(ANSA) - Rome, June 3 - Serie A side Genoa are set to miss out on next season's Europa League after saying Wednesday that they have dropped an appeal with the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) against being denied a UEFA licence to take part in European competition due to alleged financial irregularities. Genoa, Italy's oldest club, qualified for the continent's secondary club competition with a sixth-placed finished in Serie A in the season that has just ended.

Their place in the competition should now go to city rivals Sampdoria, who finished seventh.

