ANPFireworks at Fortuna Sittard-PEC Zwolle in Sittard on March 6, 2022
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 06:58
Hugo van der Parre
Research Editor
Hugo van der Parre
Research Editor
In the two complete football seasons since the corona period, the KNVB has imposed a penalty on clubs 167 times for incidents with and by supporters. That is a lot more than the 29 published sanctions in the two seasons that preceded corona, although the settlements were not made public at the time. A total of 919,875 euros in fines was imposed. This is evident from research by the NOS.
It has been known for some time that fan violence has increased sharply since corona, but so far there has been no clear overview of all incidents. It involves things like setting off fireworks, throwing beer and objects on the field, harassing players and referees, arson, vandalism, chants, banners, storming the field and fighting with the mobile unit.
Incidents involving fireworks are by far the most common: they play a role in 118 sanctions. Fifty times it is about throwing objects including cups of beer, twenty times supporters penetrated the playing field.
Two thirds of the offenses are committed by the home crowd, one third by the visitors. In 23 cases a match was stopped due to incidents.
It is also striking that the pelting of players and arbitration with beer, objects and fireworks has happened frequently. Excluding the lighter incident with Davy Klaassen, no less than 32 football players, referees and assistants were screwed.
Only twice has a club been penalized for racist chants: supporters of PSV and FC Utrecht, respectively, made jungle noises and shouted discriminatory texts at Ajax players. Sanctions for anti-gay chants have not been published online by the union.
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It is striking that relatively small clubs receive the most penalties. PEC Zwolle took 15 penalties, followed by De Graafschap and MVV with 11 incidents. Of the traditional three big clubs, only PSV is in the top 10.
It is striking that PEC Zwolle has received the most sanctions in Dutch professional football since corona. The club was fined eight times in the 2021/2022 season and seven times in the past season, mostly for throwing fireworks and throwing liquids.
Keepers de klos
In four cases, keepers were the target of the Zwolle supporters. In March 2022, for example, Feyenoord keeper Ofir Marciano was pelted with fireworks and cups, after which the match was temporarily stopped.
Three weeks later things got out of hand in the regional derby against Go Ahead Eagles. Then Andries Noppert, the then goalkeeper of the Eagles, was pelted with objects. In the same game, a girl was injured when a fireworks bomb exploded on the field.
At the start of last season, the hassle continued. PEC had to pay a total of 10,000 euros, because the goalkeepers of MVV and Jong PSV were pelted. The club was also punished for vandalism, arson and standing areas had to remain empty after another fireworks incident.
Due to these events, it is not surprising that PEC Zwolle had to pay a substantial amount in fines. PEC is also almost at the top of that list, just behind PSV.
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Seven clubs have not received any fines in the past two seasons. These are Almere City FC, AZ, SC Cambuur, FC Dordrecht, Excelsior, Go Ahead Eagles and Sparta. The Young teams in the Eerste Divisie have not been penalized either.
Feyenoord in Europe
A club that catches the eye is Feyenoord. In the past two seasons, the team from Rotterdam has been penalized no fewer than 18 times by UEFA for disorderly conduct in European matches. No club in Europe was sanctioned more heavily than Feyenoord: 800,625 euros.
In exactly the same period Feyenoord received only five sanctions imposed by the KNVB (32,500 euros). This mainly concerned the setting off of fireworks. The much-discussed lighter incident with Ajax player Davy Klaassen does not appear in the sanctions publications of the union.
In addition to unconditional fines (696,500 euros), the KNVB has also imposed other types of sanctions. For example, divided over 62 judgments, a total of EUR 223,375 in suspended fines was imposed. Twelve times it was determined that a match had to be played without an audience; another 15 times it was conditionally imposed.
More and more clubs are also required to draw up a plan on how they intend to prevent disorder in the future. This happened fourteen times in recent seasons: twice in the 2021-2022 season and twelve times in the 2022-2023 season. PEC Zwolle even had to write a plan of action twice in response to competitions in November 2022 and March 2023.
The municipalities with a professional football club within their borders are now also taking their measures. In the majority of municipalities, clubs must have a permit next season to be able to organize competitions. Even where that is not yet the case, the conditions will be tightened.
1747 stadium bans
Between July 1, 2022 and April 18, 2023, a nationwide stadium ban was imposed on 176 people for throwing objects and/or liquids. Dilan Yesilgöz, demissionary minister of Justice and Security, stated this in a letter to the House of Representatives. She also wrote in the final month of the last season that 1747 people have a current national stadium ban.
In a response, the KNVB announces that it is currently not providing any further figures about stadium bans. The union does not want to publish this until the autumn.
2023-08-08 04:58:23
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