Tinderbox serb nationalist match8/2/2023 ![]() Įnglish referee Martin Atkinson suspended the match before abandoning it At around the 40-minute mark, a bottle was thrown at Bekim Balaj, and some Serbian fans tried to invade the pitch, leading to brawls between them and security. After 40 seconds, the match continued, while the stadium announcer asked fans not to throw objects onto the pitch. The match was briefly suspended, and Danko Lazović and Aleksandar Kolarov attempted to ease tension as players briefly retreated from stands. Several objects were thrown at him, and at the assistant referee. Ten minutes before half time, flares were thrown towards Ansi Agolli as he was about to take a corner kick, and a firecracker exploded. Approximately ten minutes later, a Greek flag was raised by the Serbian fans. Around 15 minutes into the game, the first flare was thrown on the pitch. ĭuring the game's opening moments, Serbian fans burned a NATO flag. īefore the game started, Serbian supporters chanted "Kill the Albanians". Īccording to the Albanian Football Association, on the day of the game, the Albanian team bus was hit with stones thrown by Serbian fans, and a chunk of concrete was thrown at them while on the field, as well as "coins, lighters and other objects" which were hurled at players during pre-game warm-ups. The Football Association of Serbia, Albanian Football Association, and UEFA had all mutually agreed to ban Albanian fans from attending the game for precautionary reasons, unless they did not carry any kind of Albanian paraphernalia. The game between Serbia and Albania took place at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, on 14 October 2014, as part of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I. The game took place at Belgrade's Partizan Stadium UEFA further defended their decision to keep Albania and Serbia in the same group, claiming that because neither association had requested to be kept separate from each other, nor were there any requests filed after the draw, UEFA did not feel the need to separate the teams. The two countries have strong political disagreements regarding Kosovo, which culminated during the Kosovo War. Although Armenia and Azerbaijan were separated in the qualifier to avoid incidents (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict), Serbia and Albania were not, with UEFA claiming that it was because neither nation had directly fought a war with each other. Serbia and Albania were drawn together on 23 February 2014, in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I. The points deduction to Serbia, fines, and order to play Serbia home games without a crowd were left intact. The CAS ruled that the match abandonment was caused by "security lapses of the organizers and acts of violence exerted on the Albanian players by the Serbian fans and at least one security steward", and therefore reversed the result, awarding a 3–0 victory to Albania. Both associations then filed further appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 10 July 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal filed by the Football Association of Serbia, but upheld in part the appeal filed by the Albanian Football Association. The decision was appealed by both Serbia and Albania, but the decision was upheld by UEFA. In addition both teams were fined €100,000. Serbia was, however, given a three-point deduction, and ordered to play its next two homes games behind closed doors. On 24 October 2014, UEFA awarded Serbia a walkover against Albania, with Serbia deemed to have won the match 3–0, on the grounds that Albania had been at fault for refusing to resume the match. This was denied and a counter-claim of provocation was made by Serbian officials. In addition to attacks by Serbian fans, the Albanian side claimed that their players were also attacked by stewards and riot police. This triggered a pitch invasion by Serbian fans and security stewards, who proceeded to attack some of the Albanian players, four of whom sustained minor injuries. Conflict arose when Bekim Balaj ran over and took the banner. ĭuring an interruption of play, Albanian players rushed towards a Serbian player, Stefan Mitrović, who had brought down the banner from the drone attempting to remove it. ![]() At that point a drone quadcopter carrying an Albanian nationalist banner with an image of Greater Albania appeared on the pitch. Serbian fans had chanted "Ubij, ubij Šiptara" ( Kill, kill the Albanian), and threw flares and other objects on the pitch. The match was abandoned after several incidents of hooliganism took place both on and off the field. The Partizan Stadium in Belgrade hosted the matchĪ UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match involving the national association football teams of Serbia and Albania took place on 14 October 2014 at Partizan Stadium, in Belgrade, Serbia.
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