France Tier 3

Championnat National

League Guide & Facts

The third tier of French football
18 teams play each other twice (34 games)

Promotion

Top 2 promoted

Relegation

Bottom 6 relegated

Other

The match squad must have no more than 3 non-EU players.
Players under 16 are not allowed to play.
4th tier of France is active in-game but can only be managed in if you are relegated into it you cannot start or apply for jobs there

Nations treated as EU

All European Union nations

All European Free Trade Association nations

All African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States nations

Albania

Bosnia & Herzegovina

North Macedonia

Montenegro

Serbia

Switzerland

All nations in Oceania (Excluding New Zealand)

Kyrgyzstan

Turkey

Algeria

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Morocco

Moldova

Uzbekistan

Russia

Tunisia

Ukraine

Andorra

Réunion

Martinique

Mayotte

French Guiana

Guadeloupe

Tahiti

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

Club Locations

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

All Bordering Countries

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

Live League Table

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Club Culture

Board Culture

Supporter Culture

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Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -