Soccer-Trabzonspor get six-match spectator ban, two Fenerbahce players suspended over brawl
03/04/2024 13:25
ANKARA, April 3 (Reuters) - Trabzonspor TSPOR.IS will
play their next six home matches without spectators while two
Fenerbahce FENER.IS players have been handed one-match bans
over a post-game brawl last month, the Turkish Football
Federation (TFF) ruled on Wednesday.
Trabzonspor supporters stormed the pitch and fought with
security forces and Fenerbahce players after their team suffered
a 3-2 home defeat at Papara Park, the latest in a number of
incidents that have dogged the Turkish league this season.
Fenerbahce said they were considering withdrawing from the
top-tier Super Lig over the incident but decided not to go
through with the threat at an extraordinary club congress on
Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the TFF's disciplinary council (PFDK) ruled
that Trabzonspor will play their next six home matches behind
closed doors over the brawl and imposed a fine of three million
Turkish lira ($93,899.65) and other punitive measures.
It also banned Trabzonspor coach Egemen Korkmaz from the
dressing room and bench for one match.
Fenerbahce defender Bright Osayi-Samuel, who was attacked by
a fan on the field and was seen fighting the spectator, was not
given a penalty.
However, the PFDK also decided that Fenerbahce's Irfan Can
Egribayat and Jayden Quinn Oosterwolde would each be banned for
one match and given minor fines over their involvement in the
on-field brawl.
Fenerbahce, who won their 19th league title in 2014 and are
Turkey's second most decorated team, are in second place after
30 games - five points behind main rivals Galatasaray who have a
game on hand. Fenerbahce host Adana Demirspor on Wednesday.
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(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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