Second at three points from Le Havre, but when they had one less postponed match against Yzeure due to bad weather, the Stéphanoises were ordered to stay one more year in the women’s division 2 after the FFF’s decision to put a term at amateur championships.
It is the quotient based on the average of the matches played, ie … 0.04 points of difference between the two teams, which was used to decide between HAC and ASSE.
Faced with this difficult-to-digest decision, ASSE decided to approach the CNOSF (French National Olympic and Sports Committee) to open a conciliation with the Federation. In the event of failure, and therefore a rise to division 1, the club would then turn to the administrative court based on the concept of lack of sports equity.