Rejected the appeal of Fenerbahce to play the next Champions League
Turkish arbitration committee ruled that the decision to exclude the team, which took the federation of Turkey, was "in accordance with the rules" and rejected the appeal by the club this Thursday.
The sports club is only as an option to submit a new application to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
On Wednesday, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) decided to prohibit the participation of Fenerbahce in the continental competition for the case of match fixing and bribery involving the whole of Turkish football and for which he was arrested 30 people since last July .
"This decision has nothing to do with justice (…) The TFF has no authority to exclude a club in the Champions League," said Haluk Burcuoglu lawyer told reporters.
The decision was taken due notice of the UEFA, which ensured that Fenerbahce or withdrew from the league or the TFF should ban the club to play to prevent the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) started its own investigation.
The agency banned playing the champions after the club refused to "take an important decision like that in a very short time," it said. The club said the federation was asked to take a position on it in less than a day.
In this context, was replaced by Fenerbahce Trabzonspor in the group stage of Champions League, so the Athletic Bilbao will contest the Champions League, UEFA announced on Wednesday.
On Thursday, in a gesture of protest, the vice president of Fenerbahce, Nihat Özdemir, resigned