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England's Team Disciplinary Record

 

England Team Disciplinary Record
No. Date Details
758 05-Jun-1999 UEFA fine imposed 1 July 1999 for "improper conduct of the team"-- one expulsion for two cautionable offences and three other cautions--during the European Championship 2000 preliminary round qualification match against Sweden at the Empire Stadium, Wembley on 5 June 1999.  Result: England 0 Sweden 0.
759 09-Jun-1999 UEFA fine imposed 1 July 1999 for "improper conduct of the team"-- four cautions--during the European Championship 2000 preliminary round qualification match against Bulgaria at Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia on 9 June 1999.  Result:  Bulgaria 1 England 1.
763 13-Nov-1999 UEFA fine imposed 16 December 1999 for "improper conduct of the team"--five cautions--during the European Championship 2000 playoff qualification match against Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow on November 13, 1999.  Scotland also was fined for incurring five cautions during the match.  Result:  Scotland 0 England 2.
770 17-Jun-2000 UEFA disqualified England from the competition for the Fair Play Award at the European Championship 2000 final tournament because of the behaviour of the team's alleged fans outside the stadium in Charleroi, Belgium as England played Germany in the tournament's group phase.  Result:  England 1 Germany 0.
801 02-Apr-2003 UEFA fine of €99,000 (£68,000), the largest ever for a racism-related incident, imposed 1 May 2003 for racist chanting and pitch invasions by the crowd during the European Championship 2004 preliminary round qualification match against Turkey at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on 2 April 2003, and "final warning" issued as to future conduct of England's supporters.  Result:  England 2 Turkey 0.
847 11-Oct-2006 UEFA fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs (£4,222) on 9 November 2006 for the unruly conduct of England fans outside the stadium in Maksimir, despite the evidence to say that England supporter's were poorly treated.  Result:  Croatia 1 England 0.

Notes

Following its meeting of July 1, 1999, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body issued sanctions against England for "improper conduct of the team" in the two successive European Championship 2000 qualification matches against Sweden and Bulgaria on 5 and 9 June 1999.

After its meeting of December 16, 1999, the same body issued monetary sanctions against both England and Scotland for "improper conduct of the team" in drawing five cautions each during their European Championship 2000 playoff match at Hampden Park, Glasgow on November 13, 1999.

On __ June 2000, UEFA announced the disqualification of the England team from eligibility for the Fair Play Award at the 2000 European Championship in Holland and Belgium because of the behaviour--outside the stadium--of the hooligan element that continues to follow the team abroad.  That ruling apparently was based on UEFA officials' judgment that neither the U.K. government nor the Football Association had acted adequately to prevent or limit hooligan presence at the tournament.   Turkey was similarly penalized.  Penalizing a national team in a competition because of the conduct of fans outside the stadium is, as far as we know, unprecedented. 

As far as we are aware, these are the only occasions on which England have been sanctioned as a team.   The Football Association, however, has been fined on at least two occasions for the misbehaviour of England supporters--during the European Championship final tournament 1-1 draw against Belgium at Stadio Communale in Turin, Italy on 12 June 1980 and during the European Championship 2004 preliminary match against Slovakia at Štadión Tehelné Pole in Bratislava on 12 October 2002.

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