Chicken Inn sanctioned by CAF

Posted on by Tendai Chisiri

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Zimbabwe’s Champions league representatives Chicken Inn FC has been sanctioned by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for violent conduct in their preliminary round Orange Champions league clash against Mamelodi Sundowns played on the 27th of February 2016 at Lucas Moripe stadium in Johannesburg.

By Tendai Chisiri

Chicken Inn was found guilty of offensive behaviour of their players towards referee after their 0-2 defeat in the hands of the “Brazilians”.

The CAF disciplinary board which included Raymond Hack, Chairman (South Africa), Mustapha Samugabo, Member (Burundi) and Carvalho Neto, Member (Angola) sat on the 18th of April 2016 and found Zimbabwe’s champions guilty of unsporting and offensive behaviour.

CAF imposed a US $ 5000 fine on the Gamecocks.

Below is what transpired leading to the sanctions and extracted from the CAF report.

  1. Immediately after the final whistle, Chicken inn players and officials tried to attack the referee in a very aggressive manner. Mamelodi Sundowns FC officials along with the security interfered to adequately protect the referees.
  2. Article 82 “Principle of conduct” of CAF Disciplinary Code stipulates:

National associations, clubs, officials and members, as well as players, shall respect their loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship.

Article 83 “Responsibility” para 1 and 2 of CAF Disciplinary Code stipulate:

“1.national associations, clubs and officials are responsible for ensuring that the game is not brought into disrepute in anyway whatsoever by the conduct of their players, officials, members, supporters and any other persons exercising a function at a match at the request of the association or club.

  1. The visiting association or visiting club is responsible for the conduct of its own group of supporters. Spectators occupying the away sector specifically or the demarcated sectors of a stadium are regarded as the visiting association’s supporters, unless proven to the contrary”

     iii. CAF Disciplinary Board decided to impose upon Chicken Inn a financial sanction of US $ 5 000.

However, Chicken can contest the decision before the CAF Appeals board.

 

 

 

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