Soccer-Morocco’s ASFAR handed two-game fan ban, $100,00 fine for crowd disorder


Dec 25 (Reuters) - - ‌Morocco’s ASFAR Rabat have been ‌ordered to play their next ‌two home matches behind closed doors and fined $100,000 after fans threw objects onto the ‍pitch and used lasers ‍during last month’s ‌African Champions League clash with Egypt’s ‍Al ​Ahly, the club said on Thursday.

The fine includes $20,000 ⁠for laser use, $15,000 for bottle throwing, $15,000 ‌for ball boys entering the field during ⁠play, ‍and $50,000 for throwing a heavy metal construction tool onto the field ‍of play, ASFAR said in ‌a statement.

ASFAR will serve the ban in group matches against Algeria’s JS Kabylie on January 30 and Tanzania’s Young Africans on February 3. Al Ahly lead Group B ‌with four points from two games, ahead of Young Africans on goal difference. ​ASFAR sit third with one point.

(Reporting Ashraf Hamed Atta, editing by Ed Osmond)

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