A series of last summer, the administrative relegation of the Girondins de Bordeaux to National 2 led to the participation in the National Championship of 17 teams, instead of, therefore, the 18 which usually make up the third French level.
Due to this ''arrangement'', there will then only be two relegations for this group (instead of three). In order to re-establish the desired organization chart for next season, the French Football Federation (FFF), via its Competitions Commission, has modified the verdicts concerning the descents for the fourth and fifth division championships. Of which SA Spinalien (National 2), US Raon-l'Etape and ES Thaon (National 3) are part.
In fact, all teams ranked 13th at the end of the 2024-2025 N2 financial year will be maintained for the following season (the last 3 in each group will be relegated).
Regarding N3, all the 10th at the end of the championship will remain sportingly at this level, while the worst 10th of all the clubs positioned at this rank should have taken the elevator to Regional 1. Consequently, there will be four relegations per group.
