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Financial Fair Play breaches result in UEFA Europe ban for Turkish clubs

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King Binny

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Turkish outfits Beşiktaş and Bursaspor have been suspended from European competitions for a year by UEFA due to financial difficulties.

UEFA has scrutinised the club's 2011 accounts and ruled that they have breached Financial Fair Play rules.

It is a further blow to Turkish football following the match-fixing scandal which was uncovered following the end of last season.

A number of teams, players and officials were investigated and indicted as a result.

On the eve of the draw for this season's Champions League group stage, Fenerbahçe were kicked out of the competition as a result of being implicated in the scandal.

UEFA confirmed that the decisions regarding Beşiktaş (fans pictured above) and Bursaspor were subject to an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Beşiktaş has pledged to appeal to CAS, with board member and lawyer Levent Erdoğan telling Turkish news agency Dogan they would fight the ruling.

"We will defend the club's rights until the end, and will appeal to CAS as the first step," he said.

"I think it's a dramatic decision, and it will hit us pretty badly, but there's nothing we can do."

Beşiktaş have been fined €100,000 (£80,000/$124,000), and shares in the club have fallen by over nine per cent.

They will also be banned for a further year if they breach rulings regarding finances again in the next five years, as well as facing a similar fine.

They finished fourth in the Turkish league and subsequent Championship play off, meaning they had qualified for the Europa League.

Bursaspor had qualified for the pre-qualifying round of the Europa League, and in addition to the suspension were fined €50,000 (£40,000/$62,000).

İbrahim Yazıcı (pictured above), the chairman of Bursaspor, told the Anatolia News Agency: "It's impossible for us to receive such a suspension, it would be a murder of justice."
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Hang on a minute, they break the rules, cos they overspend & leave themselves at risk of bankruptcy & ruin fair play.

So they ban them from European competions, okay, loss of prestige & revenue. Then also to fine them?

Surely that's making them more likely to default etc?
 
There was a program on last night about Racism in football. They went undercover to a Polish club and the club ended up being charged for racist behavior. Anyway, just to show the fantastic consistency within our sport and our governing bodies, they were charged £1000 and fans were 'banned' for two games.
 
I'm curious wrt Chelsea's balances now that they've bought Hazard, Hulk, Marin and De Bruin (sp.) all of whom are surely on huge wages as well.
 
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