2011–12 FC Sion season 2011–12 FC Sion season The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011. The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008. FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3-1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League. However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie. FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition. The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion. Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players
Celtic F.C. in European football Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA do not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their official European record. With regard to the above statistics, Celtic's 3–0 home win over Rapid Wien in 1984 was declared void and a replay ordered to take place, which Celtic lost 1–0. In 2011, Celtic played Sion over two legs, drawing 0–0 at home and losing 3–1 away. However, due to Sion fielding ineligible players, Celtic were awarded 3–0 wins by UEFA for each game. In