October 5 – FIFA has punished no fewer 11 national associations for “the discriminatory and unsporting conduct of fans” during recent World Cup qualifiers.
Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Italy and Albania have all been hit with fines.
Additionally Chile have also been ordered to play their qualifier against Venezuela on March 28 next year behind closed doors. In May, Chile were banned from playing at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos in Santiago for two matches and fined CHF 30,000 as a result of homophobic chants from supporters.
A second ban was suspended for a year but that has now been imposed since another infringement was caused during the probation period. In addition, the Chilean FA was fined a total of CHF 65,000 for two cases.
The rest of the fines range from CHF 65,000 meted out to Honduras to CHF 20,000 for Brazil and Canada.
All of the proceedings relate to incidents involving discriminatory and unsporting conduct by fans, “including homophobic chants in some instances”, said FIFA.
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