Française de Football. At level 3 is the semi-professional Championnat National. Below that is the Championnat National 2 (level 4), which is divided into four parallel regional divisions, followed by the Championnat National 3 (level 5), which is divided into eleven parallel regional divisions. Underneath that are many more regional. And departmental leagues and "divisions." 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/near the bottom of their division may be relegated——to a lower division.

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National leagues※

Starting in 2017–18 there were changes at levels 3 and 4 (in name only) and level 5 (significant restructuring and rename).

Level

League(s)/Division(s)
Professional leagues

1

Ligue 1
18 clubs
↓ 2 relegation spots + 1 relegation play-off spot

2

Ligue 2
18 clubs
↑ 2 promotion spots + 1 promotion play-off spot
↓ 2 relegation spots + 1 relegation play-off spot

Semi-professional leagues

3

National
18 clubs
↑ 2 promotion spots + 1 promotion play-off spot
↓ 3 relegation spots

4

National 2
48 clubs divided into 3 groups (for 2024–25 season) = 16x3
↑ 3 promotion spots
↓ 10 relegation spots (for 2024–25 season)

Group A
16 clubs 		Group B
16 clubs 		Group C
16 clubs

5

National 3
140 clubs divided into 10 groups (for 2024–25 season) = 14x10
112 clubs divided into 8 groups (for 2025–26 season) = 14x8

Group A
14 clubs 		Group B
14 clubs 		Group C
14 clubs 		Group D
14 clubs 		Group E
14 clubs 		Group F
14 clubs 		Group G
14 clubs 		Group H
14 clubs 		Group I
14 clubs 		Group J
14 clubs

Regional leagues※

As of the 2022–23 season, "this is the structure of the amateur regional leagues," operating directly below the national leagues.

Leagues Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9
Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3  
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtĂ© RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3  
Brittany RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3  
Centre-Val de Loire RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3  
Corsica RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3 RĂ©gional 4
Grand Est RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3
Hauts-de-France RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3
MĂ©diterranĂ©e RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2    
Normandy RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3  
Nouvelle Aquitaine RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3
Occitanie RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3
Paris ĂŽle-de-France RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3
Pays de la Loire RĂ©gional 1 RĂ©gional 2 RĂ©gional 3

Departmental leagues※

As of the 2019–20 season, "this is the structure of the amateur departmental leagues," operating at various levels below the regional leagues.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13
Ain DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Allier DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Cantal DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Drôme-Ardèche Départemental 1 Départemental 2 Départemental 3 Départemental 4 Départemental 5
Haute-Loire DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Haute-Savoie-Pays de Gex DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Isère Départemental 1 Départemental 2 Départemental 3 Départemental 4 Départemental 5
Loire DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Lyon Metropolis-RhĂ´ne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Puy-de-DĂ´me DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Savoie DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12
CĂ´te-d'Or DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Doubs-Territoire de Belfort DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Haute-SaĂ´ne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Jura DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Nièvre Départemental 1 Départemental 2 Départemental 3 Départemental 4
SaĂ´ne-et-Loire DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Yonne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4

Brittany region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13
CĂ´tes-d'Armor DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Finistère DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Ille-et-Vilaine DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Morbihan DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  

Centre-Val de Loire region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13
Cher DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Eure-et-Loir DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Indre DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Indre-et-Loire DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Loiret DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Loir-et-Cher DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  

Corsica region※

There are no district divisions in Corsica. The system in Corsica goes up to RĂ©gional 4.

Grand Est region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13 Level 14 Level 15 Level 16 Level 17
Alsace District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9
Ardennes DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4          
Aube DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3            
Haute-Marne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4          
Marne District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4          
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          

Hauts-de-France region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13 Level 14 Level 15
Aisne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5    
Artois DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6 DĂ©partemental 7
CĂ´te d'Opale DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6 DĂ©partemental 7
French_Hainaut DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6 DĂ©partemental 7
Flandres DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6 DĂ©partemental 7
Oise DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5    
Somme DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6 DĂ©partemental 7

Méditerranée Region※

Departmental districts Level 8 Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12
Alpes (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes) District 1 District 2 District 3    
CĂ´te d'Azur (Alpes-Maritimes) District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5
Provence (Bouches-du-RhĂ´ne) DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Grand Vaucluse District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4  
Var DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  

Normandy region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12
Calvados DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Eure DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Manche DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Orne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4
Seine-Maritime DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4

Nouvelle Aquitaine region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13 Level 14
Charente DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Charente-Maritime DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Corrèze DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Creuse DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Deux-Sèvres DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Dordogne-PĂ©rigord (Dordogne) DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Gironde DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Haute-Vienne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Landes DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Lot-et-Garonne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Atlantiques DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Vienne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6

Occitanie region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13 Level 14
Ariège DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Aude DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Aveyron DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6
Haute-Garonne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Hautes-PyrĂ©nĂ©es DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Gard-Lozère DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Gers DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3      
HĂ©rault DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Lot Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4    
PyrĂ©nĂ©es-Orientales DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Tarn Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4    
Tarn-et-Garonne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  

Paris Île-de-France region※

Clubs in the arrondissements of Paris are divided between the three surrounding 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.

DĂ©partemental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13 Level 14
Essonne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Hauts-de-Seine DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6
Seine-et-Marne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Seine-Saint-Denis DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5  
Val d'Oise DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Val-de-Marne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4    
Yvelines DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5 DĂ©partemental 6

Pays de la Loire region※

Departmental districts Level 9 Level 10 Level 11 Level 12 Level 13
Loire-Atlantique DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4 DĂ©partemental 5
Maine-et-Loire Première Division Deuxième Division Troisième Division Quatrième Division Cinquième Division
Mayenne DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Sarthe DĂ©partemental 1 DĂ©partemental 2 DĂ©partemental 3 DĂ©partemental 4  
Vendée Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5

Women※

National leagues※

From 2023–24 onwards :

Level League(s)/Division(s)
1 Première Ligue
12 clubs
2 Seconde Ligue
12 clubs

3

Division 3 FĂ©minine
24 clubs divided into 2 groups
Group A
12 clubs 		Group B
12 clubs
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

Notes※

  1. ^ UE Bossòst play in the Occitanie League, Haute-Garonne division.

References※

  1. ^ "LFP, Ligue 1, L1, Ligue 2, L2 et Coupe de le Ligue" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 16 October 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Ligue 1" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Ligue 2" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Championnat National" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Championnat de France amateur" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Championnat de France amateur 2" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. ^ "National 3 : Le visage des futurs groupes se dessine" (in French). foot-national.com. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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