The football body cited racism, offensive chants and discriminatory behaviour
Seven footballing nations from Euro 2024 have been banned by UEFA after violating rules during the month long football tournament in Germany.
UEFA have not held back with the disciplinary measures after a Euros which was often marred by racism, offensive chanting and discriminatory behaviour.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) confirmed that seven national federations had been charged over incidents which took place over a total of 17 games.
Croatia were sanctioned the heaviest out of the seven nations being slapped a penalty fine of around £42,000 (€50,000) as well as being barred from selling tickets to away fans for their next UEFA competition match.
UEFA said they had conducted racist and discriminatory behaviour in all three of their group stage matches.
This means Croatia will be without support when they travel to Portugal in September for the opening round of the Nations League.
Elsewhere, the other six nations have been subject to similar punishment.
Romania were fined £33,650 (€40,000) for racist and discriminatory behaviour in two of their group stage matches against Ukraine and Belgium as well as their round of 16 matchup with the Netherlands.
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The nation will not be allowed away fans at it’s next competitive UEFA game, a Nations League showdown with Kosovo in September.
Hungary and Albania received the same sanction for their antics at the tournament, being fined £25,250 (€30,000) for racist and discriminatory behaviour.
Hungary were flagged up on bad behaviour against Germany and Scotland while Albania committed the offence against Spain and Croatia.
As well as the ban on ticket sales at the next away match, the two national teams have been given a two-year suspended sentence on away ticket sales meaning another incident could see no away fans for the foreseeable future.
Slovenia received the exact same penalty, however their sentencing concerned only discriminatory behaviour.
Meanwhile Serbia received the same ban as Hungary and Albania for racist and discriminatory behaviour, although managed to escape a suspended sentence.
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Finally, Austria have been given a £16,800 (€20,000) for racist behaviour in their group stage match against Poland and will not be able to take away fans to their opening Nations League game away to the aforementioned Slovenia.
The same two-year sentence has been applied to the Austrians.
Despite plenty of great moments at the European Championships in Germany the tournament saw some of the worst behaviour in recent memory.
The month was marked by violence between Georgian and Turkish fans, swaths of pitch invaders and derogatory chanting from individual players and the stands.
Serbia had even threatened to pull out of the tournament while it was in full flow after Albanian fans chanted “kill, kill, kill the Serb.”
Spain ran out eventual winners of the tournament, beating England in the final, but still managed to attract the keen eye of the UEFA law.
Rodri and Morata were filmed shouting ‘Gibraltar is Spanish.’
The players have since been charged by the European football governing body.
