French Football League (LFP)

Football
Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has reportedly identified a projected total of €192m ($226m) in lost ticketing and hospitality revenues between July and December this year as a result of res…
Football
Fan Engagement

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has plans to host more ‘Ligue 1 Touch’ events at select international locations this season after staging the first iteration of the fan zone event in Shenz…
Football
Fan Engagement

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has widened its tie-up with TikTok, the short-form video platform owned by Chinese technology group ByteDance, to drive further engagement with fans domestically a…
Football
Industry Moves

The board of directors at France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has today (Thursday) chosen Arnaud Rouger, the league’s long-running director of competitions, as its new chief executive.
Football
Industry Moves

Vincent Labrune, the former president of Olympique de Marseille, has today (Thursday) been elected as the new president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football
Finance & Law

The French Football League (LFP) has written to the French government requesting compensation after the state imposed a 5,000-spectator limit for sporting events in the country
Football
Industry Moves

Five candidates have been put forward as potential successors to Nathalie Boy de la Tour as the president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) this month struck only the second betting deal in its history, a three-year agreement with Betclic that will run from 2020-21 to 2022-23.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French online betting operator Betclic has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football
Governance

The General Assembly of the French Professional League (LFP) has voted to maintain the current structure of Ligue 1, the top football division in France, ratifying the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse
Football
Governance

The French Professional League (LFP) has voted to maintain a 20-team top division during the 2020-21 season, citing the impact on the calendar and broadcast rights contracts among its reasons for doing…
Football
Media

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has no issues with a 22-club French football top tier, it has been reported, following the decision by the country’s highest administrative court to suspend t…
Football
Finance & Law

Professional services firm Deloitte has unveiled its Annual Review of Football Finance for 2020, showing that Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues generated record high combined turnover of close to €17bn (£15.2/$19.3)
Football
Governance

An administrative court in France has suspended the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse from Ligue 1, the top tier of domestic football, in a move that will force the French Football League (LFP) to reassess…
Football
Media

The French Football League (LFP) and international pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have today (Friday) settled the thorny issue of outstanding international broadcast rights fee payments
Football
Events

The French Football Federation (FFF) has voted against the French Football League’s (LFP’s) proposal to expand the second tier of the domestic game, Ligue 2, to 22 clubs for the 2020-21 season.
Football
Events

The French Football League (LFP) has voted in favour of expanding Ligue 2 from 20 to 22 teams for the 2020-21 season, while Ligue 1 clubs are ready to offer their lower league compatriots an additional…
Football
Media

French Ligue 1 clubs have agreed to an equal division of the increase in annual media-rights revenue they will receive during the 2020-24 cycle. The top-tier clubs will earn nearly €1.2bn ($1.3