UEFA hit Feyenoord hard due to incidents against Sturm Graz

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UEFA have punished Feyenoord. EFE

The Europa League match between Feyenoord and Sturm Graz was marred by object throwing, crowd trouble and flares being lit. Therefore, UEFA punished the Dutch club with three fines and the partial closure of their stadium for their next European game.

UEFA's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee have issued severe sanctions on Feyenoord, which includes the ban on selling tickets to their fans for their next two away games. the second of which is suspended for two years. They have also been hit with a partial stadium closure for their next European clash. 

The first sanction is as a result of incidents in Europa League matches at Sturm Graz's ground on 27th October and the second is also because of disturbances against Lazio on 3rd November. 

The Dutch club will have to also pay a fine of 50,0000 euros for object throwing, crowd trouble, flares being lit and damage caused to Sturm Graz's stadium. There have also been two other fines, one of 26,000 euros, for blocking walkways in the clash with Lazio and another of 30,000 euros for lighting flares and throwing objects in the same game. 

UEFA also confirmed on Thursday that Nantes had been hit with a partial stadium closure for their next match. They have been fined 30,000 euros for throwing objects and lighting flares in their match with Qarabag in the Europa League on 27th October. 

Nantes will also have to pay a fine of 12,000 euros for blocking walkways in that game and they were given a warning with regards to insufficient screenhing and searching of supporters. 

 

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