After the unfortunate, embarrassing and sad scenes of violence between barristas that left one dead, several injured and forced the cancellation of the match that Unión Magdalena and Junior tied 1-1, in the 72nd minute, the previous Saturday at the Sierra Nevada stadium , from Santa Marta, on matchday 17 of the League, the Disciplinary Committee of the Championship met this Tuesday and decided to award the three points to Junior and severely sanction the places of both clubs.
The communication published by the Committee resolves the following:
“Unión Magdalena SA (“Unión Magdalena”) sanctioned with defeat due to withdrawal or resignation and a fine of forty million pesos ($40,000,000) for incurring in the infraction contained in paragraph h) of article 83 of the CDU of the FCF, in the match played for the 17th date of the Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR I 2022 against Club Deportivo Popular Junior FCSA Article 8°.
“Unión Magdalena SA (“Unión Magdalena”), sanctioned with ten (10) dates of suspension from the market and a fine of fifteen million six hundred thousand pesos ($15,600,000), for incurring in the infraction contained in numerals 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of article 84 of the FCF CDU, in the match played for the 17th date of the Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR I 2022 against Club Deportivo Popular Junior FCSA Article 9”.
“Club Deportivo Popular Junior FCSA (“Junior”), sanctioned with three (3) dates of suspension of the place and a fine of eleven million pesos ($11,000,000), for incurring in the infraction contained in numerals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of article 84 of the FCF CDU, in the match played for the 17th date of the Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR I 2022 against the club Unión Magdalena SA”.
Against this ruling, an appeal for reconsideration proceeds before this Committee and an appeal before the Disciplinary Commission of Dimayor.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Championship sanctioned the samarian team with article 34 of the Single Disciplinary Code (CDU) of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), ‘defeat by withdrawal or resignation’, which means losing the point that was adding in the field and deliver the victory to the ‘Sharks’.
“When a club is sanctioned with defeat due to withdrawal or resignation, it will be understood that the result is zero-three (0-3) in favor of the contender,” says article 34 of the CDU.
The Union was punished with ‘defeat due to withdrawal or resignation’ and a fine of 20 minimum wages for incurring in the infraction contained in paragraph h of article 83 of the CDU.
The rule says that a team can be punished “if due to the actions of the leaders of a club, municipal or departmental team or due to a factor for which the club or organizer of the match is responsible, a match cannot be played or is terminated early by disposition. of the referee”.
Unión, according to the regulations of the CDU of the FCF, is responsible for the vulnerable security logistics of the Sierra Nevada stadium and the behavior of its fans. Junior is sanctioned with three dates in his place for being responsible for the way his fans act in the Sierra Nevada.
“The clubs that serve as visitors will be responsible for the improper conduct of the spectators considered as their supporters, in accordance with the degree of guilt that is established. Spectators seated in the stands reserved for visitors are considered as supporters of the visiting club, unless proven otherwise”, says numeral 2 of article 84 of the CDU (Responsibility for the behavior of spectators).
“Improper conduct by spectators that creates disorder before, during or after a match, in the stadium, will lead to the sanction of the club consisting of a reprimand or suspension of the place from one (1) to three (3) dates. ”, stipulates numeral 5 of article 84, on which the suspension of the red and white house is based.
“Improper conduct is considered, particularly, acts of violence against people or things, the use of flammable objects, the throwing of objects, the display of banners with texts of an insulting nature, insulting shouts and the invasion of the pitch”, explains the rule in its numeral 4.
The plaza of the azulgrana club is a repeat offender in this kind of violent acts. There is a precedent from this same first half of 2022. During the game that Unión lost 1-0 against Bucaramanga, on Tuesday, February 15, in the seventh day of Liga I 2022, Barça barristas took over the field of play and attacked ‘Cyclone’ players. The match was canceled at minute 82 “due to lack of guarantees” and the ‘Leopards’ secured the three points on the desk by a score of 3-0, protected by article 34 and literal h of article 83.
