Keine Lizenz für CSKA Sofia?

[OoK_PS]

dem bulgarischen rekordmeister droht der zwangsabstieg in die 3. liga, was dazu führen könnte, dass Bulgarien keinen vertreter in die CL-quali entsenden darf.

Bulgaria's football champions out of Uefa Champions League?

16:35 Tue 03 Jun 2008 - Petar Kostadinov

Bulgarian football champions CSKA Sofia were denied a license to play next season, Krassin Krustev from the Bulgarian Football Union's (BFU) licensing committee said on June 3 2008, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.

Krustev said that the ruling meant CSKA could lose its right to play in Uefa's Champions League tournament next season. “We will not give CSKA a license to play in Bulgaria's Group A next season and we have already notified Uefa about our decision. Now it is up to Uefa to decide whether CSKA will take part in the tournament,” he said. Group A is the name of the top tier of Bulgaria's professional football league.

CSKA's hopes rely on Uefa's willingness to wait on the club to gather all the paperwork required for BFU's license. The club has missed the deadline for submitting the documents and has asked BFU for a one-week extension.

The problem is with the financial documents that the club has to present to BFU. According to Krustev, the club has accumulated debts worth millions of leva over the past three years. Most of the debt was money CSKA owed to the state in the form of mandatory social contributions and other taxes.

“We can no longer cover for any of the teams in Group A because all teams could lose their licenses to play in Uefa's tournaments,” Krustev said, implying that CSKA has been among the clubs enjoying preferential treatment from the state.

The first one to talk publicly about CSKA's debts and the preferential treatment the club got from the state was Todor Batkov, president of CSKA's arch-rivals Levski Sofia, the runner-up in the league this season.

On May 31, Batkov asked the National Social Security Institute to say whether CSKA had paid its contributions worth ten million leva. “This is a problem CSKA has been having for the past five-six years, while we at Levski have never had such issues,” Batkov told private broadcaster Darik radio.

“We are not trying to harm CSKA, but Uefa has strict rules and Bulgarian teams must follow them,” he said. According to Batkov, only the European Commission can grant extensions for paying tax obligations.

“Every year CSKA gets preferential treatment by showing all kinds of bank guarantees at the last moment,” Batkov said. At the same time, Levski's president said his statements were not aimed at getting Levski in the Champions League at the expense of their rivals.

To date, Levski is the only Bulgarian club to have featured in the group stages of the tournament. It happened in the 2006/07 season, but the draw put it in a group with Barcelona, Chelsea and Werder Bremen. Levski finished bottom of the group with no points, a single goal scored and 17 goals against.

CSKA president Alexander Tomov told Darik that CSKA had no unpaid obligations to NSSI. “The only problems we have are about paying salaries on time,” he said.

If CSKA is kicked out of the tournament Bulgaria will not have a representative in this years Uefa's Champions League. Levski, Lokomotiv Sofia and Litex will play for the Uefa Cup tournament. The worst thing that could happene to CSKA, which has a record 31 domestic league titles, is for it to be demoted to Bulgaria's second devision.

Sofia Echo

nach bekanntwerden des urteils kam es runde ums CSKA-stadion zu unruhen und der präsident wurde tätlich angegriffen.

[Gampern]

dem bulgarischen rekordmeister droht der zwangsabstieg in die 3. liga,

Nicht in die 2.?

was dazu führen könnte, dass Bulgarien keinen vertreter in die CL-quali entsenden darf.

Warum das? Beim Lizenzentzug von Tirol rückten ja auch Sturm und der GAK nach?

[OoK_PS]

Nicht in die 2.?

Warum das? Beim Lizenzentzug von Tirol rückten ja auch Sturm und der GAK nach?

andere berichte sprechen von der 3. liga. ich kenn mich bei den Bulgaren ja nicht aus, aber wenn die auch eine zweite profiliga wie wir haben, müssten sie eigentlich in die 3.

was mit dem bulgarischen CL-platz geschehen würde weiss glaub ich keiner so recht, dieser artikel hier spricht eben davon, dass er ungenutzt bleiben würde. ich kann mir das aber nicht so recht vorstellen.

aber wahrcheinlich löst sich eh alles in wohlgefallen auf und CSKA bekommt die lizenz.

