The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) made official on Saturday the loss of Catania Calcio, from Serie C, by revoking the Sicilian club’s association with the federation itself and releasing its players, who can now go to other countries. team for free.
“The Federal President, upon noticing the declaration of bankruptcy of the company Calcio Catania, has decided to withdraw the association with the insolvent company Calcio Catania, along with the release of the files of the players,” the FIGC said in a statement.
A new re -establishment of the Italian team and the beginning of a new journey from the non -professional category is now expected.
The cancellation of this FIGC affiliation, which means, at the moment, the loss of the team, came after the Court of Etna (Catania, Sicily, Italy), this Saturday, ordered the cessation of sporting activity in Catania Calcio, who will not be able to play the last four games remaining in the current campaign in the bronze category of Italian football.
On December 22, both courts officially declared Catania bankrupt. Since then, postponements and extensions to offices have become key personnel. Until now, when the court officially separated the ‘rossazzurri’ club from Group C of the Third Division, where they occupied 11th place with options to enter the ‘play-offs’ for promotion to Series B .
“It is with great sadness that I must point out that the termination of temporary exercise during the regular season causes serious injury to the Serie C championship and it is a situation that, as President of the League, I never wanted to experience, “said Francesco Ghirelli, president of Lega Pro Series C, in an official statement.
The Court’s decision, notified to Catania, came after the “expiration due to violation of the obligation to pay the full amount of consideration” by businessman Benedetto Mancini, who filed a single purchase offer for club, although he did not pay. the total amount set for the transaction, around 500 thousand euros, explains Lega Pro in the letter.
For its part, Catania reported in a statement that it would request “extraordinary financial intervention, or a contribution from Lega Pro, until it allows it to combine interest in continuing the current championship with the interests of the bankruptcy procedure of the club “.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport ‘, Maurizio Pellegrino, the club’s sports director, would have tried to raise about 35,000 euros to play in today’s match against Latina, but despite the fact that some managers guarantee the availability of money . , the match was finally suspended, as were, so far, the other three remaining
The etneo club, one of the historic ones in Italy, has played in Serie C since 2015, and the reasons for its collapse were not just sports. Catania was relegated from Serie B as a ban on match-fixing. Since then, the entity has been unable to get out of the well and, today, the 87-year-old team can no longer complete the course on the lawn.
From this moment on, the points added by other teams against Catania during the season were canceled, something that generated a slight variation in the group C classification of the Italian Third Division.
Source: La Verdad
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