CAS, sport's highest tribunal, confirmed a life ban for Pobeda president Aleksandar Zabrcanec but lifted a life ban imposed by football's governing body UEFA on Nikolce Zdraveski, former captain of the team.
Zabrcanec and Pobeda were initially found guilty by a UEFA disciplinary committee hearing last April following investigations into their Champions League first qualifying round, first leg tie against Armenian club FC Pyunik in 2004.
"The involvement of Mr Zabrcanec, President of the Club, in this manipulation was recognised by the CAS Panel and, as a consequence, the responsibility of FK Pobeda was also confirmed," said CAS.
"However, the CAS Panel was not satisfied by the evidence brought forward by the UEFA against Mr Zdraveski and was not comfortably satisfied to establish that he was actually involved in matchfixing.
"Due to this lack of evidence, the disciplinary measures that have been ordered against him by UEFA were annulled.
"Certain measures were ordered by the CAS to ensure the testimony of some protected witnesses to avoid any influence by third parties," said the statement.
Before the UEFA rulings, Zabrcanec had denied any wrongdoing. "You can win or lose, but that's sport and there was nothing controversial in our defeat to Pyunik," he told Reuters in a telephone interview last month.
