Gibraltar admitted as UEFA member
Posted Friday, May 24, 2013 by YAHOO Sport
Gibraltar was finally accepted as a member of European soccer's governing body UEFA on Friday, allowing their national team and clubs to enter to take part in international competition.
UEFA's annual Congress voted in favour of a motion to allow the tiny British colony, which has a population of around 28,000, to become its 54th member.
Gibraltar, which was granted provisional membership last October, first applied for UEFA membership in 1999 but had faced fierce opposition from Spain.
Gibraltar's case was strengthened in 2011 by a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that UEFA has to consider its membership.
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