The Enugu club was disqualified from the continental competition.
Enugu Rangers have announced they will appeal against their expulsion from the Confederation Cup after African football governing body, CAF, rejected their petition.
Rangers said they will table their case before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
“We’re going to appeal this decision at CAS,” Enugu FA chairman, Chidi Ofo Okenwa, told journalists.
“This is miscarriage of justice. There is no way we are going to rest until we are justifiably heard.””Rangers will fight till we get justice. We are being victimised and CAS remains our only hope for justice,” added Rangers general manager, Paul Chibuzor Ozor.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said Rangers appeal was not admitted on technical grounds. CAF disqualified the Nigerian club from the second-tier Confederation Cup on the basis that they fielded an ineligible player, goalkeeper Daniel Emmanuel, in their final qualifier against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia. As a result of this ruling, Sfaxien replaced the Nigerian club in the mini-league stage of the Confederation Cup.
CS Sfaxien have since played their first game in the series against fellow Tunisian club, Etoile du Sahel. Mali’s Stade Malien and Saint George of Ethiopia are in the same group of the club competition.
Ranger’s controversial exit means Nigeria no longer has any representative in CAF club competitions this season.
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