Confirmed: AFA announce suspension of fixtures set for 5-8 March | OneFootball

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

In the text published on its website, the AFA firmly asserts that it “has no outstanding payable 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 obligations were paid voluntarily before their due date and were never overdue or payable, so there is no legal basis to support the accusation.

The Association further 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 by the Court of Appeals.

As a result of the judicial 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 own 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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