Croatia to play behind closed doors following UEFA punishment

Croatia will have to play their next home game in UEFA competitions behind closed doors because of crowd incidents in their last two Nations League quarter-final matches against France in March, according to the sanction imposed by UEFA's disciplinary bodies.

In addition to the behind-closed-doors match, the Croatian FA will also not be allowed to sell tickets for their next away match and will have to pay a total fine of 71,000 euros.

For racist and discriminatory behaviour by its fans, Croatia will have to pay €30,000, plus a further €25,000 for lighting flares and two further fines of €8,000 for damage caused to the French national team's stadium and for misconduct by its team - six players cautioned in the second leg - in the matches against France, played on 20 March at its home stadium and on French soil three days later.

The UEFA Disciplinary Committee also imposed a total fine of €72,500 on the Hungarian FA for incidents during the national anthems (€10,000) at the start of the match against Turkey in the Nations League, played on 23 March at their stadium, as well as for broadcasting inappropriate messages at a sporting event (€15,000), throwing objects (€22,500) and discriminatory behaviour of their fans (€25,000).

The sanction against Hungary includes a warning of partial closure of its stadium for its next match (3,000 seats) for two years in the event of a repeat offence.