Overview
- Federació Catalana de Futbol’s Appeals Committee dismissed Marc Ciria’s challenge, confirming he will not be on the March 15 FC Barcelona presidential ballot.
- Ciria’s submission was deemed short of the threshold with 2,247 valid endorsements, leaving him 90 signatures below the requirement after roughly 21% were invalidated.
- The committee reported difficulties verifying forms and a lack of guarantees in signatures, citing irregularities that hindered proper checks by the club’s electoral board.
- Officials concluded the FC Barcelona Junta Electoral acted within its remit, applying the club’s statutes literally rather than using public electoral-law standards.
- Only Joan Laporta and Víctor Font remain on the ballot, while Ciria may still seek recourse before the Tribunal Català de l'Esport.