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Crisis club Portsmouth will not be able to compete in Europe next season even if they win the FA Cup.

The club would be declined entry to the Europa League because they have not applied for a Uefa club licence.

Portsmouth went into administration last month and were not in a position to file their accounts - a criterion for entry into European competition.

Portsmouth beat Birmingham on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup - a competition they won in 2008.

That Wembley triumph led to the club's first ever European campaign, which gave fans memorable matches against AC Milan and Wolfsburg.

The FA Cup winners qualify for the Europa League, with the place given the runners-up if the winners have already qualified for Europe through the Premier League.

The club could submit a retrospective application for a Uefa licence, but their financial predicament makes it unlikely this would be granted.

Portsmouth, bottom of the Premier League, face either Tottenham or Fulham in the FA Cup semi-finals.

And the club's administrator Andrew Andronikou says he has been reassured by the Football Association that the club will not be thrown out of the competition.

"The FA are fully supportive of us and they want us to succeed and get to the other end," said Andronikou. "There is no chance of us being kicked out of the FA Cup."

Pompey are currently fighting a battle in the High Court over their right to go into voluntary administration

Personally I can't see them winning it but after this revelation it is perhaps better they don't.

It's fair enough. They got themselves into trouble, and they should follow the rules like everyone else. Doubt they'll win it anyhoo.