Uefa have approved the Scottish Premier Football League (SPFL) board to end their league and give the league leaders the trophy, this is as a result of the crisis that was going on in the league. Also with the recent case of coronavirus, Uefa is in support of the league to end the season which is what the lower leagues in Scotland.
Celtic are currently stopping the Scottish championship followed by Rangers, but should the league end now Celtic will be given the league title as they are topping the league with 16 points. Uefa gave a direct warning on cases in which the league can be cancelled it says leagues should only be cancelled in “special cases”.
And after an executive committee meeting on Thursday, European football’s governing body has clarified its stance. Uefa still urged associations to use their “best efforts” and explore all possible options, including a different format, to complete domestic competitions before the Champions League and Europa League resume, which they hope will be August.
But in a statement, European football’s governing body added two sets of circumstances in which it would be acceptable to end a season prematurely, including: Existence of an official order prohibiting sports events so that the domestic competitions cannot be completed before a date that would make it possible to complete the current season in good time before the next season to start.
With large gathering still on suspension as declared by the Scotland’s Minister Nicola Sturgeon, he said: “big gatherings and events” are off for “some months to come” and had previously cast doubt on playing matches behind closed doors. Uefa now said that if a league were to be ended early, then domestic organisers in Scotland’s case, the SPFL will have to select teams to compete in next season’s European competitions based on sporting merit and “on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory principles”.
