Soccer:Derry City are unlikely to contest Uefa's decision to refuse the club entry to the Europa League next season due to the terms of their liquidation.
The Candystripes are in the final year of a three-year suspension and had worked with the FAI in appealing to Uefa to relax the ruling.
Club chairman Philip O’Doherty admitted to BBC Radio Foyle that a potential appeal to the European Court of Arbitration may prove too costly for the club.
“We’re going to have a look at that when we get the statement but it would be unlikely that we would be successful,” O’Doherty told the BBC.
“We did a very, very good application and the questions we were asked, they were answered positively. The amount of money we have spent taking care of previous responsibilities, I would have thought would have been enough to basically bend the rules.
“The players will be gutted as well, not getting the chance to play on a larger stage and with the success they had a few years ago and obviously the recent success of Shamrock Rovers. It’s a big, big disappointment for everyone involved.”
Derry, who finished third in last season’s Premier League, stood to earn a minimum of €110,000 if they were involved in next year’s Europa League.
Shamrock Rovers became the first Irish side to make it through to the group stages of a European competition in last season’s Europa League. The Tallaght club earned well over €1 million for their involvement.
