“Both CF Pachuca and the Leon Club breach the criteria on the property of several clubs (…) From the regulation of the Club World Cup, ”added FIFA.
Article 10.1 of the regulation of this tournament stipulates that no participant couldTo “possess values or actions of any other club participating in the competition, or trade with them.”
The Alajuelense of Costa Rica had denounced the participation of the two Mexican clubs in the World Cup, whose first edition will be played from June 15 to July 13 in the United States with the participation of 32 teams from all confederations.
The lion was framed in group D next to Chelsea, Flamengo and the Esperance of Tunisia.
They are presumed independent
The morning of Friday in Mexicoboth the Pachuca and the Lion published on the social network X their respective reactions to the notification they received from FIFA in which they were informed that one of the two would be excluded from the Club World Cup.
Neither of the two clubs was aware that the resolution had already been applied to the Lion. In fact, they expect the determination of the FIFA Secretary General “in the next few days.”
Before the notice that one of the two teams would be excluded, the Pachuca was the first to react, with a statement in which he stressed that “The foundations of this decision have not been communicated to us.”
Seven minutes later, the lion said that “In recent months we present each of the tests and documents that confirm that the club is handled autonomously in all economic, administrative and sports aspects“
The lion anticipated that, in case of being the team excluded from the World Cup, “With the same rights that a place won on the court we will go to the last consequences in the highest sports courts.”
Last January, The Lion signed the Colombian star James Rodríguez as reinforcement with a view to the Club World Cup.
The Pachuca group is, since its foundation in 1995owner of the club ‘Tuzos’ del Pachuca. In 2011, the Consortium acquired from the Lion.
Mexican businessman Jesús Martínez Patiño is president of the Pachuca group, His brother Armando Martínez Patiño is president of Pachuca and his son Jesús Martínez Murguía is president of the Lion.
León had qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the 2023 Concacaf Champions Cup; Pachuca did it in 2024.
At the end of 2024, Jesús Martínez Patiño publicly announced his intention to sell 51% of the lion’s shares before 2027.