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Third team faces exclusion from Champions League
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 06 - 06 - 2008

Steaua Bucharest could be barred from
entering next season's Champions League over alleged match-fixing,
Europe's governing football body UEFA said on Friday, according to dpa.
UEFA General Secretary David Taylor said that the organization had
decided on Friday morning to pass on the matter to its disciplinary
committee.
UEFA had earlier barred former Champions League winners Porto and
CSKA Sofia from entering the lucrative competition in the new season.
Steaua, who finished runners-up in the Romanian league to CFR Cluj
and are entitled to participate in the third qualifying round of the
Champions League, were earlier docked six points by the Romanian
football federation after being found guilty of attempting to
influence the outcome of a game.
The club had been accused to offering another club money to win a
game, which would have helped Steaua win the championship.
Taylor said that he could not comment on the merits of the case.
UEFA president Michel Platini said that it was part of his
programme to stamp out cheating in football.
"It is very important that UEFA shows that we are combating
cheating."
"We have very strict rules that teams will be thrown out of our
competitions for cheating, it is part and parcel of my programmes.
"We want clean football in all four corners of Europe."
Under new regulations set up last year, clubs that are or had been
involved in attempts to influence the outcome of a national or
international match cannot participate in the Champions League.
The rules were tightened after AC Milan successfully appealed
against a Champions League ban over its role in an Italian fixing
scheme. UEFA was not happy to have them in the competition and Milan
even won the title in that 2006/2007 campaign.
Porto were earlier excluded from the Champions League after being
penalized six points by the Portuguese football association for
bribery several years ago.
They have appealed the UEFA decision.
Sofia were not granted a license by the Bulgarian federation after
owing too much money and as a result failed to meet the UEFA criteria
for Champions League participation, Taylor said.


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