ASSE’s Supervisory Board met on Saturday afternoon under the chairmanship of Bernard Caïazzo to validate the accounts for the 2019-2020 financial year. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the end of the Ligue 1 championship in March, ASSE can boast of having a positive financial report, of around 400,000 euros, for a turnover of 105 million ( the equivalent of last season’s budget). “This is a unique performance in Ligue 1 because no club has had ten years in a row which is financially positive,” the club said.
“Bernard Caïazzo and the members of the Board wish to congratulate the management board, Roland Romeyer (chairman), Xavier Thuilot (general manager) and Claude Puel (general manager) for their excellent sports and financial management”, is it mentioned in a press release. to our editorial staff.
In July, just before the final of the Coupe de France, Roland Romeyer told the Progress : “We have lost two million euros. I find that rather flattering considering our 17e place in the league and the health crisis. ” In May, Mediapart had indicated that the club was on the verge of bankruptcy, which the Saint-Etienne management had denied.
In July, the DNCG had requested additional documents when validating the accounts for the coming season. ASSE had provided them without concern.