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Fenerbahce have been banned
from next season's UEFA
Champions League over match-
fixing charges.
UEFA has banned the club - who
were due to enter in the third
qualifying round of the
Champions League - from
European football for three
seasons in total, although the
ban for the third season in which
they qualify is deferred for a
probationary period of five years.
Fellow Turkish outfit Besiktas
have been suspended for one
season by UEFA's Control and
Disciplinary Body (CDB), meaning
they will be barred from next
term's Europa League.
Both bans are connected with
match-fixing in domestic games
in 2011 and it is Fenerbahce's
second exclusion from Europe's
top competition after they were
withdrawn from the 2011/12
Champions League by the
Turkish Football Federation when
the scandal broke.
Fenerbahce won the Turkish title
in the 2010/11 season with a
4-3 win over Sivasspor in their
last match, which was one of
around a dozen games
investigated by the TFF.
UEFA said before the hearing that
the Besiktas case involved the
2011 Turkish Cup final where
they beat Buyuksehir
Belediyespor on penalties after a
2-2 draw.
The European governing body
also imposed a suspended one-
year ban from European
competition on Romanian side
Steaua Bucharest, who were
accused of a breach of
Champions League participation
regulations.
Fenerbahce have said they will
appeal the decision, with the
other two entitled to do so.
@Armstrong Let's jump on a JF-17 and bomb Nyon and Platini's residence
from next season's UEFA
Champions League over match-
fixing charges.
UEFA has banned the club - who
were due to enter in the third
qualifying round of the
Champions League - from
European football for three
seasons in total, although the
ban for the third season in which
they qualify is deferred for a
probationary period of five years.
Fellow Turkish outfit Besiktas
have been suspended for one
season by UEFA's Control and
Disciplinary Body (CDB), meaning
they will be barred from next
term's Europa League.
Both bans are connected with
match-fixing in domestic games
in 2011 and it is Fenerbahce's
second exclusion from Europe's
top competition after they were
withdrawn from the 2011/12
Champions League by the
Turkish Football Federation when
the scandal broke.
Fenerbahce won the Turkish title
in the 2010/11 season with a
4-3 win over Sivasspor in their
last match, which was one of
around a dozen games
investigated by the TFF.
UEFA said before the hearing that
the Besiktas case involved the
2011 Turkish Cup final where
they beat Buyuksehir
Belediyespor on penalties after a
2-2 draw.
The European governing body
also imposed a suspended one-
year ban from European
competition on Romanian side
Steaua Bucharest, who were
accused of a breach of
Champions League participation
regulations.
Fenerbahce have said they will
appeal the decision, with the
other two entitled to do so.
@Armstrong Let's jump on a JF-17 and bomb Nyon and Platini's residence
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