Aulas also threatened that the club will sue the French state for 800 million euros (906 million U.S. dollars) of potential financial damage should the court reject their plea to overrule Ligue 1's decision to end the campaign. Last updated on 9 June 20209 June 2020.From the section European Football. Read about our approach to external linking. From the section European Football Now, as they lost their appeal, another perfect storm is brewing for the French topflight. First published on Fri 1 May 2020 10.21 BST. “It is an injustice because Amiens could not defend until the end on the pitch to remain in Ligue 1,” the club president, Bernard Joannin, said in a live Facebook broadcast. Preview Ligue 1 2020/2021: SB29, relégation au bout du monde? — Ligue 1 Conforama (@Ligue1Conforama) April 30, 2020 That led to PSG being awarded their seventh league title in eight years, with the bottom two, Amiens and Toulouse, will be relegated. The season started on 21 August 2020 and is scheduled to end on 23 May 2021. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football.

But it added: "The President considers that the League's administrative board could not legally rely, in deciding to relegate the lowest two (clubs) of the Ligue 1 ranking, on the fact that the current agreement concluded with the French Football Federation (FFF) provides for a limit of twenty clubs, while this agreement ends on June 30 and a new agreement will have to be signed. Tuesday's ruling could potentially lead to a 22-team Ligue 1 for the 2020-21 season, an increase of two sides.

The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. RELATED| To date, Ligue 1 is the only one of Europe's five major leagues to cancel its season. The top two in Ligue 2, Lorient and Lens, are set to replace them. Their relegation is expected to be confirmed on Friday during the general assembly of the French Football Federation.
French league clubs voted to maintain the Ligue 1 at 20 teams for the next season, a move that ended Amiens’ and Toulouse’s hopes of avoiding relegation. La fin de la terre, comme le nom de son bon département l’indique …

At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition.Administrated by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Ligue 2. With some teams having played 27 matches and others 28, the French league (LFP) drew up the final standings according to a performance index – number of points per game weighed by head-to-head record. I appeal to the wealthy and better off that they don’t split hairs … We must also think of others and society. RTÉ uses cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy, FAI Financial Plan and Pat Devlin's LOI blueprint. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3, COVID-19 crisis: French Ligue 1 relegation overruled for Amiens and Toulouse in landmark case, threatened that the club will sue the French state. /VCG. “It’s a big loss of opportunity with a financial value that amounts to dozens of millions [of] euros, which will be claimed in damages,” Aulas, told local newspaper Le Progrès. In this situation, there are some who are content and some who are dissatisfied. Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. There will be the passage to the general assembly, and we reserve the right to go further so that justice passes.”.

PSG was named the Ligue 1 champion after the season was ended owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
With Lorient and Lens in line for promotion to the top flight, the decision could now see the top flight expanded for next season.

Listen to the RTÉ Soccer podcast on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Le Conseil d’Etat a suspendu la relégation des clubs d’Amiens et de Toulouse, qui n’iront pas en Ligue 2. Le bout du monde. The 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French association football tournament within Ligue 1.It is the 83rd season since its establishment. However, it suspended the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse, ordering the French league to "rethink the format of the 2020-21 season before June 30." Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online.

Amiens and Toulouse, which have been the object of ridicule and contempt because of their unseemly and desperate legal battles with the French football authority, are getting the last laugh. Earlier this month, Lyon's outspoken president Jean-Michel Aulas wrote a letter to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe making the point that nothing had obliged the French authority to curtail the season so quickly, and that UEFA had not put pressure on national associations to set a deadline for the end of competitions. The Supreme Court judge pointed out that the French league's board could not base its decision to demote the last two Ligue 1 teams on the fact that the agreement concluded with the French football federation (FFF) provided for a limit of 20 clubs. Marseille and Rennes, in the top three of the points-per-game table, have qualified for the Champions League. They insisied that it was an arbitrary decision considering the standings could have been different if the pandemic had led to the league shutting down earlier. Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas is among the most vocal opponents of the move to cancel France's Ligue 1.

French court rejects appeal on ending Ligue 1 season, suspends relegations. After weeks' deliberation, the court ruled that there was "no serious doubt as to the legality of the decision" to end the season prematurely.