FIFA Fines Spain $20,000 for Anti-Muslim Chants at Egypt Game Condemned by Lamine Yamal
FIFA also ordered Spain to close 15% of seats for its next friendly after rejecting the federation’s defense of the chant.
- On Friday, FIFA fined the Spanish Football Association $20,000 and ordered a 15% stadium closure for their next international friendly following Islamophobic chants during a March 31 match against Egypt at RCDE Stadium.
- During the match, some fans chanted "Who doesn't jump is a Muslim" in the 10th and 47th minutes, an incident the Egyptian Football Association condemned as an unacceptable "repugnant act of racism."
- The RFEF argued the word "Muslim" was "neither insulting nor pejorative," but FIFA's disciplinary committee rejected this, ruling the term functioned as "an insult, taunt, or marker of inferiority" under Article 15.
- Spain winger Lamine Yamal, who is Muslim, condemned the chants as "ignorant and racist," while FIFA judges noted the RFEF cooperated fully and worked to identify responsible fans despite ruling "harsh sanctions were necessary."
- For their next international friendly, the RFEF must close 15% of the stadium primarily behind the goals, though they may request FIFA approval to fill these seats with special interest groups like families and anti-discrimination organizations.
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FIFA upholds punishment for anti-Muslim chants at Spain match
The FIFA Appeal Committee has rejected a Spanish appeal against punishment for racist chants during a friendly against Egypt in March, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced on Friday.
Barcelona. The world champion Spain was fined $20,000 by FIFA and with a close of at least 15 percent capacity in the stadium of its next international friendly match, after fans chanted anti-Muslim chants in the preparation duel, last March, against Egypt, in Barcelona.
FIFA imposed a penalty of holding the match with 15 percent of the stadium's capacity closed due to racist chants during the match against Egypt.
The Spanish federation will have to pay US$20,000 and close at least 15% of the stadium capacity in its next friendly as a local; announced that it will turn to the Arbitral Tribunal of Sport
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