James Rodríguez and Grupo Pachuca faces another setback: FIFA denies appeal over dual ownership

The FIFA Appeals Commission rejected the Lion’s participation in the 2025 Club World Cup with the very arguments with which La Fiera and Pachuca defended their inclusion in the tournament. While the clubs justify their financial and operational independence, FIFA insists that they violate the integrity of the competition by incurring multi-ownership.

The multi-property between León and Pachuca has emeralds outside the World Cup of Clubs 2025 and the Alajuelense Sports League on a fighting footing demanding what they consider their right to go to the competition.On April 9, on the website of the governing body of football on the planet, a 56-page resolution of the FIFA Appeals Committee was published. This document rejects the arguments of the Mexican teams and, rather, FIFA checks their mult…

The FIFA Appeals Commission announced on Wednesday that the CF Pachuca and Club León do not meet the criteria defined in Article 10.1 of the Rules of Procedure for the FIFA Clubs World Cup 2025. So the General Secretariat of that body will decide which club can finally be admitted and how the Club León will be replaced. Why will Club León not play the Clubs World Cup 2025? The FIFA Appeals Commission decided last month that both failed to comply…

The total investment, between signings and wages, is estimated at about US$44.64 million, a figure unprecedented in the history of the emerald complex

Mexico. Santiago Baños, president of Mexican America, said this Friday that his team does not give importance to speculations about whether his team will have the possibility to go to the Club World Cup if the Court of Sports Arbitration (TAS) confirms the expulsion of the Lion from that tournament. "We do not pay attention to any of that. They are speculations, but it no longer depends on FIFA, which already gave its position, which is very cle…

Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. FIFA expels Leon from the Club World Cup for irregularities FIFA ratified the expulsion of Club Leon from the Club World Championship 2025. The reason: they violated the regulation by having the same owner as Pachuca, which affects the transparency of sports decisions. Now, FIFA will have to decide which team will occupy the place of Leon in the international t…