Sporting de Braga has already resolved the non-compliance that led to the imposition of a fine by the UEFA financial control body, an official source from SAD Minho told Lusa this Friday.
Sporting Braga, Porto and Vitória de Guimarães are among the 13 teams that have been subject to disciplinary measures for having outstanding debts, according to a statement issued this Friday, reporting on the debt-free assessment determined by in the licensing rules. clubs and the financial stability of UEFA by the organization’s financial control body (CFCB).
A source at Braga’s SAD said the €40,000 fine was paid immediately, so the situation has now been resolved.
Porto and Vitoria de Guimarães risk being left out of European football competitions due to non-compliance with UEFA Financial Fair Play.
The Dragons were fined €1.5 million and suspended from European competition for one season, suspended for two years, as was Guimaraes, suspended for one season and fined €200,000.
Porto, Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting de Braga were among the 11 clubs that did not appeal disciplinary decisions, taking into account three points of assessment, in July and October 2023 and in January 2024, making it clear , according to UEFA, that he did not meet the requirements for participation in European club competitions in March last year.
Also, according to UEFA, 11 clubs that “did not appeal the CFCB’s decision were fined for having outstanding accounts payable and/or incorrectly declaring accounts payable information.”
According to UEFA’s statement on Friday, which detailed that these amounts take into account the amounts that received the most fines: Porto was fined one and a half million euros, Vitória de Guimarães was fined €200,000 and Sporting de Braga – by 40 thousand euros. the timing of the 2023/24 season, as well as aggravating and mitigating factors.
Again in the opinion of UEFA, due to repeated offences, due to overdue debts of more than 90 days during the season and/or due to non-compliance with licensing criteria, the clubs Porto and Vitória de Guimarães were punished by disqualification from European competition, disqualified for one season in the following season (i.e. in the 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons).
“For FC Porto, the exemption is suspended for a trial period of two seasons and will only apply if the club does not meet the solvency requirements for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons,” the aforementioned statement reads. The Victorians “exemption is suspended for a trial period of one season and will only apply if the club does not meet solvency requirements for the 2024/25 season.”
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.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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