Partizan Belgrade Expelled From UEFA Cup After Crowd Violence
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Serbia's Partizan Belgrade was expelled from this season's UEFA Cup and fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($41,400) following crowd disturbances that marred its match against Bosnia-Herzegovina team NK Zrinjski on July 19.
Partizan, a European Cup runner-up in 1966, will have three days to appeal once it receives the verdict, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on its Web site after a disciplinary hearing in Nyon, Switzerland.
Zrinjski, which lost 6-1 in the first-leg match in Mostar, will now advance to the second qualifying round. Play had been suspended for 10 minutes during the first half after fans fought with riot police and stewards.
Partizan becomes the second team to be disqualified from European competition this season because of crowd disturbances. Poland's Legia Warsaw, removed from the Intertoto Cup, will also be excluded the next time it qualifies within the forthcoming five seasons.
Partizan said on its Web site it has been fined 25 times out of 36 European matches in the past five years.
In April, UEFA fined Roma and Manchester United for crowd violence at a Champions League match, as well as imposing a stadium ban on the Greek soccer federation for trouble at a Euro 2008 qualifier against Turkey.
(Source: Bloomberg.com)
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