Friday, September 9, 2011

Sion Appeal against Expulsion and The Swiss Club's Hearing To Be Heard Just Before Group Opener.

Uefa has confirmed Sion have appealed against their Europa League expulsion and the hearing will be held on 13th September and the Swiss side submitted an appeal late on Thursday night and the hearing is now due to be held the day before Celtic had planned to a fly to Spain.

The Bhoys who had been reinstated at Sion expense are scheduled to face a Spanish outfit Atletico Madrid in a group opener on 15th September and the Sion wrapped up a 3-1 play-off success over Celtic last month and were kicked out of the competition by Uefa after it was deemed of the fielded ineligible players.

Stadium for their home ground is Stade Tourbillon and has a capacity of 16,500 of a Chairman and architect Christian Constantin is planning construction of a new 20,000 all-seater stadium in nearby Riddes.

Honours for a 12 wins in as many finals and the FC Sion has the distinction of never having lost a Cup final in Switzerland for a FC Sion holds the world record with 12 wins in 12 cup finals and the Swiss Super League: 1991–92, 1996–97 and the Swiss Cup: 1965, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2011.

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