Galatasaray ban upheld after failed CAS appeal
A CAS panel has rejected Galatasaray's UEFA appeal and the club's one-year ban from European competition will be upheld.
The Turkish club turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the hope of getting the suspension – to apply in the next UEFA club competition for which it will qualify in the next two seasons – lifted, having been penalised for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.
However, its appeal was rejected and Galatasaray will not be able to take its place in next season's Europa League.
It had qualified courtesy of winning the Turkish Cup, but, despite seeing the sentence earlier reduced by a year, the ban will stand.
A CAS statement read: "The CAS Panel in charge of this matter has dismissed the appeal and has confirmed that the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair-play Regulations had been properly applied by the UEFA CFCB Adjudication Chamber in the present case."
Galatasaray endured a disappointing campaign in 2015-2016, dropping to sixth in its unsuccessful Super Lig title defence.
