In May 2018, KS Skënderbeu filed an appeal at the CAS seeking to have the Challenged Decision and the disciplinary sanction annulled. The CAS arbitration was conducted by a Panel of CAS arbitrators who held a hearing with the parties at the CAS headquarters on April 16, 2019.
On the basis of the evidence available, the CAS Panel found to its comfortable satisfaction that KS Skënderbeu was responsible for match-fixing activities and concluded that the sanctions imposed in the UEFA CEDB decision were proportionate and justified. Accordingly, it dismissed the appeal and confirmed the Challenged Decision.