Steaua get racism stadium ban

[Troy.McClure]

BUCHAREST, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Steaua Bucharest have become the first club to be punished by UEFA with a stadium ban because of racist chanting by their fans after a Champions League match last month.


Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia, however, have escaped a ban for racist chanting during a Champions League match at their ground last month because of the 'improper conduct' of the target of the abuse, Liverpool's French striker Djibril Cisse.


Steaua were originally fined 16,500 euros ($20,460) after their fans made monkey noises at two black players playing for Irish club Shelbourne in a Champions League second qualifying round, second leg match in Bucharest.

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[Slash/ED]

Excellent, fair play UEFA (And it's not often you can say that)

[Troy.McClure]

Interestingly though they didnt increase the ban for CSKA who Liverpool played. They took incitment by Cisse into consideration.

[thejollyrodger]

great news. That club is always linked with racism / fascism

[sonofstan]

Interestingly though they didnt increase the ban for CSKA who Liverpool played. They took incitment by Cisse into consideration.

which means that its alright to racially abuse a player if he taunts you? a weird argument

[Risteard]

What did Cisse do?

[Lim till i die]

Thought the stadium ban was a flippin disgrace myself. UEFA needs to get the whole house in order before picking on small Eastern European clubs that won't make too much of a fuss. If they treat every club in Europe the same as Steaua (Which surely they should ) than you could find yourself with a lot of empty stadiums every weekend

[paudie]

It'll be great if they're consistent for the rest of the season and ban all clubs whose fans racially abuse players.

Spanish and Italian clubs seemed to have a problem with this last year so maybe a few big names will have quiet stadiums for a few games this year.