AFA confirms fixtures suspended between 5 and 8 March | OneFootball

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) issued an institutional statement on February 20, 2026, in response to media reports about a judicial decision summoning the entity’s authorities to give testimony.

In the text published on its website, the AFA firmly asserts that it “has no outstanding enforceable debt” regarding the tax obligations cited as the basis for the complaint filed by ARCA, the entity that initiated the legal claim. It states that these commitments were paid voluntarily before their due date and were never overdue or enforceable, so there is no legal basis for the accusation.

The Association also maintains that the tax obligations mentioned by the complainant “are not yet due, and cannot even be collected,” and therefore considers the criminal tax charge to be unfounded. The formal motion before the intervening court has already been submitted and is currently under review in the Court of Appeals.

As a result of the legal situation and as a sign of protest, the AFA announced that, by unanimous decision of the leaders gathered in the Executive Committee of the Professional League, it has requested the suspension of matchday 9 of the Professional Football League, scheduled between March 5 and 8, as well as the rest of the categories of Argentine football.

This statement comes amid a climate of tension between the AFA and certain judicial and political sectors, which the association’s president, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, has criticized in recent weeks. According to the AFA itself, the intention is to defend the institutional integrity of Argentine football in the face of what it considers an unjustified and premature accusation.

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