EDIT:

Shelbourne wurde letztes jahr auch als meister zwangsrelegiert und Derry durfte diesen platz einnehmen, also sind die herumschiebspielchen zwischen den qualirunden im fall des falles vermutlich eh obsolet.

sogar Bert Kassies höchstpersönlich sagt in seinem forum, dass Lewski den platz einnehmen würde, also wirds schon stimmen .

auch wenn sie noch die nationale lizenz erhalten sollten dürfte es aber nix mit EC werden, da die deadline der UEFA der 31.5. ist, bis dahin müssen die nationalen verbände die lizenzerteilungen melden.

The additional bad news for them is that last year the Greek authorities issued a license to PAOK after the 31 May deadline & UEFA still wouldn't let them enter the UEFA Cup. Presumably their view is that the clubs (& authorities) have plenty of notice to "get their house in order" so why should they have to extend their deadlines...

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[youresogreat]

In welcher Quali-Runde steigt der bulgarische Meister ein? (wegen Rapid warads)

[OoK_PS]

In welcher Quali-Runde steigt der bulgarische Meister ein? (wegen Rapid warads)

regulär in der 2., aber da der titelverteidgerplatz nicht benötigt wird rutscht er in die 3. hinauf.

es ändert sich nichts, nur dass eben in der tabelle alle um einen platz aufrücken, Bulgariens EC-starter schlüsseln sich nach dem aus des rekordmeisters nun so auf:

CL=Levski Sofia 32.644 (cl/QR3)

CW=Litex Lovech 18.644 (uc/QR2)

UC2=Lokomotiv Sofia 11.644 (uc/QR2)

UC3=Cherno More Varna 7.644 (uc/QR1)

ITp=Chernomorets Burgas 7.644 (it/R2)

für Österreich sicher nicht von nachteil, dass Bulgarien einen wichtigen verein verloren hat.

bearbeitet 3. Juni 2008 von OoK_PS

[forza_rossoneri]

The bulgarian football federation has asked that CSKA Sofia will be excluded from the next Champions League preliminary round cause of their financial situation; if UEFA will accept this request, the club that would replace the bulgarian team would be the one wit the highest UEFA coefficient, that means AC Milan. The italian club was involved in the opposite situation in 2006, when Lens asked to be admitted to the Champions League instead of Milan tha was involved in a corruption scandal.

wär das dann nicht möglich?

[themanwho]

The bulgarian football federation has asked that CSKA Sofia will be excluded from the next Champions League preliminary round cause of their financial situation; if UEFA will accept this request, the club that would replace the bulgarian team would be the one wit the highest UEFA coefficient, that means AC Milan. The italian club was involved in the opposite situation in 2006, when Lens asked to be admitted to the Champions League instead of Milan tha was involved in a corruption scandal.

wär das dann nicht möglich?

Hättets wohl gern, es Gauner es .. geht ja alleine deswegen nicht, weil seit der Liverpool/Everton Saga pro Nation nur mehr vier Vereine in der CL (+ Quali) zugelassen sind (?)

[acm]

Hättets wohl gern, es Gauner es .. geht ja alleine deswegen nicht, weil seit der Liverpool/Everton Saga pro Nation nur mehr vier Vereine in der CL (+ Quali) zugelassen sind (?)

inter fliegt ja sowieso nach der vorrunde raus.

[MILANISTA]

Stimmt, könnte also einen fliegenden Wechsel geben!

Aber im ernst, das ist nur ne Phantasie....!

[OoK_PS]

UEFA-Artikel 1.07:

A club which is not admitted to the competition shall be replaced by the next best-placed club in the top domestic league championship of the same national association, provided it fulfils the admission criteria. In this case, the access list for the UEFA Club Competitions (Annex Ia) will be adjusted accordingly.