It was March 7, 2021. That evening, fans of Canet-en-Roussillon, near Perpignan, wrote a new page in the history of the Coupe de France by eliminating Olympique de Marseille in the round of 16. of the test. The culmination of the epic of this small National 2 club (the fourth division of French football) which finally lost in the quarter-finals to Montpellier by a small goal difference (1-2).
But two years after this epic remained in the memories of lovers of beautiful stories as the Coupe de France likes them, the present is much less rosy. The Pyrénées-Orientales club is in very bad shape financially and has a deficit which would amount to around 300,000 euros and a dry cash flow.
Under threat of a double demotion
The DNCG (National Directorate of Control and Management) has decided to administratively downgrade the club to National 3. And the club is even threatened with double relegation since it is currently in a relegation position in its championship. He could therefore end up in Regional 1 next season. “The situation is catastrophic” had estimated, in November, the new president, Mario Becerra, discovering a liability much higher than that presented by the previous team to the DNCG in July. In 2021, the formidable course in the Cup had nevertheless brought in 300,000 euros for the club, not to mention the very strong receipts at the counters.
The sporting exploits seem all the further away since in April 2022, the club had already been pinned by the French Football Federation. It was then a ten-point penalty for having presented false Covid-19 certificates in order to postpone the holding of a match at Le Puy, in the championship…