On the evening of January 26, Beijing time, the financial control system of UEFA clubs officially made a decision to impose a heavy penalty of banning Portuguese Super League giants Portugal Sports from participating in the next three seasons of European competitions, plus a fine of 250,000 euros. In addition to Portuguese sports, real Betis in La Liga and Santa Clara, another Portuguese Premier League team, were also penalized. All three clubs have been penalized for failing to comply with the provisions of the UEFA Club Financial Fairness Act.
On December 3 last year, UEFA announced its penalties against three clubs, but they appealed after the verdict was handed down. Today, the appeals of the other two clubs have been partially accepted, while the appeals of the Portuguese sports team have been dismissed.
As a result, Sport Portugal will not only be fined 250,000 euros, but also banned from participating in European competitions (including the Champions League, Europa League and Europa League) for the next three seasons (2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2025), which is undoubtedly a major blow to the Portuguese Super League giants.
As a veteran of the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese sports team has won the Portuguese Premier League championship 19 times in its history. In this season's Portuguese Premier League, Portugal Sport is in second place with 47 points behind the leader Porto by 6 points. In this season's Champions League, The Portuguese sports team has pushed the Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, following Ajax in the second qualifying group, and the round of 16 will pass with Manchester City.
It is worth noting that the Portuguese sports team is also the parent team of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Previously, when Ronaldo was rumored to be interested in leaving Manchester United, Portugal Sports was C Ronaldo's favorite home. Originally, returning to Portuguese sports can guarantee that Ronaldo can participate in the Champions League every season, and now with Portuguese sports banned from participating in European competitions for 3 years, this basically blocks the possibility of Ronaldo's future return to Portuguese sports.