Irish Side Drogheda Expelled From Europe After Losing Cas Appeal

Drogheda United's entreaty against their dismissal from nan 2025-26 Uefa Conference League has been rejected by nan Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The Irish Premier Division nine were expelled by Uefa nether a norm which states 2 clubs successful nan aforesaid title cannot beryllium nether nan aforesaid ownership, pinch US-based Trivela Group besides owning Danish broadside Silkeborg.

Uefa rules mean nan lower-ranked team, successful this lawsuit Drogheda, are excluded from nan competition.

Drogheda won nan FAI Cup successful November 2024 arsenic a semi-professional side. However, Silkeborg's seventh-place decorativeness successful nan Danish convention outweighs Drogheda's ninth spot successful nan League of Ireland Premier Division.

In a statement, Drogheda expressed their "great heartbreak and disbelief" astatine CAS' decision.

"We powerfully disagree pinch this decision, and had hoped and believed that nan principles of fairness and communal consciousness would prevail," nan nine said.

"After months of engagement, constructive dialogue, countless hours of ineligible preparation, and aggregate proposals based connected frameworks that person been accepted successful nan past, we person travel up short.

"Despite genuine and vocal support crossed nan shot world, nan ruling did not autumn successful our favour. We are heartbroken by nan outcome."