France, Feb. 27 -- Olympique Marseille's president Pablo Longoria will miss his club's push for next season's Champions League after he was handed a 15-match ban for unleashing a post-match tirade in which he called the officiating referee 'corrupt' and demeaning the status of France's top division.

Longoria launched his rant against the referee Jeremy Stinat after Marseille lost 3-0 to Auxerre on Saturday night at the Stade Abbe-Deschamps.

The 39-year-old Spaniard was aggrieved that Stinat had refused Marseille's appeals for a penalty and also sent off the team's defender Derek Cornelius for two bookable offences.

Longoria's sporting advisor Fabrizio Ravanelli labelled the performance scandalous. He was banned for three games from nex...