AC Ajaccio (ACA) had been excluded,in mid-August,from all national competitions by the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG),the financial “gendarme” of French football,because of its serious economic difficulties. Its judicial liquidation “Was pronounced on Wednesday [20 août] »saeid on Thursday at the Agency France Presse (AFP) David Istria, the president of the Commercial Court of the Prefecture of corse-du-Sud.
The simplified joint -stock company (SAS) with a sporting vocation of the club had filed, on August 18, a request for cessation of payments from the body and a hearing of around thirty minutes took place on Wednesday morning. “The amount of the declared debt is around 13.5 million euros and there were 65 people on the day of the liquidation”said too AFP a judicial source, adding that a legal representative had been appointed by the court.
Several reports from Tracfin, the Bercy financial intelligence unit, have been carried out concerning the management of the ACA and an investigation is underway, another source told AFP, close to the file.
Two titles of Champions of Ligue 2
The supporters gathered in the Collectivu Biancu è Rossu association launched an online fundraising to try to save the club and hope to leave in National 3 (fifth division). According to thier official page on the Facebook social network, « 23 000 euros » had been harvested on Thursday at 11 a.m.
