This Friday, Vitória de Guimarães ruled out the possibility of expulsion from European football competitions and said that all that remains for him is to pay the fine after paying the amount that dictates non-compliance with UEFA’s financial fair play.
As a source connected to the process told Lusa, the Guimarães club was late in paying the club the transfer fee and was required to pay it within the next season after UEFA’s financial control body, the CFCB, asked the Victorians to be exempted with a one-season suspended sentence. only applies if the club does not meet solvency requirements for the 2024/25 season.”
Vitória de Guimarães has already paid this amount of debt and no longer risks not participating in European competitions, leaving it with the obligation to pay a fine of 200 thousand euros, one of the penalties applied by UEFA to clubs with “invoices for late payment” or “incorrect information about accounts payable.”
The body that oversees European football announced this Friday the 13 clubs it had taken disciplinary action against, 11 of which did not appeal the decision after it became clear last March that they would not qualify for European competition. clubs.
In addition to Vitória de Guimarães, Porto was fined €1.5 million and suspended from European competition for one season, suspended for two years, while Sporting de Braga was fined €40,000, an amount that has already settled in accordance with this. An official source in the Braga SAD told the Lusa agency.
CSKA Sofia (Bul), Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo), Partizan Belgrade (Ser), Galatasaray (Tur), Betis (Esp), Ordabasy Shymkent (Caz), Riga (Let) and FC Auda (Let) were the clubs that accepted the imposed fines, and the emblems that appealed were Adana Demirspor (Tours) and FC Shakhtar (Biel), with the appeal body confirming the punishment of a one-year ban from European competition, as well as a fine of approximately one million euros for the Belarusian. club.
Vitória de Guimarães has already finished fifth in this edition of the Portuguese Football League I, which gives it access to the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League for the 2024/25 season.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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