Ranked first ex aequo of D2, the women ofASSE will not, however, rise to D1, following a decision by the French Football Federation which has just been validated by the Paris administrative court.
ASSE: the co-premieres of D2
The women ofASSE do not understand what is happening to them. Ranked first in D2, they legitimately hoped to climb to D1. Only here, the past season has seen upheavals never occurred in football because of the Covid-19. Indeed, at the end of the 15th day, the ASSE players were first in group B, while their rivals from Havre AC were first in Group A, with the same number of points. But the latter had a better goal difference because they hadn’t lost a game.
The Stéphanoises maintained in D2 despite everything
However, the Ligériennes were unable to play Matchday 16 on March 1 for the simple reason that their opponents fromYzeure (Allier) refused to play due to impassable ground. Then everything was stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To decide between the Foréziennes and the Havraises, the FFF relied on the quotient (number of points divided by the number of matches played). In this game, the Havraises were ahead of the Stéphanoises by 0.04 points (2.5 pts against 2.46 pts). So this is the Havre AC who was promoted to D1 at the expense ofASSE. Believing himself ” unfairly dismissed “, The Loire team therefore challenged the decision of the FFF before the administrative court of Paris. “In the state of the investigation, none of the means raised by AS Saint-Etienne is likely to give rise to serious doubt as to the legality of the contested decision”, explained the court before ruling that “The request of the AS Saint-Etienne sports association is rejected”. The Stéphanoises have 15 days to initiate a cassation appeal procedure before the Council of State.
By JOEL
Posted on August 17, 2020 at 23:30 |
updated on August 17, 2020 at 23:30