EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CORRUPTION LATEST (Update)
27 November 2009
More matches linked to scandal
Another Champions League qualification match
and six games from this season's Europa League have been linked to the
European betting scandal, UEFA told the Agence France
Presse news agency on Wednesday.
The latest
revelations augment three Champions League matches said
to be among the 200 games spread across nine countries
under investigation by German prosecutors.
The
seven additional games involve five clubs which are now
being investigated, the agency reports. These are KF
Tirana (Albania), FC Dinaburg (Latvia), KS Vllaznia
(Albania), NK IB Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Budapest
Honved FC (Hungary).
Tirana's Champions League
second qualifying round match with Norwegian side
Stabaek on July 21 this year is under suspicion after
the sides drew the first-leg 1-1 in Albania before
Stabaek won the return game 4-0.
"From the
original list of around 40 fixtures in Europe that were
considered suspicious in terms of results, we are
investigating seven European club competition fixtures,"
said UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino.
The
Europa League games under suspicion are - both legs of
the second qualifying round ties between Bnei Yehuda
Tel-Aviv FC and FC Dinaburg as well as KS Vllaznia
against SK Rapid Vienna.
The third round
qualifying matches between NK IB Ljubljana and FC
Metalurh Donetsk as well as Fenerbahce SK and Budapest
Honved FC are also being probed.
Infantino said
none of UEFA's administration staff are under suspicion
or investigation and any individuals or clubs found to
be corrupt will face criminal prosecution.
"UEFA
wishes to stress that it has been co-operating fully
with the German police and authorities on the case," he
added.
"Following a request from the German
police for information on a number of matches, UEFA was
able to assist.
"That was thanks to its Betting
Fraud Detection System that has been monitoring all UEFA
competitions and European national league first and
second-division matches for irregular betting patterns
since July 2009.
"UEFA will file criminal
complaints, together with the relevant national
associations, as soon as possible, against clubs,
officials and/or players in those countries concerned.
"We have full trust in our national associations to
deal with the cases related to their national
competitions and will continue to provide them with our
full co-operation and assistance."
The scandal
involves teams from Austria, Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia,
Switzerland and Turkey.
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