Serbian club Red Star Belgrade fined by UEFA for fan chants in honor of war criminal Ratko Mladic
Serbian soccer club Red Star Belgrade received a fine from UEFA for fans chanting in honor of Ratko Mladic, a convicted war criminal. Mladic, who passed away on the same day as a Europa League match against Czech club Viktoria Plzen, oversaw the massacre of over 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995 and was found guilty of other war crimes.
The club was fined 90,000 euros ($104,500) by UEFA for chants deemed unfit for a sports event and for racist and/or discriminatory behavior. Additionally, Red Star was banned from selling tickets to fans for their next away game in a UEFA competition, which will occur when they play Swiss club Lugano in the Conference League. UEFA also imposed a two-year probationary period before making any further decisions on ticket bans.
Red Star, a European champion in 1991, has a history of disciplinary actions from UEFA due to fan misconduct, including racist slurs against Roma people.
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