FFF: Jean-Michel Aulas & Marc Keller on the "steering committee for the future men's Ligue 3"

• Jean-Michel Aulas, Marc Keller, Pierric Bernard-Hervé, Baptiste Malherbe and Virginie Molho, members of the FFF executive committee;
• Jean-François Vilotte, director general of the Fédération Française de Football;
• Pascal Bovis (president of the U2C2F);
• representatives of National league (third division) clubs, the DTN, players', referees' and coaches' unions and representatives of the LFP.

This is the composition of the steering committee for the "future men's Ligue 3" approved by the FFF executive committee at its first meeting on Thursday 16/01/2025. The task of transforming the National 1 championship into a professional third division within the FFF for the 2026-27 season has been entrusted to Marc Keller, who is also president of RC Strasbourg Alsace (Ligue 1 McDonald's).

This body, which is to draw up the outlines of a future professional men's Ligue 3, "will be responsible for defining the competition's format, its regulatory rules, its disciplinary jurisprudence, the status of participating clubs, the economic model and the marketing strategy of the championship,…