Has anyone heard anything about it? I know it's common knowledge that Sion fielded players and are currently embroiled in a court case re this. It's also been announced today that Maribor have launched an official complaint to UEFA re rangers fielding an ineligible player in the first leg of the Europa. Apparently all players have to be cleared to play for their club team before they play in the European games. UEFA's rules. Link to story http://sport.stv.tv/football/scotti...bor-lodge-protest-over-bocanegra-eligibility/
Our club will have its camogie team chucked out of the county championship for fielding a not player not registered. A clerical error is all....it is a sore point at the minute. UEFA also have rules about the finances of clubs in the CL and nobody seems to give a damn.
I heard about this last week but I did not want to indulge in point scoring......but UEFA rules clearly state that a player must be eligible to play in in his club's home nation competitions before he is allowed to play in European ones. Bocanegra was not therefore eligible to play against Maribor.
I'm sure I read last week that UEFA were meant to be meeting on Monday (yesterday) to discuss the case. Much as I would like us to go through by beating them at football it'll be ridiculous if they aren't thrown out of the contest after being warned by both UEFA and FIFA. But would we be surprised if all that happens is they get a fine? After all, those blazers have to pay for their junkets somehow.
Maribor’s complaint stems from article 18.14 of UEFA’s Europa League regulations, which state: “For the three qualifying rounds and the play-offs, a club may register a maximum of one new eligible player on List A after the above-mentioned deadlines, provided the quota of locally trained players is respected. “Such registration must be completed by 24.00 CET on the day before the relevant first-leg match and the club’s association must confirm in writing that the new player is eligible to play at domestic level at this time.” Zeljko Latin, spokesman for Maribor said: "How can the player have the right to play in the European competition on the Thursday night but didn't have clearance to play for Rangers in a domestic match in Scotland three days later? "If UEFA uphold Maribor’s protest, the governing body retain the right to impose a number of sanctions upon Rangers, ranging from a warning or fine to disqualification from European competition."
Uefa take the lead from the home FA don't they? They said the swiss FA imposed the ban that Sion flouted so Uefa should uphold it. The swiss FA won't want to **** themselves for coefficient points so shouldn't kick up a fuss.... although Uefa might and should.
The Sion transfer ban is imposed by FIFA as Sion poached a player from one of the Asian leagues. Sion have since signed 5 or 6 players despite the ban & FIFA threatened further action because of this. I believe the 5 signed players took the ruling to court presumably based on the fact they are uanbleto do their job based on something that is nothing to do with them & they are the pones suffering - some human rights issue. I imagine that is why the Swiss FA registered these players & Sion felt they could play. As far as I know FIFA are not backing down on their ruling despite the courts ruling in favour of the players but they have been very quiet about it all!!
Still it doesn't reflect well on FIFA that Sion went ahead & played these players despite warnings from FIFA they weren't able to - well they did & FIFA have done **** all & that game was nearly a week ago now! If we go out I expect Sion to be chucked out.
Does FIFA have any say in this seeing as Sion didn't field the Asian lad? UEFA are responsible for all things European and I'm assuming that includes the Europa League so it would be up to them to take action.
FIFA imposed the transfer ban as they did to Chelsea a few years back because they poached a player, that means they are unable to sign or sell any players during the specified transfer windows (Chelsea were banned for 2 windows). It is then up to UEFA & the Swiss FA to make sure the ban is adhered to in respect of their relevant competitons & the registration of players. As I said it has been complicated by the likes of Gabri, Goncalves etc taking court action against the FIFA ruling which agreed with the players that the FIFA ruling was unfair on them as they were being punished because of the employees previous actions. FIFA believes the court has no say in how it punishes its members & confirmed the ban was still in place & the players that were signed such as Gabri were ineligible in all competitons. UEFA warned Sion not to play the players in UEFA competitons or further action would be taken. I would say its such a serious case that it will need to be looked at by FIFA who then advise UEFA as it is probably with the FIFA lawyers
