Ending of the French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships: a non-exhaustive overview of the legal issues
On 28 April 2020, when presenting his plan for easing lockdown to the Assemblée Nationale, the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, announced that " the 2019-2020 professional sports season, in particular the football season, [would] not be able to resume. "On 30 April 2020, the Board of Directors of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to formally end the French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships, adopting, for Ligue 1, the points-per-game ranking method, namely on the basis of the number of points and the number of matches played.