Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Commission against clubs involved in manipulation of matches: severely relegated clubs
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Following an in -depth examination of the affairs concerned and as part of its zero tolerance policy against the manipulation of matches, the FIFA disciplinary committee made the following decisions:
The Kenyan club of Muhoroni Youth FC was found guilty of activities related to the manipulation of football matches and competitions. Consequently, the club’s first team is excluded from the Super League of the Kenyane Football Federation.
The FIFA disciplinary committee also requested the relegation of the Muhoroni Youth FC first team in the One League division of the Kenyane Football Federation for next season.
In addition, the FIFA disciplinary committee recognized the Vietnamese club Phu Tho guilty of activities related to the manipulation of football matches and competitions and made the decision to exclude the first team from the second division of the Vietnamese football league (Vietnamese Football League second division).
The FIFA disciplinary committee also asked for the relegation of the first team of Phu Tho in the third division of the Vietnamese football league (Vietnamese Football League Third Division) for next season.
The FIFA disciplinary committee has contacted the member associations concerned to ensure that prevention plans are implemented in order to combat the manipulation of football matches and competitions.
The decisions have been notified today to the parties concerned and may be used before the FIFA appeal commission. Clubs have ten days to request the reasons for the decision.
As mentioned in the statutes of FIFA, one of the main objectives of the body is to promote theintegrity football. It thus adopted an effective approach in the fight against all forms of manipulation.
FIFA provides everyone – online – a reporting system Specific and secure so that any element linked to a potential manipulation of matches or to behavior contrary to integrity can be reported.
