The Disciplinary Committee of the League (LFP) - meeting on November 16, 23 and 30, 2022 and December 7 and 13, 2022 - has decided to sanction players, coaches and managers of professional clubs who have not respected, under of the 2020-2021 season, the ban on sports betting laid down by the Sports Code.
This is the thirteenth cross-checking of files, carried out with the assistance of the ANJ (National Gaming Authority) and the FDJ, since the 2013-2014 season.
These offenses are committed even though, together, the LFP and the UNFP (the players' union) are carrying out awareness or information campaigns with the clubs on a daily basis.
The Commission recalls that those involved in competitions organized by the FFF or the LFP (in particular players, coaches, managers of professional football clubs) are generally prohibited from betting, online or in physical networks, on all football competitions, whether domestic or foreign.
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After hearing the players, coaches, managers or reading their letter of explanation, the Commission pronounced the following sanctions:
The heaviest sanction falls to Guillaume Lemire, the women's coach of PSG, sanctioned with four games of suspension and a fine of 1,000 €.
On the player side, the most severely punished is Samy El Khiar (Quevilly-Rouen), punished by four games of suspension + suspended fine of €2,000.
Théo Eyoum (Le Mans) and Keheran Ganova (Angers) suffer four games, Enzo Barreau (Saint-Brieuc) three games.
Irvin Cardona (Brest) is sanctioned with a four-match suspension, two of which are suspended, as well as a €1,500 fine.
Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg) is given a one-match suspension, while Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes) is given a four-match suspended sentence.
Only one leader happens to be sanctioned: Laurent Chollet, member of the PSG association's management board, hit with a two-game suspension and a suspended fine of €1,000.
