FFF: Jean-Michel Aulas to head the French women's professional football league

Jean-Michel Aulas, vice-president of the Fédération Française de Football and president of the FFF's high-level women's football commission, has been appointed president of the French women's professional football league (Ligue féminine de football professionnel, LFPP) by the Federation's executive committee on 25/04/2024.

"Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) congratulates Jean-Michel Aulas. This new step rewards a commitment of more than 35 years to democratising football for all," said the club, for which he was the president for 36 years, on the social network X.

‘The executive committee appointed me unanimously. We need to validate the statutes at the Federal Assembly (08/06). This will allow us to make the official presentation on 29/04/2024 during the Trophées Arkema. Firstly of Paul-Hervé Douillard, who is going to be my director of the League, and then of the post of president with brand new validated statutes. The project is all-encompassing: the French national team, the development of the number of registered players, with the aim of increasing the number from 125,000…