Peru banned from playing international football
November 25, 2008
It’s not often that a country is banned from international football, but South American Peru has been banned from football, including the 2010 World Cup. The ban came after a dispute between the Peruvian government and the Peruvian FA.
Further to the ban, Peru has been issued with an ultimatum stating that they have one month to settle the problem. If they fail to do so, they could face a permanent ban from world football.
A statement about the banning read:
The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) will only return on the basis of negotiations with the president and the board of the FPF.
It probably won’t be an issue in terms of Peru being banned from the 2010 World Cup as they had little chance of reaching it anyway. They’re bottom of their qualifying group with just one win from ten games. The South American group is notoriously hard to qualify from, with both Brazil and Argentina part of it.
The situation will be discussed by FIFA in Tokyo just before Christmas.
Arturo Woodman, from the Peruvian government, stated:
Take a quick look:If Burga’s position is going to remain the same as before… this is a dialogue of the deaf.
There is absolutely no intervention by the government. What there is, is respect for Peruvian law.
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