The 2024–25 Championnat National 3 was the eighth season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. For this season only, the competition was contested by 140 clubs split geographically across 10 groups of 14 teams. The teams included amateur clubs (although a few were semi-professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs. The competition began on 25 August 2024 and ended on 26 May 2025.
Teams On 16 July 2024, the FFF ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups.
Changes from the 2023–24 season were as follows:
Teams joining the division Alès, Thonon Évian, Chamalières, Bourgoin-Jallieu, Toulouse (res), Saumur, Romorantin, Avoine Chinon, Trélissac, Angers (res), Racing Club, Lorient (res), Borgo, Vire, Guingamp (res), Haguenau, Colmar, Auxerre (res), Mâcon, Racing Besançon and Saint-Quentin finished in relegation positions in 2023–24 Championnat National 2 13 teams gained promotion from the various Régional 1 leagues. Teams promoted to Championnat National 3RegionTeamMethod of qualificationNouvelle-AquitaineBassin d'ArcachonChampion, R1 Group CPays de la LoireLa Roche-sur-YonChampion, R1 Group BCentre-Val de LoireChartresChampion, R1 Centre-Val de LoireCorseSud FCChampion, R1 CorseMéditerranéeSaint-Jean-Cap-FerratChampion, R1 MéditerranéeBourgogne-Franche-ComtéMontceau-les-MinesChampion, R1 Group AGrand EstSarregueminesChampion, R1 Group BOccitanieAigues-MortesChampion, R1 Group AHauts-de-FranceCalaisChampion, R1 Group CNormandyGrand-QuevillyChampion, R1 Group BBrittanyCesson-SévignéChampion, R1 Group BParis Île-de-FranceTorcyChampion, R1 Group BAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesSeyssinet-ParisetChampion, R1 Group C
Teams leaving the division Istres, Anglet, Poitiers, Poiré-sur-Vie, Saint-Colomban Locminé, Houlgate, Chantilly, FC Balagne, Thionville, Rumilly-Vallières and Saint-Priest were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2023–24 Championnat National 2. Cagnes-sur-Mer, Montferrier-sur-Lez, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, Saint-Estève, Tours (administrative relegation then dissolution), Bourges Foot 18 (res), Chambray, Niort (res), Saint-Nazaire, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Château-Gontier, Stade Briochin (res), Stade Pontivyen, Cercle Paul Bert Bréquigny, Le Havre (res), Quevilly-Rouen (res), Les Mureaux, Marcq-en-Barœul, Compiègne, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Montrouge (administrative relegation), Vitry-sur-Seine, Saran, Mainvilliers, Reims Sainte-Anne (administrative relegation), Nancy (res), FC Métropole Troyenne, Vesoul, Is-Selongey, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Feurs (administrative relegation), Valence, Ain Sud, Vaulx-en-Velin were relegated to Régional 1 for the 2024–25 season.
Fusion Prix-lès-Mézières merged with Charleville and became Charleville Prix-lès-Mézières.
Promotion and relegation If eligible, the top team in each group is promoted to Championnat National 2. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, or declines promotion, the next eligible team in that group is promoted.
This season a total of 40 teams will be relegated to Régional 1, as a result of the restructuring of the French leagues. This will result in teams finishing in the bottom three places being relegated, along with the four worst eleventh-placed clubs, calculated from results against the teams placed 5th to 10th in their group. Initially, it was planned the worst tenth was to be relegated, but the administrative relegation of FC Girondins de Bordeaux changed that.
Reserve teams whose training centres are categorised as category 2B or lower cannot be promoted to Championnat National 2 by the rules of the competition.
League tables Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Season outcomes Promotion Bayonne, Chauray, Lorient (res), Borgo, Dieppe, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saint-Maur, Colmar, Limonest and Rousset were champions of each group, and were promoted to 2025–26 Championnat National 2.
Relegation A total of 36 teams were relegated: Group A Trélissac, Stade Bordelais, Bordeaux (res) Group B ESOF La Roche-sur-Yon, TA Rennes, Sablé Group C Flers, Plabennec, Saint-Lô Group D AC Ajaccio (res) (administrative relegation), ASPTT Caen, Chatou, Grand-Quevilly, AG Caen Group E Lens (res), Sannois-Saint-Gratien, Calais, Valenciennes (res) Group F Avoine Chinon, Moulon Bourges, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Vineuil Group G Montceau-les-Mines, Louhans-Cuiseaux, Gueugnon Group H Sarreguemines, Sarre-Union, Raon-l'Étape, Strasbourg Koenigshoffen Group I Chassieu, Clermont (res), Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Chambéry Group J Sud FC, Aigues-Mortes, Corte, EUGA Ardziv
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