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Football AUS hands down bans over spot-fixing
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Football Australia has banned former Western United player Riku Danzaki for seven years and ex-Macarthur FC pair Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus for at least four years over spot-fixing offences.
In August Japanese footballer Danzaki was convicted and fined, along with amateur player Yuta Hirayama, for committing yellow card betting fraud
Danzaki and Hirayama have been banned for seven years, backdated to June 1, when they were both issued no-fault interim suspensions by FA.
The 25-year-old winger therefore cannot play in Australia until June 1, 2032, when he would be 32, ending his career in the country.
Four players banned for match-fixing offences in A-League
Clayton Lewis (left) and Kearyn Baccus (right) both left Macarthur FC after being charged by police in 2024
Four players have been banned from all football-related activity for several years for their part in match-fixing offences in Australia's A-League.
Kearyn Baccus and ex-New Zealand international Clayton Lewis were paid A$10,000 (£4,940) each to get themselves booked during Macarthur FC's game against Sydney FC in December 2023.
Both were sentenced to a two-year conditional release order, external in September and have now been banned for five years by Football Australia, effective from May 2024.
They also accepted the offer of completing 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service to reduce their bans by 12 months.
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Australian federation bans four soccer players over match-fixing, with suspensions up to seven years – The Athletic
Football Australia has banned four soccer players, including New Zealand international Clayton Lewis, over match-fixing offences.
Ex-Macarthur FC pair Lewis and Kearyn Baccus were handed five-year bans from the sport, backdated to May 17 when their no-fault interim suspensions began.
Lewis, 28, and Baccus, 34, have the option of reducing their respective bans by 12 months should they chose to complete 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service, with Australian soccer’s governing body saying this would “support FA’s integrity and education programs”.
Should they take that option, their respective suspensions would expire in May 2028, when Lewis will be 31 and Baccus will be 36.
Riku Danzaki, formerly of Australian A-League side Western United, and Yuta Hirayama, most recently of Melbourne-based club Bayside Argonauts, have been banned from all football-related activity for seven years, with those suspensions starting on July 1, 2025.
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