Euskaraz irakurri: Osasuna 2023-24ko Konferentzia Ligan onartua izateari buruzko diziplina ikerketa ireki du UEFAk

UEFA has opened a disciplinary investigation into Osasuna’s admission to the 2023-24 Conference League, as confirmed on Wednesday night by the Pamplona club. As Osasuna has specified through a statement, this investigation is motivated by the Supreme Court ruling on the so-called Osasuna case; the Navarrese club remembers that this sentence exempts the club from criminal responsibility in the fixing of some matches of the 2013-14 seasonand, thus, Osasuna He hopes that the procedure will be resolved in a favorable manner for his interests.

Thus, Osasuna has highlighted that will be made available to UEFA, to provide as much information as that body deems appropriate, after the opening of the disciplinary investigation. The Navarrese entity has echoed the judgment of the Supreme Court, which states the following: “Well, based on the foregoing and making an interpretation in accordance with the principle of guilt of article 31 bis of the Penal Code, in the wording in force at the time in which, indicatively, the crimes of sports corruption were committed, of which it could If applicable, Club Atlético Osasuna would be criminally responsible, this provider considers that the aforementioned entity could in no case be criminally responsible for the aforementioned crimes, not only for not meeting the aforementioned requirement of an act attributable to fraud or fault, but because another of the necessary elements for the existence of criminal responsibility was not appreciated, which is that the crime was committed ‘for the benefit’ of the entity”.

In this way, Osasuna emphasizes that, in this process, “Far from being convicted, he has been a private prosecution, and has prosecuted those responsible for the aforementioned eventswhich seriously damaged the reputation of the club”. Likewise, it will inform the highest body of European football that the people convicted by the Supreme Court in 2023 “ceased their duties in 2014, and were discharged as members of the entity in 2015”.

“Osasuna appeared as a private prosecution, that is, as injured party, in the judicial process that concluded with the conviction of said people and with a sentence that has forced them to pay the club a large financial compensation, which has resulted in the seizure of properties and assets of said persons by the entity”, the club has pointed out, which is confident that both its athletes and its fans “can enjoy the Conference League in justice with the sporting merits achieved”.

Osasuna case

In the Osasuna casewhich originated the file, It was considered proven that, in the 2013-14 season, members of the Osasuna Board of Directors agreed to give priority to former Betis players Antonio Amaya and Xavi Torres to “alter the results of the sports competition.” The Provincial Court of Navarra sentenced in April 2020 the former Osasuna manager Ángel María Vizcay, former club president Miguel Archanco, former manager Juan Antonio Pascual, former manager Jesús Peralta, former treasurer Sancho Bandrés, real estate agents Cristina Valencia and Albert Nolla and former Betis soccer players Antonio Amaya and Xavi Torres. In January 2023, the Supreme Court lowered the prison sentences imposed on the nine convicted.

Osasuna has finished LaLiga Santander 2022-23, which ended last Sunday, seventh, which gives it the qualification for the Conference League for the 2023-24 season. The rojillo team has managed to play again in Europe 16 years after doing so for the last time.

Source: Eitb

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