No irregularities in EURO qualifier

Initial examination
European football's governing body said in a statement on Thursday that there were no indications that the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) had been involved in any irregularities. Greece won the Group 6 match 1-0.

Disciplinary inspector
UEFA appointed a disciplinary inspector to look into allegations made by Ruben Hayrapetyan, president of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), to the UEFA match delegate that approaches were made to Armenia to fix the game in Greece's favour.

Current state
"Today the disciplinary inspector entrusted with the investigation on the above match reported on the current state of his findings," the UEFA statement began. "UEFA wishes to clarify the accusations of attempted bribery made by the president of the Armenian Football Association in connection with the UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifier between Armenia and Greece, played on 6 September 2003.

Various enquiries
"The disciplinary inspector reported that various written enquiries and verbal questionings had taken place, including with the alleged contact in Greece and the president of the Armenian FA. Moreover, audio recordings are currently being analysed and being compared with recordings of the accused."

End of October
The statement continued: "The investigation is still running and will not be terminated before the end of October. As the situation stands at present, it is, however, clear that there was nothing irregular about the EURO 2004™ qualifier in question, and there are no indications from which it could be inferred that either the Hellenic Football Federation or its president were involved in any irregularities. The status of qualifying group 6 is therefore unaffected and the winners will be decided on the field of play."