According to their own statements, the Spanish club CA Osasuna is not allowed to participate in the Conference League. Now the club wants to enforce this before the highest sports court.
“The club is appealing to the CAS against UEFA’s decision, which it sees as a serious violation of its rights (the International Sports Court, ed.) appeal“Osasuna said on its own website. The club”Deplores the wrong message that UEFA is sending to the football world by punishing those who denounce and prosecute corruption.“
The background to the dispute is match-fixing in 2014. Three years ago, a court had therefore sentenced professionals, officials and entrepreneurs to prison terms, some of them long. It was about the fact that two players from Betis Sevilla had been paid money so that the Andalusians made an extra effort against Osasuna rivals Real Valladolid on the penultimate day of the 2013/2014 season.
UEFA’s justification is still pending
In the coming days, UEFA would like to announce why the objection had also been rejected, according to the club’s statement. Osasuna complained that the arguments presented last Friday (June 30, 2023) had not been taken into account. The club points out that the Spanish judiciary in the 2020 criminal trial accused him of “Victim” which referred to the machinations of some officials.
The club had accused the Spanish association of being neutral in the dispute. The association reacted outraged and emphasized that they had supported Osasuna very well. Osasuna had qualified for the next edition of the smallest European club competition for the first time in the past season by being seventh in the table.