Annecy waiting but Annecy in Ligue 2. In a press release published this Thursday evening, the Professional Football League (LFP) announces that the Savoyard club has been drafted into the French second division. A decision which, however, is not ratified.
“The LFP Board of Directors, meeting this Thursday, August 3, proceeded to draft FC Annecy in Ligue 2 BKT for the 2023/2024 season to replace FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, administratively relegated following the decisions of the DNCG, confirmed by the CNOSF, indicates the League in its press release, before qualifying its statement: the Board of Directors made possible this repechage of FC Annecy except that the judge in chambers of the Administrative Court of Paris seized in summary by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on the evening of August 2 renders, before the resumption of the Ligue 2 BKT championship on Saturday August 5, 2023 at 3 p.m., an order favorable to FC Sochaux Montbéliard, in which case the Council will meet again to revoke the situation.
If Annecy were to play in Ligue 2, the club will play the first match of its season against Guingamp on August 5.