The international football governing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday imposed fines on the Norwegian and Italian soccer federation for fan incidents at World Cup qualifying games against Israel last month.
As per FIFA’s official statement, both federations presently face charges for causing disturbance at the time of presentation of Israel’s national anthem in the games. During both fixtures of Israel against Norway and Italy last month, spectators invaded the field of play and clashed with security officials at the games.
FIFA said the Italian federation was fined 12,500 Swiss francs ($15,500) and Norway must pay 10,000 Swiss francs ($12,400).
Following the imposition of fiscal penalties, FIFA published a document of World Cup disciplinary cases late Thursday.
“The man on the field during Norway’s 5–0 win over Israel has often interrupted international soccer matches over the last 20 years, including at the men’s World Cup finals tournament,” FIFA noted in its statement while citing the charges on which the fine was imposed.
The charges cited by FIFA did not involve the flashing of Palestinian flags and chanting of slogans at the games played in Oslo and Udine, Italy.