In addition to this withdrawal of points, the club is also sanctioned with the holding of six games, two of which were suspended, which will penalize the already very fragile finances of the club.
Le Monde with AFP
AS Saint-Etienne (ASSE) was sanctioned with six penalty points, three of which were suspended, after the serious incidents occurring during the relegation of the club in Ligue 2 (L2), announced Thursday, June 23 Professional football league. According to the scale in force, the applicable sanctions could go as far as putting out of competition and even a demotion.
In a press release, the Stéphanois club said that “not appeal the decision”.
After having already inflicted withdrawals of points, certainly more limited, in Nice or in Lyon, the disciplinary commission this time struck strong against ASSE following the chaos scenes of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, At the end of May, during the dam lost to the penalty shots against Auxerre: invasion of the lawn by supporters of the angry Greens, then smoke jets towards the stands and general jostles.
In addition to this withdrawal of points which risks complicating the objective of immediate rise in Ligue 1 (L1), the club is also punished for the holding of six games, two of which were suspended, which will penalize finances of the club, already very fragile, by depriving him of ticket office. ASSE will therefore play at home without public on the weekend of August 6 against Nîmes, during the 2 e day of L2. And the Stéphanoise team will remain all season under the threat of an additional withdrawal of three points in the event of new overflows of its supporters.
The past months have shown that the disciplinary committee, chaired by Sébastien Deneux, no longer hesitated to pronounce very heavy sanctions in the event of serious incidents, such as the withdrawal of points in the classification. The one inflicted on AS Saint-Etienne could grew their season, while only the first two of L2 will rose in L1 in May 2023, a handicap perhaps unacceptable for the ambitions of the Stéphanois club … but also for the interest lent to The American businessman David Blitzer, candidate according to the team to the buyout of the Greens.