TheFrench football league system, also known as theFrench football pyramid, is a series ofinterconnected leagues for club football inFrance andMonaco, and includes one Spanish side.^{[note 1]} At the top two levels of the system is theLigue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two professional national divisions,Ligue 1,Ligue 2.^[1][2][3] Below that are a number of leagues run by theFédération Française de Football. At level 3 is the semi-professionalChampionnat National.^[4] Below that is theChampionnat National 2 (level 4), which is divided into four parallel regional divisions, followed by theChampionnat National 3 (level 5), which is divided into eleven parallel regional divisions. Underneath that are many more regional and departmental leagues and divisions.^[5][6] 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 or near the bottom of their division may be relegated to a lower division.

Starting in 2017–18 there were changes at levels 3 and 4 (in name only) and level 5 (significant restructuring and rename).^[7]

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

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

There are no district divisions in Corsica. The system in Corsica goes up to Régional 4.

Clubs in the arrondissements ofParis are divided between the three surrounding suburban districts. The District ofHauts-de-Seine includes 6th, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, the District ofSeine-Saint-Denis has the 9th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 19th, 20th and the District ofVal-de-Marne includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 12th and 13th.

Starting in 2017–18 there were changes at Levels 3 and 4 (in name only) and Level 5 (significant restructuring and rename).^[8]

The2016–17 season was the last of the former league structure. From 2017–18 there were changes at Levels 3 and 4 (in name only) and Level 5 (significant restructuring and rename).^[9]

For the 2016–17 season, this was the structure of the regional leagues, operating directly below the national leagues. Despite the varying names given some regions, level 6 leagues are generically referred to asDivision d'Honneur or DH.

For the 2016–17 season, this was the structure of the departmental leagues, operating at various levels below the regional leagues.

League of Alsace

Officially, the League of Alsace does not include departmental districts. The organization of the championships, with a single DH and departmental groups at lower levels wrongly conveys the impression that there is a district of Haut-Rhin and a district of Bas-Rhin (also sometimes called District Nord Alsace and District Sud Alsace). Below level 13 is a separate "B" league structure for reserve and other secondary teams. Teams from these divisions can be promoted to level 13 and higher, but first teams from level 13 are not relegated.

League of Aquitaine

Atlantique League

League of Auvergne

League of Basse-Normandie

League of Bourgogne

League of Bretagne

League of Centre-Val de Loire

League of Centre-Ouest

League of Champagne-Ardenne

League of Corsica

There is no district championship in Corsica.

League of Franche-Comté

League of Languedoc-Roussillon

League of Lorraine

League of Maine

League of Provence Alpes-Cote d'Azur

League of Midi-Pyrénées

League of Nord Pas-de-Calais

League of Haute-Normandie

League of Paris Île-de-France

Clubs in the arrondissements ofParis are divided between the three surrounding suburban districts. The District ofHauts-de-Seine includes 6th, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, the District ofSeine-Saint-Denis has the 9th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 19th, 20th and the District ofVal-de-Marne includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 12th and 13th.

League of Picardy

League of Rhône-Alpes

From 2023–24 onwards :

• FFF Regional Leagues
• FFF Districts
• League321.com - French football league tables, records & statistics database.

• Football leagues in France
• Football league systems in Europe

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• Use dmy dates from April 2017