Málaga dumped out of Europe
Efe 06/11/2013
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has turned down Málaga's appeal against the imposed UEFA ban, meaning that it will not be able to take part in the upcoming Europa League tournament after qualifying with a sixth place finish in La Liga BBVA, the Spanish club has announced.
A week has now passed since the verbal hearing held at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne (Switzerland), where Málaga argued that it had complied with the requirements demanded by UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.
The decision, which the CAS publicly announced today in an official statement, means that the club will receive the full weight of the UEFA sanction, consisting of a €300,000 fine and a one-year ban on European competition, after the European football body reduced the original two-year ban on the condition that the club meet its financial obligations by 31st March.
Málaga was banned from taking part in European competition on 21st December due to outstanding debts owed to the tax authorities.
On 16th May, the Spanish club received a letter from UEFA in which its Financial Control Body informed that, after looking at the club's situation as of 31st March, it was lifting the second year of the ban on European competition which had previously been imposed on the club.
They're really out. Rayo or Sevilla in, now. Rayo has some problems with Rfef, about the licence to play in europe.