By IANS
London : Europe’s football governing body UEFA has fined Croatian club Hajduk Split 18,300 euros ($25,220) following crowd trouble before and after their July 19 UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie away to Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica.
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Europe’s football governing body UEFA has fined Croatian club Hajduk Split 18,300 euros ($25,220) following crowd trouble before and after their July 19 UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie away to Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica.
UEFA’s disciplinary committee said Thursday the fine also took into account a “failure to observe UEFA regulations as regards the registration of players”, reports the body’s official website.
The panel also fined Buducnost 6,000 euros for the misconduct of their own supporters.
Police reported sporadic fighting throughout the evening and arrested 60 people after Buducnost fans were seen hurling rocks at buses carrying Hajduk supporters to the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Hajduk won the second leg 1-0 at home and face Italian side Sampdoria in the second qualifying round Aug 16 and 30.
Thursday’s disciplinary meeting was the second in three days to consider crowd trouble at matches involving teams from the former Yugoslavia.
On Tuesday, UEFA’s appeals body confirmed the expulsion of Serbia’s Partizan Belgrade following ugly scenes during their first qualifying round tie against Bosnia’s Zrinkjski Mostar.
Partizan won the tie 11-1 on aggregate but were expelled from the competition after 36 people were injured in fan riots.
UEFA’s disciplinary body also rejected a protest by Maltese club Sliema Wanderers against the validity of their first qualifying round, second leg against Bulgaria’s Litex Lovech.
Sliema had appealed for the 4-0 defeat to be overturned after Litex mistakenly left one of their players off the official match sheet.
The panel fined Litex 3,000 euros for the “administrative shortfall” but said the result would be allowed to stand. Litex, who won 7-0 on aggregate, now face Albania’s KS Besa.