UEFA on Wednesday banned Turkish champions Galatasaray from European competition for one year for breaching spending rules.

A UEFA tribunal ordered the ban after Galatasaray "failed to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement" made with the European confederation in May 2014, said a statement.

Galatasaray have spent heavily in recent years to buy the likes of Lukas Podolski and Wesley Sneijder. They have also been ordered to cut back on wages but the club was relieved only to get a one-year ban.