Court upholds Girondins de Bordeaux exclusion from national competitions | OneFootball

The Paris administrative court on Friday upheld a ban preventing Girondins de Bordeaux from entering national competitions, deepening the crisis facing the six-time French champions.

"We can run the association for a season. There is no need to act in haste to rebuild a professional structure," said Jean-Louis Triaud, who told Sud-Ouest this week.

The DNCG imposed the original sanction in mid-July. The court, the final legal route to avoid a drop to Régional 1, rejected Sparta Capital’s argument of new financial viability. It said the DNCG can consider only documents or commitments concretised by the date of the appeal hearing.

Sparta Capital, a British fund, bought the overindebted club from Gerard Lopez for one euro at the end of July. It placed 10.6 million euros with the Caisse des Dépôts, matching the shortfall that prompted the DNCG relegation, confirmed on appeal days before the takeover. The CNOSF did not overturn it.

Had Bordeaux stayed in National 1, the buyer had another 10 million euros and planned to add 20 million to clear debts, according to its representatives. If the club remains in Régional 1, the takeover would end and liquidation would follow, the fund’s lawyers warned in an email on Thursday.

If liquidation follows, the club would revert to its association structure, currently led by former president Jean-Louis Triaud. Bordeaux were relegated to Ligue 2 in 2022, then entered judicial reorganisation in 2024, abandoning professional status and their renowned academy.

Source: Le Progres

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