UEFA to charge club with match fixing within days
UEFA will bring match fixing charges against a European club within days, European soccer's governing body said on Wednesday."There are number of cases we have been looking at," UEFA general secretary David Taylor told a news conference after the UEFA Congress. "It's very complex and very difficult to find proof. But within the next couple of days we will be issuing charges against one club."
Taylor did not disclose what country the club was from. In September UEFA said it was reviewing 10 matches from the current UEFA Cup season and 15 from last season for irregular betting patterns, all in the competition's preliminary rounds.
UEFA will launch a gambling investigating unit next season featuring experts who will review suspected irregularities in matches from European competitions.
"UEFA is setting up this betting fraud detection system across Europe to include 27,000 matches in the first and second division in each national association," Taylor said. "Only a few matches cause us problems but we are determined to root out this problem."
UEFA president Michel Platini called match fixing "a serious risk to football."
"Through this early warning system we will find out what bets are being placed," Platini said. "I'll be extremely firm with those who cheat. I don't accept players who cheat and will suspend them from any activity in football."
邊隊呢:icon032: 真係諗極都諗唔到:icon032: porto?:icon101: :icon102: 上季足協盃:icon120: UEFA have charged FYR Macedonian club FK Pobeda for "manipulating the outcome of a UEFA match to gain undue advantage for themselves and a third party".
The charge relates to a 2004 Champions League first qualifying round match against FC Pyunik in Skopje, which the Armenian side won 3-1.
The charge also implicates the president of FK Pobeda, as well as a player, with UEFA's Control & Disciplinary Body set to deal with the case on April 17.
UEFA revealed in a statement they had brought the charge, almost five years after the game was played, based on reports of irregular betting patterns and declarations from witnesses.
Pyunik scored three first-half goals without reply in the match.
Their 17-year-old striker Edgar Manucharyan scored a double either side of Zhora Hovhannisyan's strike before Pyunik had Karen Aleksanyan sent off just before the break.
Pobeda pulled a goal back through Blagoja Gesoski 10 minutes from time, but they did not progress after drawing the away leg 1-1 in Yerevan.
A statement on UEFA's website read: "UEFA has announced today that the Macedonian club FK Pobeda, its president and one player have been charged for being in breach of the principles of integrity and sportsmanship by manipulating the outcome of a UEFA match to gain an undue advantage for themselves and a third party.
"The match under investigation was the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg between FK Pobeda and FC Pyunik on 13 July 2004.
"The charge is based on reports received from the betting industry on irregular betting patterns and the declarations of several witnesses.
"The control & disciplinary body will deal with the case on 17 April."
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