Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 2: Why is relegation a financial penalty?

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Olympique Lyonnais players during a match against Saint-Étienne on April 20, 2025. The Lyon team has just been relegated to Ligue 2 by a decision of the National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG). Thierry LARRET / MAXPPP
Olympique Lyonnais was relegated to the second division by the National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG) on Tuesday, June 24, punishing poor financial management. A sort of forced diet, relegation would be a financial catastrophe for a club of OL's stature.
A bolt from the blue in French football. By confirming Olympique Lyonnais' administrative relegation to Ligue 2 on Tuesday, June 24, due to serious financial irregularities, French football's financial watchdog, the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG), caused an earthquake. While the Rhône-based club has appealed and still has a chance of remaining in Ligue 1, the sporting and economic situation of a club, recently considered one of the strongholds of French football, remains worrying.
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