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UEFA’s disciplinary body has issued a ten-year suspension from its club competitions for Montenegrin club FK Arsenal Tivat with lifetime bans to one of its players and the sporting director after match-fixing rule violations.

The decision concluded that the eight players and officials involved broke Article 11 (general principles of conduct) and Article 12 (integrity of matches and competitions and match-fixing) during the 2023-24 Conference League two-legged qualifying tie between Arsenal Tivat and Armenian side Alashkert FC in July 2023.

Arsenal Tivat player Nikola Celebic, 36, and sporting director Ranko Krgovic have received lifetime bans “from exercising any football-related activity”, while Cetko Manojlovic, Radule Zivkovic and Dusan Puletic have received ten-year bans. Only Manojlovic still plays for the Montenegrin side.