FC Porto and Vitoria Guimarães are in danger of being excluded from European competitions due to debts owed to other football clubs, employees and/or social/financial authorities, as UEFA, through its Financial Control Commission, has fined Braga.
The “Dragon” was fined 1.5 million euros and excluded from European competitions for a season, suspended for two years. Guimarães was also placed under supervision for one season and fined 200,000 euros, while Bragaensis was punished with 40,000 euros. euro.
But Vitoria de Guimarães ruled out the possibility of being excluded from European competitions, stressing that all that remained was to pay the fine, after paying the amount that imposed the non-compliance. A source from SAD Braga also reported that the fine imposed by the club was paid immediately, so the situation has now been settled.
These three Portuguese clubs are part of a list of 13 logos that have been subjected to disciplinary measures due to outstanding debts, according to today’s statement, which reports on the non-debt assessment specified in UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations, for part of the The organization’s Financial Control Board (CFCB).
Porto, Vitoria de Guimarães and Braga were among the 11 clubs that did not appeal disciplinary decisions, taking into account the three evaluation moments, in July and October 2023 and in January 2024, which shows, according to UEFA, that. Last March, he will not meet the requirements to participate in European club competitions.
Also according to UEFA, the 11 clubs, which “did not appeal the CFCB’s decision, were subject to fines for having accounts payable and/or incorrect declaration of accounts payable information.” Porto was the club most punished, with a fine of one and a half million euros.
According to UEFA, due to repeated violations, due to overdue debts of more than 90 days during the season or due to non-compliance with club licensing standards, FC Porto and Vitoria de Guimarães were punished with suspensions from European competitions, with the implementation suspended. A sentence for one season in the next edition (i.e. 2025/26, 2026/27, 2027/28).
The aforementioned statement read: “For FC Porto, the exclusion has been suspended for a trial period of two seasons and will only be applied if the club does not meet the solvency requirements in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons.” The Victorians’ “disqualification has been suspended for a trial period of one season and will only apply if the club does not meet solvency requirements in the 2024/25 season.”
CSKA Sofia (POL), Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO), Partizan Belgrade (SER), Galatasaray (TUR), Betis (ESP), Ordabasi Shymkent (KAZ), Riga FC (TURK) and FK Oda (TURK) are the clubs. Which accepted the fines imposed, while Adana Demirspor (Tur) and Shakhtyor (Bel) were the badge that appealed, as the Appeals Authority confirmed the penalties of exclusion from European competitions for a year, as well as a fine estimated at about one million euros for the Belarusian. The club.
