Disciplinary board announces penalties for the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe derby

The Professional Football Disciplinary Committee announced its decisions on the incidents in the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe derby, played in Week 9 of the Trendyol Süper Lig. According to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), two players received bans, and the clubs were fined a total of 3,397,500 TL.

Galatasaray's Abdülkerim Bardakcı was banned for 2 official matches and fined 67,000 TL for fighting. Fenerbahçe's Archie Brown received a 3-match ban and a 100,000 TL fine for the same offense.

Galatasaray staff member Serhat Doğan will pay a 50,000 TL fine for being in areas where he was not accredited. Doğan also received a 21-day deprivation of rights for unsporting conduct toward an opposing player. Fenerbahçe official Ahmet Aytar was fined 50,000 TL for being in areas where he was not accredited.

Galatasaray was fined 500,000 TL for abusive chanting, 560,000 TL for incidents on the pitch, and 500,000 TL for violating the rules on the number of accompanying children. The mixed zone statement by the sent-off player cost the club 280,000 TL, and displaying an unregistered Fenerbahçe logo on the scoreboard led to a further 280,000 TL fine. Galatasaray's total penalty came to 2,120,000 TL.

The committee also ordered that the electronic ticket cards of supporters in the relevant blocks of the North, East, South, West and West VIP stands, where the abusive chanting took place, be blocked. These supporters will not be admitted to Galatasaray's next home match. Fenerbahçe was fined a total of 1,277,500 TL.