FIFA stated it will examine Serbia’s football association after picture of the flag revealing Kosovo as part of Serbia was awaited group’s dressing space.
Published On 26 Nov 2022
FIFA has actually released an examination after photos emerged of a Serbian nationalist flag hung up in the football group’s dressing space when they dealt with Brazil at the World Cup.
The overview of Kosovo can be seen on the flag under the Serbian nationwide colours. Albanian-majority Kosovo declared self-reliance from Serbia in 2008 and is now a FIFA member, however Serbia does not acknowledge its sovereignty.
” The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has actually opened procedures versus the Football Association of Serbia due to a flag showed in their dressing space on the event of the Brazil v Serbia,” FIFA stated in a declaration on Saturday.
” The procedures were opened on the basis of Article 11 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and Article 4 of the Regulations for the FIFA World Cup 2022.”
The Kosovo Football Federation (FKK) stated it “highly condemns Serbia’s aggressive actions” versus Kosovo.
” The World Cup is an occasion of happiness and unity, it must send out messages of hope and peace, not messages of hate,” the FFK stated in a tweet. “We get in touch with FIFA to take steps versus such actions.”
The flag with the engraving “We do not give up” was likewise shown by a number of Serbia fans in the arena throughout the opening 2-0 World Cup defeat versus Brazil in Qatar on Thursday.
The image of the flag went viral on social networks when it was shared by Hajrulla Ceku, Kosovo’s Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport.
” Disgraceful images from Serbia locker space, showing despiteful, xenophobic and genocidal messages towards Kosova, while making use of FIFA World Cup platform,” Ceku stated on Twitter, describing the nation by its Albanian name.
” We anticipate concrete actions from FIFA thinking about that the Kosovo Football Federation is a complete FIFA and UEFA member.”
Disgraceful images from #Serbia locker space, showing despiteful, xenophobic and genocidal messages towards #Kosova, while making use of #FIFAWorldCup platform.
We anticipate concrete actions from @FIFAcom thinking about that the @FFK_KS is a complete FIFA and UEFA member. pic.twitter.com/xwu6i0j7dG
— Hajrulla Çeku (@HCeku) November 25, 2022
No gamer can be seen in the photo of the flag in the dressing space, which was hanging above the jerseys and lockers of protector Milos Veljkovic and midfielder Andrija Zivkovic.
Veljkovic plays for Werder Bremen, and a representative for the Bundesliga club informed the Deichstube site that the gamer just learnt about the image after the match.
When the Serbia gamers went back to the dressing space, there was no flag hanging there, the representative included.
Serbia, who lost 2-0 to Brazil, next play Cameroon on Monday. Their football federation (FSS) did not react when requested remark.