Friday October 30, 2009
Mouscron face extinction
BRUSSELS: Two-time Belgian Cup finalists Mouscron have been stripped of their licence by the Belgian Football Federation (URBSFA), who on Wednesday banned the club from competing in the Belgian championship.
The club – who had already experienced serious financial problems in the 2004-05 campaign – could cease to exist altogether later yesterday when the club’s stakeholders, some of whom have told the press that they will push for the immediate winding-up of the club, hold a crisis meeting.
Mouscron, who presently lie second from bottom of the Belgian First Division, have debts of €800,000 and are late in paying their Value Added Tax (VAT) and their team’s professional licence registration.
The club had asked for more time to pay the debt but were refused. They are allowed to appeal the sanction by the URBSFA. —AFP
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