Insults to Mourinho and backing Madureira lead to €31,000 fines | OneFootball

The FPF Disciplinary Council imposed a series of fines on FC Porto totaling 30,855 euros, following the inappropriate behavior of fans during the classic match against Benfica held at Estádio do Dragão last Sunday.

Most of this amount results from the use of pyrotechnics by FC Porto supporters, with fines of 6,375 euros and 9,560 euros. Part of the sanction also relates to insults directed at José Mourinho, the former club coach and current Benfica manager. Chants and banners with messages such as "There is only one Special One" and "O Futebol Clube do Porto" were punished, as well as chants directed at the opposing coach at the 77th minute: "Mourinho is gay, Mourinho is pan** (...)”

Support for Madureira penalized

‘Speaker’ incurs a fine of 6,375 euros

The club was also fined 3,190 euros for throwing objects onto the pitch – including cardboard balls, empty water bottles, and coins – at different moments of the match. During halftime and after the final whistle, identified fans threw plastic cups and other objects towards opposing players near the tunnel to the locker rooms; although no one was hit, the conduct was recorded and sanctioned.

Additionally, the SAD was fined over 6,375 euros due to the intervention of the speaker, who encouraged support for FC Porto during the classic.

Before the start of the match, with the authorization of security forces, identifiable fans wearing the visiting club's shirts and scarves positioned themselves in the north stand (sectors 23 to 27), outside the Special Access and Permanence Conditions Zone (ZCEAP), and displayed six banners larger than 1 meter by 1 meter. Two of these banners contained the phrases "From the heart of the north" and "To the heart of the city." After analysis, this episode was filed as no sanctionable infractions were found.

This match was the first after the ratification of the protocol between the management and the Super Dragões and Coletivo Ultras 95 fan groups, which provides for sanctions and the reduction of ticket allocation to the fan groups whenever "FC Porto or FC Porto SAD are subject to sanctions, fines, or offenses due to conduct attributed to affiliates."

The allocation of tickets destined [for the fan groups] will be reduced proportionally as follows: fines between €4,500.00 and €10,000.00 – reduction up to 10%; between €10,001.00 and €15,000.00 – reduction up to 25%; between €15,001.00 and €35,000.00 – reduction up to 50%; between €35,001.00 and €50,000.00 and/or severe sanctions (closed-door game, venue ban) – reduction up to 75%; fines over €50,000.00 and/or sanctions of defeat or disqualification – reduction up to 100%.

Benfica pays over 9 thousand euros

Benfica was also sanctioned by the FPF Disciplinary Council with a fine of 9,560 euros for infractions related to the behavior of its fans and the use of pyrotechnics at Estádio do Dragão.

According to the League delegate's report, several incidents were recorded in the East Stand, sectors 47 to 50, attributed to visiting fans: 16 flares were used in sector 47 at 9:46 PM, in a high-risk area (ZCEAP); 28 flares in sectors 48 to 50 at 9:46 PM, outside the risk area; and a firecracker was set off in sector 47 at 9:48 PM, also in a high-risk area (ZCEAP).

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