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    Azeris urge Europe's football body to ban Karabakh FC from Armenian league

    Ekho, Baku
    1 Dec 04


    Text of E. Aliyev's report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekho on 1 December
    headlined "AFFA protests at the Karabakh team's participation in the
    Armenian championship"

    The secretary-general of the Association of Football Federations of
    Azerbaijan (AFFA), Fuad Asadov, has sent a letter to the UEFA chief
    executive, Lars-Christer Olsson, asking the European body to
    investigate the participation of FC Lernain Artsakh from Xankandi
    [Stepanakert] in the Armenian championship.

    The point is that according to the well-known Russian weekly magazine
    Football, the team from the self-styled republic played in the second
    division of the Armenian championship this year and won the right to
    play in Armenia's first division next year.

    "We have addressed UEFA twice. In our letters, we alerted UEFA to the
    fact that FC Lernain Artsakh is playing in the Armenian
    championship. This is completely illegal because Nagornyy Karabakh is
    an integral part of Azerbaijan and teams from one country cannot take
    part in the championship of another. This runs counter to the
    principles of UEFA and FIFA," Fuad Asadov told Ekho.

    After AFFA's letters, UEFA addressed the Armenian football federation
    which started denying the information. The secretary-general of the
    Armenian federation, Armen Minasyan, whom Fuad Asadov met in
    Switzerland, denied the reports as well.

    "Minasyan told me: 'Do you really think that we don't know the laws of
    international football organizations?' However, the material published
    in Football proves that the Armenians lied, which is quite typical of
    them. I hope UEFA will look into the issue and ban this team from
    playing in the Armenian championship," he said.
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