Porto banned from Champions League

Updated 14.21 Wed Jun 04 2008
Keywords: porto, champions league, football, sport

Porto have been banned from the Champions League for a season over allegations of bribery.

The Portuguese League recently found the club guilty of fixing two domestic matches during the 2003/04 season.

"FC Porto will appeal against this decision" - Porto statement

They were docked six league points and the club's president Jorge Pinto da Costa was suspended for two years.

Now a Uefa committe has decided to kick the club out of the Champions League for a year.

A Porto statement read: "FC Porto was today notified by the Uefa Disciplinary Committee of the decision to not admit FC Porto to the 2008/09 edition of the Champions League.

"FC Porto will appeal against this decision to the Uefa Appeals Body."

Porto are the reigning Portuguese champions and they reached the last 16 in the Champions league last season.

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