The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its decision in thearbitration procedure between the Turkish club Galatasaray SK and the Union of European FootballAssociations (UEFA). The appeal filed by Galatasaray SK has been dismissed and the decision
rendered by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) Adjudication Chamber on 2 March 2016has been confirmed. As a consequence, Galatasaray SK remains excluded from participating in thenext UEFA club competition for which it would qualify in the next two seasons (i.e. the 2016/2017and 2017/2018 seasons).
On 11 March 2016, Galatasaray SK filed an appeal at the CAS to request the annulment of the decisionissued by the UEFA CFCB Adjudication Chamber which determined that the Turkish club did notcomply with the Agreement entered into with the CFCB Chief Investigator on 16 May 2014. SuchAgreement has been signed after the CFCB Chief Investigator found that the club had breached theUEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair-play Regulations.
Galatasaray SK challenged the legality of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair-playRegulations. A hearing took place on 16 June 2016 in the presence of the parties’ representatives.The CAS Panel in charge of this matter has dismissed the appeal and has confirmed that the UEFAClub Licensing and Financial Fair-play Regulations had been properly applied by the UEFA CFCBAdjudication Chamber in the present case.
The arbitral award with the grounds will be notified to the parties concerned in a few weeks and willbe published on the CAS website.
For more information, please contact:
Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Katy Hogg, Communications Officer
Château de Béthusy, Avenuede Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland
media@tas-cas.org
Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00
fax: (41 21) 613 5001
or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org
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