1.FC Union Berlin must keep part of the stadium closed during Feyenoord’s home match in the Conference League next Thursday, reports kicker. UEFA has fined the Berlin club for anti-Semitic events surrounding the home game against Maccabi Haifa, which was won 3-0 at the end of September.
kicker writes on the basis of eyewitnesses and victims that Union supporters attacked and insulted the accompanying fans from Israel in an ‘anti-Semitic manner’. Union and several fan clubs have distanced themselves from the events and have apologized. The events during the duel with Maccabi Haifa have led to a hefty penalty from UEFA.
Union must keep empty spaces 13 and 14 of the Olympiastadion – where matches are played in a European context because its own stadium An der alten Försterei does not meet UEFA requirements – during the match against Feyenoord. In those places where fans of the home team normally sit, a UEFA banner reading #NoToRacism be deposited.
No less than 5,100 Feyenoord supporters who have traveled with them will be present in the Olympiastadion next Thursday. Earlier this week, the club management of the Rotterdam team called on its fans to behave in Berlin, as the necessary incidents took place around the earlier meeting in Rotterdam. Feyenoord takes the lead in Group E of the Conference League after three games, while Union occupies fourth and last place in the group.
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