July 25 – UEFA has ordered seven national federations – almost all them from the Balkan region – to pay fines totalling €230,000 for racist and discriminatory abuse by fans at Euro 2024.
The governing body’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has punished the associations of Albania, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania and Croatia.
Croatia were deemed to be the worst offenders for incidents in each of their group games against Spain, Albania and Italy.
The Croatian FA has been fined €50,000 and their supporters will not be able to attend the next UEFA away game.
The Romanian FA has been fined €40,000, while Albania, Hungary, Slovenia and Serbia must each pay €30,000 and Austria €20,000.
Romania and Serbia will play their next home games behind closed doors but Hungary, Austria, Albania and Slovenia’s bans are suspended for two years.
Fans of Croatia and Albania teamed up to chant anti-Serbia slogans during a group-stage game played in Hamburg. UEFA said then it would investigate the incident and the Serbia federation threatened to quit the tournament if UEFA failed to act.
In a separate incident, Albania’s Mirlind Daku was banned for two games after leading fans in nationalist chants including against Serbia.
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