By Alexander Krassimirov
June 9 – Turkey’s Sivasspor and Eskisehirspor have been added to UEFA’s banned list for next season, both being denied entry to the Europa League for involvement in a domestic match-fixing scandal.
Both clubs were judged to have deliberately thrown games against eventual champion Fenerbahçe late in the 2010-11 season. They can appeal the decisions at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if they file within the next ten days.
UEFA reached this decision on the basis of Articles 2(07)g, 2(08) and 2(09) of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2014/15 competition, regarding the admission criteria for participation in UEFA competitions.
According to Article 2(07)g of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, to be eligible to participate in a competition a club must “not have been directly and/or indirectly involved, since the entry into force of Article 50(3) of the UEFA Statutes, i.e. 27 April 2007, in any activity aimed at arranging or influencing the outcome of a match at national or international level and must confirm this to the UEFA administration in writing”,
The day before the Turkish judgment, Serbian champions FK Crvena zvezda have been excluded from the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League for breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.
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