A total of 21 teams currently competes in the league with five clubs suffering relegation to the fourth division, the Championnat de France amateur.
Coupled with fourth-place Strasbourg's draw with Luzenac on the same day, the results made it mathematically impossible for the Alsatians to catch Bastia in the standings.
[14] Two weeks later, following a 2–1 win over Créteil and a 1–1 draw between second-place Amiens and Cannes, Bastia were declared champions of the Championnat National.
[17] On 9 April 2011, Gueugnon were forced by a commercial tribunal of the commune of Mâcon to enter liquidation as a result of the club's debts and its repeated delays of paying its players.
[19] On 26 April, Alfortville became the second club to suffer relegation to the Championnat de France amateur following its 2–0 loss away to Niort.
On the final day of the season, Plabennec, Rodez, and Bayonne were relegated to the Championnat de France amateur.
Strasbourg, who were one of the favourites to earn promotion to the first division, lost on the final day and the club's relegation was confirmed following other results.
[30] On 2 July, the DNCG announced that Gueugnon would remain in National after the club successfully appealed to the organisation.
On 2 July, local media in Alsace reported that Strasbourg were on the verge of being relegated to the Championnat de France amateur by the DNCG due to financial issues.
[34] Strasbourg later transferred captain Guillaume Lacour and Algerian international Yacine Bezzaz to Évian and Troyes, respectively, for nominal fees.
The award is based on a points-system with each manager of each club in the league voting for two players not on their team following each match day.