FFA today welcomed the decision by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to extend worldwide the sanctions imposed by FFA on two British players (from England) relating to match manipulation.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today welcomed the decision by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to extend worldwide the sanctions imposed by FFA on two British players (from England) relating to match manipulation.
The two players, Reiss Michael Noel and Joe Nigel Woolley, were sanctioned by FFA with an initial ban on 23 September 2013 after criminal charges were laid against them by the Victorian Police, and those sanctions were extended by FIFA to have worldwide effect on 30 October 2013 in accordance with article 78 paragraph 1(c) and article 136ff of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC).
Both players have since been convicted of criminal offences (engaging in conduct and facilitating conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome of an event or event contingency) on 6 December 2013. Following these convictions, FFA conducted disciplinary proceedings and subsequently decided to sanction each player with a lifetime ban from taking part in any football-related activity in Australia.
The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has now decided to extend the sanctions to have worldwide effect in accordance with article 78 paragraph 1(c) and article 136ff of the FDC.
In relation to the same criminal investigations conducted by the Victorian Police, two other players from England and one Australian official remain under bans imposed by FFA on 23 September 2013, which were extended by the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 30 October 2013.