A disciplinary judge of the Royal Spanish Football Federation has disqualified Granada from the country's Cup, Marca reports.
The club from Primera got under investigation after the match of the first round, where they beat Arosa from the Spanish third division. The main lineup featured 24-year-old goalkeeper of the reserve team Adrian Lopez, who had no right to enter the field, as he is considered a non-professional footballer. Moreover, according to the regulations, the players of the reserve team, participating in matches of Copa del Rey, must be younger than 23 years old.
Granada not only lost the victory in the first round (3:0), but were also excluded from the Cup and fined six thousand euros because of violations of the rules.
Last season Granada reached 1/32 of Copa del Rey. They take 19th place in the current season of the Primera.
Earlier it became known that Barcelona is facing relegation to the second strongest Spanish league, Segunda, or even shutdown due to accusations of bribery of judges.The Blaugrana announced Because the termination of business relations with Sevilla amid the scandal.