2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur

Championnat de France Amateur

Season	2016–17
Top goalscorer	Pape N'Diasse Sarr, Cholet Irvin Cardona, Monaco (res) 8 goals
Biggest home win	7–1 Paris Saint-Germain (res) v Rennes (res) Group A, R1, 13 August 2016
Biggest away win	1–8 Calais RUFC v Entente SSG Group B, R8, 15 October 2016
Highest scoring	9 goals Calais RUFC 1–8 Entente SSG Group B, R8, 15 October 2016
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The 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur will be the 19th season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition will be contested by 64 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 16 teams each. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Teams

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

• 47 clubs who were neither relegated or promoted from the 2015–16 Championnat de France amateur groups.
• 1 team administratively relegated from 2015–16 Ligue 2 (Évian TG)^[2]
• 1 team relegated from 2015–16 Championnat National (Fréjus Saint-Raphaël).
• 12 teams promoted from 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur 2. (Rennes reserves, Chartres, ES Paulhan-Pézenas, Andrézieux, Reims reserves, Lille reserves, Le Havre, Annecy, Lusitanos St-Maur, Montpellier reserves, Raon-l'Étape and Granville).
• 2 teams reprieved from relegation from 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur (Rodez and Vitré)^[3]
• Sporting Club Toulon, formed from a merger of Toulon-Le Las and Toulon, and taking the former's place in the league.^[4]

On 9 August, the FFF confirmed the decision by Évian TG not to participate in the CFA following the club's recent receivership. Because the decision comes after 15 July, there will be no replacement and Group C will instead operate with 15 clubs.^[5]

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bergerac	12	8	2	2	15	8	+7	26	Promotion to National
2	Rennes (res)	13	7	4	2	22	17	+5	25
3	Cholet[lower-alpha 1]	12	7	4	1	22	13	+9	24
4	Granville	12	6	5	1	15	9	+6	23
5	Saint-Malo	13	6	4	3	18	11	+7	22
6	Fontenay	13	5	4	4	18	16	+2	19
7	Vitré	13	5	4	4	13	11	+2	19
8	Chartres	13	5	3	5	10	13	−3	18
9	Romorantin	13	4	3	6	11	16	−5	15
10	Paris Saint-Germain (res)	13	4	3	6	15	13	+2	15
11	Nantes (res)	12	3	5	4	15	14	+1	14
12	Trélissac	13	3	4	6	20	17	+3	13
13	Châteaubriant	13	3	3	7	9	18	−9	12
14	Lorient (res)	12	3	3	6	11	17	−6	12	Relegation to CFA 2
15	Mantes	13	2	3	8	11	22	−11	9
16	Plabennec	12	2	2	8	11	21	−10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. 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
Notes:

1. Cholet were penalised by the FFF for a technical infringement on submission of the teamsheet in the Round 2 game away at Châteaubriant on 20 August 2016. The original scoreline was 1–2 in favour of Cholet. The match was awarded to Châteaubriant 3–0 and Cholet were deducted a point. Cholet appealed, but currently the decision stands.^[6][7]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Boulogne-Billancourt	13	10	1	2	24	10	+14	31	Promotion to National
2	Lusitanos	12	8	4	0	15	3	+12	28
3	Lille (res)	12	5	5	2	17	11	+6	20
4	Arras FA	13	6	2	5	20	15	+5	20
5	Entente SSG	12	5	4	3	23	10	+13	19
6	Fleury	12	4	5	3	9	9	0	17
7	Lens (res)	12	5	2	5	12	15	−3	17
8	Drancy	12	4	4	4	13	10	+3	16
9	Croix	11	4	3	4	11	9	+2	15
10	Le Havre (res)	13	4	2	7	16	18	−2	14
11	Poissy	12	2	6	4	10	14	−4	12
12	Dieppe	12	3	2	7	9	21	−12	11
13	Amiens AC	12	2	5	5	8	14	−6	11
14	Wasquehal	12	2	4	6	6	14	−8	10	Relegation to CFA 2
15	Calais RUFC	11	1	6	4	7	20	−13	9
16	Viry-Châtillon	11	1	5	5	7	14	−7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. 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

