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Tampere United of League operations excluded

Tampere United von Ligabetrieb ausgeschlossenTampere United of League operations excluded © SID-IMAGES/AFP/Franck Fife

The Finnish Football Association ruled the three-time champions Tampere United on Thursday of all League competitions.


Helsinki (SID) - the Finnish Football Association ruled the three-time champions Tampere United on Thursday of all League competitions. A company from Singapore to illegally have taken to affect the statements in the context of a promotional deal, was announced by the Disciplinary Committee of the Association on Thursday.


"The League, we have warned them in a letter in December and January", said Lasse Lehtinen, the Chairman of the Finnish League. Other clubs had been raised by the marketing firm, had reacted to the warnings of the League but. Tampere will lodge an appeal against the judgment.


The case is especially sensitive because an employee is the company suspected to have manipulated games in Finland and elsewhere. The police had temporarily detained the man in February, after he had recorded with fake papers.