Communiqué of CSD in relation to the calendar of professional football

Madrid, 27 August 2020.This afternoon has taken place at the headquarters of the High Council of sports a meeting with representatives of the national football League Professional (LNFP) and Real Spanish football Federation (RFEF) to solve the calendar of the season 2020/2021 of competitions of professional football. This meeting was convened by the Secretary of state for sport, Dª Irene Lozano, pursuant to Article 8 (s) of the law 10/1990 of sport and taking into account the powers conferred by the "1835/1991 additional provision 2nd.

The CSD has called until the last moment to parties, on the basis of his covenant point 2019, to reach agreement on the timing and mandatory date of raffle. Although appreciates the efforts until today, and during the meeting held in the council, was finally found conclusively that this agreement has been impossible. As a result, the CSD has solved the only way possible under law, i.e. has accepted the only proposed schedule operational and available, under which the league competitions Santander and the league Smartbank will begin next 13 September 2020, where sanitary conditions imposed by the current pandemic of COVID-19 permit. The Secretary of state for sport has signed this resolution today.

Known this decision, the RFEF and LNFP have agreed that the lots for reference competitions take place next Monday, 31 August, at the headquarters of the Real Federation.