FPF Suspends Cristiano Ronaldo for 30 Days

Overview

• The Portuguese Football Federation’s Disciplinary Council on Monday found Cristiano Ronaldo guilty of abandoning the national team camp on September 30 and imposed a 30-day suspension plus a €255 fine.
• The council applied preventive-suspension rules that reduce the punishment by 19 days, leaving 11 days to serve and a formal end date of October 30.
• FPF cited a record of no recent disciplinary infringements and Ronaldo’s public expression of regret as mitigating factors and rejected his claim that his later statement was decisive to uncovering the truth.
• The ruling itemises 31 team activities Ronaldo missed after leaving the Copenhagen camp and notes media reports that the exit followed a dispute with coach Jorge Jesus over playing time after the Norway match.
• Because the sanction ends before the mid-November window, Ronaldo is eligible for Portugal’s Nations League games, but the decision sets a formal disciplinary precedent and leaves selection tensions between the captain and coach as the next issue to watch.