Four clubs are still shaking: today there is a licensing confrontation in Swiss football

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On Friday it will be clear which teams will form the Super and Challenge League next season. Due to the expansion of the top division from ten to twelve teams, the Swiss Football League has to issue more licenses. As a result, only 21 of the 22 permits could initially be granted.

With Baden, Nyon and Brühl from the Promotion League and Bellinzona from the Challenge League, four clubs have appealed. And hope for a positive decision from Bern.

“For financial and legal reasons” Bellinzona was initially denied the license. The union is particularly concerned about the role of club owner Pablo Bentancur (34). At the beginning of May, Secretary General Gabriele Gilardi reacted angrily to the refusal of the license: “I am surprised that the SFL now wants to review Bentancur’s position. This could have happened much earlier. We are appealing and believe that there are no financial problems will be.” In fact, many in Ticino are now confident. The club keeps a low profile. But if you ask the Sopraneri around, most are optimistic that Bellinzona will get the permit. Some even firmly believe it. Anyway, the club has scheduled a press conference for Friday morning at 11am.

“May the sport win!” With these words, Warujan Simonow, the vice president of the Stade Nyonnais, long promoted to the Challenge League, finishes the preparation of the file to obtain the second instance license. “I don’t know what other reasons there could be for denying us the license,” he adds. Although people in Nyon are still angry and think it is completely unfair that the club was denied the license in the first place because Sassoun Sirmakes, the son of Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy owner Vartan Sirmakes, was the majority shareholder in Nyon. Emphasis on “was”. Because the people of Vaud present the appeals committee with a new owner who owns 100 percent of Nyon shares. “But we won’t announce his name until today,” says Simonow. “Now the best sporting team that qualifies for promotion must be rewarded for their fantastic season and be allowed to celebrate promotion in Bulle on Saturday after the last game.”

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Sportingly, the Aargau have already been promoted. A small miracle: they have only been playing in the Promotion League for a year. And now the advance to professional football. And although the licensing decision has not yet been made, there was already a promotion party in Baden last weekend. Reason: Trust among those responsible for the club is around 100 percent.

The reason for the refusal of the permit was initially the insufficient lighting in the Esp Stadium. The city has now approved funding for the renovation of about 1 million Swiss francs. And an alternative stadium has also been found in case the new lighting system is not ready in time for the start of the season – that should be in Wil or Schaffhausen. Negotiations with the Platzgenossenschaft of the Aarauer Brügglifeld came to nothing because sound protection requirements prohibit more games than those 18 of the FCA in Brügglifeld.

So if FC Baden gets the license for the Challenge League as expected, they want to settle there. President Heinz Gassmann, who reduced a mountain of debt of 300,000 francs four years ago and now leads the club to the second highest division, tells Blick: “We are taking the matter seriously and want to establish ourselves in professional football.” The entire canton is especially looking forward to the (probable) derbies against Aarau.

The East Swiss also want to play in the Challenge League, but have little chance from a sporting point of view. And the question of whether the license will work is also open. Infrastructure, youth department and club structures are not suitable for the Challenge League. The plan is to start the season in Schaffhausen. Brühl would then be in the wreaths if they overtake Rapperswil-Jona at the table on the last day of play and at the same time two of the trio Bellinzona, Nyon and Baden do not get the license.

Source : Blick

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