FC Metalist Kharkiv is planning to lodge an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on Wednesday against the decision of the UEFA Appeals Body disqualifying the club from UEFA competitions for the 2013/2014 season.

"We will file an appeal in Lausanne. I think that we will file it today. It's already complete, because, in fact, we envisaged all possible options. It won't take much time for us to file it at the court in Lausanne," Metalist First Vice President Kostiantyn Pyvovarov told Interfax-Ukraine.

He noted that the club would ask the court to suspend the decision of the UEFA Appeals Body.

"This appeal will no longer play a special role if it does not suspend the decision," Pyvovarov added.

As reported, on August 2, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne decided to deprive Metalist of bronze medals for the 2007/2008 season for the alleged fixing of a match played between Metalist and Karpaty Lviv in 2008. However, Metalist and Karpaty were not deprived of nine points in the 2011/2012 season, therefore the standings in the Ukrainian Premier League remain unchanged.

On August 12, Metalist filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland against the CAS ruling.

On August 6, UEFA initiated disciplinary proceedings against Metalist under Articles 2.04g, 2.05 and 2.10 of the Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, regarding the admission criteria for participation in UEFA competitions.

On August 7, Metalist Kharkiv won through to the Champions League playoffs by beating Greece's PAOK 2-0 on aggregate (2-0 away and 0-0 at tome).