FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: DNCG approves the club's presence in National 1 & is confirmed by the FFF

"FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: control of wage bill and transfer allowances in the National 1 subject to confirmation of the maintenance of professional status by decision of the FFF executive committee" was the decision of the Professional Clubs Control Committee as part of the examination of the situation of clubs for the 2023-24 sports season in application of article 11 of the DNCG regulations, published by the LFP on 17/08/2023.

Sochaux, through its new investors, was being heard by the DNCG in order to present its 2023-24 budget after the Chinese group Nenking, the club's previous owner, "concluded an agreement to sell all its shares to a group of local economic players under the banner 'FCSM 2028'" on 10/08/2023. The group of investors, which is said to have bought Nenking's shares for a symbolic €1 according to local press, is led by Jean-Claude Plessis, former president of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard from 1999 to 2008, and Pierre Wantiez, former director of general and sporting administration at FC Sochaux (2000-2008). They were joined by Romain Peugeot, great-grandson of the club's…