The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has decided to sanction the German club Union Berlin with the partial closure of its stadium in the next Conference League match, on 4 November against Feyenoord, for the racist incidents recorded in the match against the Israeli Maccabi Haifa.
In that game, played on September 30, a group of German Maccabi Haifa fans were subjected to anti-Semitic insults, as admitted by the German club itself, which later apologized for it.
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UEFA opened a disciplinary procedure that has closed with the partial closure of the German club’s stadium, in sectors 13 and 14 where the local fans sit, during the next home game due to the racist behavior of their fans.
The sanction, made public this Friday, also orders Union Berlin to display a banner with the message “#NoToRacism”, with the UEFA logo, in the sectors that will be closed.