Ligue 1 season over but court suspends relegation for Amiens and Toulouse

It saw Olympique Lyon, Toulouse and Amiens file an appeal in court over the decision but while the case was dismissed by the Paris Administrative Court. However, it was handed over to the Council of State court and the judgement has gone against Lyon as the court ratified the FFF’s decision to end the Ligue 1 early despite ten games left which will mean that Lyon fails to qualify for European football. But, the court has overruled on relegation for both Amiens and Toulouse with the possibility of a 22 team Ligue 1 for the 2020/21 season.

"There is no serious doubt on the legality of this decision, which weighed the advantages and the disadvantages of an immediate stop of the championship, whereas a very great uncertainty affected the hypothesis of a possible restart of competitions in good time. The judge in summary proceedings considers that the board of directors of the LFP could not legally rely, in deciding to relegate the last two teams in Ligue 1, on the fact that the current agreement concluded with the French Football Federation (FFF) provides for a limit of 20 clubs, while this agreement ends on June 30 and a new agreement will have to be signed," the statement from the Council of State revealed, reported Goal.