Turkey's football federation has
cleared all 16 Turkish teams, including Fenerbahce, of involvement in an
alleged match-fixing scandal, but it also has banned two players for up to
three years and imposed disciplinary measures on eight players or club officials.
Istanbul: The Turkish football federation has
cleared 16 clubs suspected of involvement in a match-fixing scandal but said
that it has still taken action against 10 players and officials.
"It was decided that there
was no cause to apply sanctions since the elements constituting disciplinary
infringement did not materialise," the federation said on its web site
late Sunday.
The clubs involved included
Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor.
The federation said late Sunday
"there was no reason" to punish any of the clubs, including
Fenerbahce which was barred from this season's Champions League as a result of
the investigation.
The federation's disciplinary
committee on the other hand banned eight officials from the 16 clubs for one to
three years and two players have been sidelined from playing in all
competitions.
Fenerbahce official Ilhan Yuksel
Eksioglu was banned for three years for trying to influence the result of three
matches while two other senior management figures at the Istanbul club were suspended for a year.
Turkey international midfielder
Ibrahim Akin, currently at first division Gaziantepspor, and Ankaragucu
goalkeeper Serdar Kulbilge were banned from playing for two and three years
respectively.
The investigation centres on 22
matches in the 2010-11 season. The punishments all result from matches
involving Fenerbahce, who won the league that year with Trabzonspor in second.
The federation's professional
football disciplinary board inquiry is separate from an unprecedented criminal
case resulting from the same allegations that began in February this year.
Nearly 100 people have been
charged with corruption, including Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim. They
also saw their Turkish league cup trophy awarded to Besiktas.
A total of 93 officials, players
and coaches, including the president of reigning champion Fenerbahce, are on
trial, accused of helping fix matches last season. The federation's decision
could affect the course of the trial, which was relying in part on the
federation's guidance.
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