Overview
- European football’s CEDB fined Maccabi Tel Aviv €20,000 for supporter conduct at the Dec. 11 tie in Stuttgart.
- The club faces a ban on selling tickets to its fans for its next UEFA away game, suspended for a two-year probationary period.
- Reports attribute the sanction to anti-Arab chanting by Maccabi supporters during the Stuttgart fixture.
- In a separate decision on Nov. 6, a local Safety Advisory Group barred Maccabi fans from traveling to Aston Villa on police advice.
- That Villa Park ruling drew criticism from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a review call from Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, with police chiefs later questioned by the Home Affairs Committee after a match day that saw 11 arrests but no serious incidents.