2011–12 Championnat National
| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Champions | Nîmes |
| Promoted |
Niort Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Relegated |
Beauvais Martigues Besançon Bayonne |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 977 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Seydou Koné (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Paris 6–0 Épinal (12 October 2011) |
| Biggest away win |
Paris 0–4 Red Star (15 September 2011) Orléans 1–5 Niort (2 December 2011) |
| Highest scoring |
Cherbourg 4–5 Gazélec Ajaccio (4 May 2012) Besançon 4–5 Rouen (26 May 2012) |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Rouen (12 August – 10 September) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 games Épinal (6 August – 24 September) |
| Longest winless run | 13 games Martigues (7 October – 17 February) |
| Longest losing run | 7 games Red Star (20 September – 4 November) |
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2012–13 →
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The 2011–12 Championnat National season was the 14th since its establishment.The previous season's champions was Bastia. The league schedule was announced on 16 May 2011 and the fixtures were determined in July. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 26 May 2012. The winter break was in effect from 23 December to 6 January.
There will be four promoted teams from the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football, replacing the five teams that were relegated from the Championnat National following the 2010–11 season. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league with four clubs suffering relegation to the Championnat de France amateur. All clubs that secure league status for the season will be subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
Grenoble became the first professional club to fall to the Championnat National from Ligue 2. The club's drop occurred on 13 May 2011 without it even playing a match following positive results from clubs Grenoble had been trailing in the table. Grenoble will be returning to the third division after playing over a decade under the Ligue de Football Professionnel emblem in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. On 20 May, both Nîmes and Vannes completed the trio of Ligue 2 clubs dropping down to the third division. Nîmes will be returning to National after three seasons playing in Ligue 2, while Vannes will regress back to the third division after two seasons.
On 7 May 2011, despite having the week off, Le Poiré-sur-Vie became the first club from the Championnat de France amateur to achieve promotion from the fourth division to the Championnat National. The club's spot in the third division was confirmed following second-place Les Herbiers' 0–0 draw with the reserve team of professional club Lorient. Le Poiré-sur-Vie will be making its debut in the third division having spent, aside from six seasons in the fifth and fourth division, its entire history languishing in the regional leagues of Centre-Ouest and Atlantique. Two weeks later, both Besançon and Gazélec Ajaccio were promoted to the Championnat National after recording victories during the match day. Besançon will be returning to the third division after spending six seasons in the Championnat de France amateur, while Gazélec will be returning to the league after spending four seasons in the fourth division. On the final day of the season, Quevilly became the final club in the CFA to earn promotion to National after drawing with Poissy. Despite drawing, the two points Quevilly earned from the match was enough to edge Red Star Paris, which also drew during the week.
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