Guadeloupe league faces liquidation as ex-president Jean Dartron fights suspension and conviction appeals | OneFootball

The Guadeloupe Football League’s future is on the line at the commercial court in Pointe-à-Pitre today, with liquidation a possibility amid mounting debts and governance turmoil focused on former president Jean Dartron.

According to L'Équipe, the body, founded in 1952 and affiliated to the FFF since 1958, could be declared insolvent and placed into liquidation if judges opt for the harshest outcome.

Dartron, who led the LGF from 2016, was forced out in October and later faced an internal FFF inquiry. He was summoned in Paris on 15 January, then handed a two-year suspension by the FFF disciplinary commission on 13 February, which he has appealed.

Separately, on 16 September 2025 he received a 12-month suspended sentence, a €15,000 fine and a five-year ineligibility for illegal conflict of interest and breach of trust linked to personal travel between 2021 and 2024. He has appealed and remains presumed innocent. He says he repaid €9,521.46, accepts delays, and denies voting on LGF subsidies in public office.

He acknowledges taking risks to cut an inherited €900,000 debt and criticises FFF president Philippe Diallo for a lack of action on overseas football. Diallo wrote to the FFF disciplinary commission on 14 October 2025 after the court ruling. A federal source called Dartron out and was pessimistic about avoiding liquidation. Provisional administrator Alain Miroite will present his conclusions today.

FFF director general Jean-François Vilotte said the LGF entered court protection in 2016-17, with €500,000 still due in 2026, and audits since 2023, including Mazars in 2025, flagged weak accounting, absent controls and cash strains. Despite €2.5 million in annual subsidies, €350,000 remains owed to Creps for Cerfa accommodation. An extra credit line has been granted, yet the LGF could become the first of France’s 18 leagues to be liquidated. The FFF intends to keep activities running until season’s end, pending a new, leaner structure.

Source: L'Équipe