Club furious after being sanctioned for paperwork error regarding Canada international Florianne Jourde
Paris Saint-Germain have lost only one league game all season yet are still only fifth in the Première Ligue. How is that possible?
On Monday 22 December, just after the final league game of 2025, the French Football Federation issued a bombshell statement: three of PSG’s wins this season had been turned into defeats (0-3) because of a licensing issue regarding the Canada international Florianne Jourde.
The sanction followed a complaint by Fleury after they lost their league game against PSG 4-0 on 8 November. They referred to the “absence of a request for an International Transfer Certificate” (ITC) at the time Jourde’s licence was registered.
PSG responded by saying that they did, in fact, request the ITC from the US Soccer federation, where the 21-year-old had been playing for the University of Southern California in the college league. However, as that league is not considered professional, US Soccer responded that she did not require this mandatory clearance.