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Le Puy	11	8	3	0	18	3	+15	27	Promotion to National
2	Villefranche	11	6	4	1	15	5	+10	22
3	Chasselay MDA	11	6	3	2	17	10	+7	21
4	Grenoble	11	6	3	2	14	8	+6	21
5	Lyon (res)	12	4	4	4	19	20	−1	16
6	Annecy	11	4	3	4	17	14	+3	15
7	St-Louis Neuweg	11	4	3	4	13	15	−2	15
8	Raon-l'Étape	11	4	3	4	17	18	−1	15
9	Reims (res)	12	3	5	4	17	18	−1	14
10	Montceau	12	3	3	6	10	16	−6	12
11	Jura Sud	11	2	5	4	16	17	−1	11
12	Auxerre (res)	13	2	4	7	13	25	−12	10
13	Andrézieux	11	2	4	5	13	18	−5	10
14	Mulhouse	11	3	1	7	10	16	−6	10	Relegation to CFA 2
15	Yzeure	11	1	6	4	11	17	−6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. 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

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rodez	11	7	3	1	17	9	+8	24	Promotion to National
2	Toulon	12	6	3	3	16	10	+6	21
3	Tarbes	12	6	3	3	16	10	+6	21
4	Mont de Marsan	12	5	4	3	15	13	+2	19
5	Marseille (res)	12	5	3	4	17	12	+5	18
6	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	12	5	3	4	15	11	+4	18
7	Colomiers	13	4	5	4	15	18	−3	17
8	Monaco (res)	12	5	2	5	20	18	+2	17
9	Marignane-Gignac	12	4	4	4	18	18	0	16
10	Paulhan-Pézenas	13	4	3	6	17	21	−4	15
11	Hyères	12	3	5	4	7	10	−3	14
12	Martigues	12	4	1	7	18	22	−4	13
13	Nice (res)	12	2	6	4	15	18	−3	12
14	Montpellier (res)	12	3	3	6	8	16	−8	12	Relegation to CFA 2
15	Le Pontet	11	3	3	5	8	16	−8	12
16	Sète	12	2	5	5	12	12	0	11

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. 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

Top scorers

As of 27 November 2016 ^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pape N'Diasse Sarr	Cholet	10
2	Irvin Cardona	Monaco (res)	8
3	Patrick Etshini Kindenge	L'Entente SSG	7
	David Cafimipon Gomis	Toulon
	Rémi Souyeux	Romorantin
	Mohamed Chalali	Boulogne-Billancourt
7	Yves Angani Kayiba	Chasselay MDA	6
	Rémi Oudin	Reims (res)
9	Alifousseyni Touncara	Dieppe	5
	Guillaume Khous	Drancy
	Dorian Caddy	Nice (res)
	Alan Dzabana	Lyon (res)
	Louckmane Ouédraogo	L'Entente SSG
	François-Xavier Fumu Tamuzo	Auxerre (res)
	Anthony Petrilli	Trélissac
	Fahd El Khoumisti	Fontenay
	Florian Jégu	Granville

References

1. "CFA 2016/2017 : Les groupes dévoilés" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 July 2016.
2. "DNCG : Un club rétrogradé, un autre sauvé (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 13 July 2016.
3. "Le point sur les repêchages en National, CFA et CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 8 June 2016.
4. "Fusion à Toulon : Le Sporting Club de Toulon est créé" (in French). foot-national.com. 25 February 2016.
5. "Evian Thonon Gaillard ni en CFA, ni en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
6. "CFA : Un match à rejouer, le capitaine suspendu un mois" (in French). foot-national.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
7. "CFA A : Privé du fauteuil de leader, Cholet va faire appel" (in French). foot-national.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.