João Paulo Sampaio suspended by SJTD after Palmeiras U17 match row; why | OneFootball

João Paulo Sampaio, coordinator of Palmeiras’ youth academy, was suspended by the STJD this Friday (18) over incidents during Verdão’s U-17 team match against Atlético-MG in the Brazilian Championship for the age group.

What happened?

On June 23, 2026, Palmeiras beat Atlético-MG 4-3 in a match valid for the fifth round of the Brazilian U-17 Championship. João Paulo Sampaio, Verdão’s youth academy coordinator, disagreed with some refereeing decisions at the end of the first half and, according to the match report, directed ‘insults at the refereeing crew and criticism at the CBF’

See the match report

‘Crowd conduct: I hereby report that in the 40th minute of the first half I stopped the match due to a person, initially unidentified, who was behaving like a supporter and shouting insults at the refereeing crew and criticism at the CBF, saying things such as: “now you give a yellow card, right? why didn’t you give one to their goalkeeper earlier? are you kidding me? you are deciding the match, for your goalkeeper you didn’t see it.” He also called the assistant referee blind and said that the CBF was negligent in other stadiums. I asked the match delegate to request his removal because he was speaking out and cheering, even though supporters were not allowed at this match according to dpe-16bs17/26. The delegate went to the spot, but he refused to leave and said he was not afraid of the CBF. After a few minutes, he was identified as João Paulo Ferreira Sampaio, youth academy coordinator of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. The game was stopped for 5 minutes.’

Palmeiras coordinator punished by the STJD

João Paulo Sampaio was tried this Friday (18) by the Third Disciplinary Commission of the STJD and was punished with a 15-day suspension under Article 258, paragraph 2, item II of the CBJD.

Article 258. Adopting any conduct contrary to discipline or sporting ethics not covered by the other rules of this Code.

II — disrespect members of the refereeing team, or complain disrespectfully against their decisions.

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