UEFA Levies Fines after Hungary-Romania Soccer Qualifier

Budapest (MTI) – The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has levied fines for the rowdy behaviour of fans at a European Championships qualifying match played between Hungary and Romania in Bucharest, the UEFA website said.

The UEFA fined the Hungarian soccer federation 30,000 euros and the Romanian federation 32,000 euros for the behaviour of their fans and it also ordered that viewing sectors must be shut down at upcoming matches in Budapest and in the Romanian capital.

Around 2,000 Hungarians attended the match on October 11 where fans pelted firecrackers and seats against each other. Law enforcement authorities had to empty a sector upheld for Romanian fans.

Photo: MTI – Ildiko Baranyi

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters