The PAOK was penalized by 7 points in the championship for joint shareholding with Xanthi, another first division club that has had 12 points removed, by the disciplinary committee of the Greek League.
In December, Olympiakos, another major Greek club, accused Ivan Savvidis, owner of PAOK, to hold a member of his family’s shares in Xanthi, an illegal practice punishable by relegation.
The Thessaloniki team has announced that it will now bring its case to the Sports Arbitral Tribunal (TAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
“Call on TAS is a one-way street. We announced it from the start, after all, knowing how Greek justice works, “said PAOK communications director Lefteris Doukas.
According to the regulations of the Greek League, any joint shareholding between two clubs is punished by automatic relegation, but the government has intervened to soften the penalty.
TheOlympiakos occupied the head of the championship after the end of the regular season, the PAOK being now 14 points behind, in second place.
A post-season barrage to determine who will win the championship and the places in the Champions League and the European League has been postponed due to the epidemic of coronavirus.
Xanthi, who ranks 12th out of 14 teams, will join seven other clubs in the climb-relegation play-offs.
The final of the Greek Cup May 23 There is also a risk of being postponed after the semi-finals scheduled for the end of April have been put on hold by the federation due to the pandemic.
A ban on sports activities within the framework of national confinement is in force until April 27 at least. On Tuesday, the Greek Ministry of Health reported 101 dead for 2,170 confirmed cases of new coronavirus.
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