So Neuchatel Xanax in some form will have to restart in the 5th tier of Swiss football. That actually is not the big story here, this means FC Sion might be able to weasel around and avoid relegation altogether as the team who finishes 9th get to play a relegation playoff with the 2nd place team from the Swiss Challenge league.
The Swiss Football League (SFL) has stripped Neuchatel Xamax of their license and expelled them from the Super League after they were suspected of falsifying a bank document produced as a financial guarantee last year.
APBulat Chagaev took over the club in May
Less than a year after being taken over by Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev, the club have already been deducted eight points for irregularities in the payment of social security contributions and players' wages. Now, Swiss media have reported that an important document was full of basic grammatical and spelling mistakes, prompting the move.
"The Swiss Football League has taken away Neuchatel Xamax's licence for participating in championships organised by the SFL," a statement said. "The disciplinary commission has reached the conclusion that the conditions for the license are no longer met due to the non-presentation of financial guarantees.
"The disciplinary commission is also convinced that the banking guarantee from the Bank of America was not provided by the latter."
The Swiss Super League has already seen FC Sion deducted 36 points for fielding players who were signed during a FIFA transfer ban, while Chagaev has sacked four coaches during his time at Neuchatel
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Weather130-
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Such unprofessionalism from a Swiss club is surprising....
Paulinho-
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I know, the Swiss of all people
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Russian owner though
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Sounds like a Chinese team
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Probably run by a black person.
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This happened some weeks ago, not surprising though.
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Less than a year after being taken over by Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev, the club have already been deducted eight points for irregularities in the payment of social security contributions and players' wages. Now, Swiss media have reported that an important document was full of basic grammatical and spelling mistakes, prompting the move.
That last sentence is brillant, if you are going to fake a document you should at the very least get the basics right.
The Swiss FA has a strange way of handling the results here. The results of games involving Xamax in the first half of the season stands while the remaining games are canceled. I was expecting the standard 3-0 forfeit.
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