Aston Villa Receive (Another) UEFA Fine and Suspended Ban
UEFA this afternoon issued a Disciplinary Statement detailing a €10,000 fine for Aston Villa and a ban from selling away tickets for their next UEFA competition game. The ban though will be suspended across a probationary period of two years, so Villa fans won’t miss out on the Super Cup in Salzburg, which would have been the next game to qualify for such a ban.
According to The Athletic, the issue was a banner that ‘referenced the traveller community’, which UEFA have classed as ‘Racist and/or discriminatory behaviour’. Although at the time of writing, it is unclear what the exact message was. Many Villa flags and banners weren’t allowed into the stadium in Istanbul, so it begs the question how did such a message get through?
This is typical of the ‘Mass Punishment’ injustice that UEFA dishes out rather than punishing the actual guilty party.
Ironically, Villa’s opponents in both the Europa League and the upcoming Super Cup, also incurred similar fines and bans in the UEFA statement.
PSG & Freiburg Punishments
PSG received the same suspended sentence and were charged €80,000 for their fans lighting fireworks and a further €10,875 for the ‘throwing of objects’ during the Champions League final.
Meanwhile, SC Freiburg got a suspended ban forcing them to play their next home game in UEFA competition behind closed doors. They also received €30,000 for their fan’s celebratory pitch invasion after beating SC Braga in the Europa League semi-final.
UEFA Disciplinary Statement
Below is the full UEFA statement detailing their disciplinary action
Decisions
CEDB decisions affecting the attendance of supporters at UEFA matches
24/06/2026 17:00
UCL: Paris Saint-Germain, UEL: SC Freiburg, Aston Villa FC
The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) has taken the following decisions:
Match: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Arsenal FC (1:1), 30.05.2026, UEFA Champions League final 2025/2026
Charges against Paris Saint-Germain
Lighting of fireworks, Art. 16(2)(c) DR
Throwing of objects, Art. 16(2)(b) DR
Decision
The CEDB has decided:
To fine Paris Saint-Germain €80,000 and to ban Paris Saint-Germain from selling tickets to its away supporters for the next (1) UEFA competition match, for lighting of fireworks. Said ban from selling tickets to its away supporters is suspended for a probationary period of two (2) years, starting from the date of the present decision.
To fine Paris Saint-Germain €10,875 for throwing of objects.
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Match: SC Freiburg vs. SC Braga (3:1), 07.05.2026, UEFA Europa League semi-final 2025/2026
Charges against SC Freiburg
Invasion of the field of play, Art. 16(2)(a) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (DR)
Decision
The CEDB has decided:
To fine SC Freiburg €30,000 and to order SC Freiburg to play its next one (1) UEFA competition match as host club behind closed doors, for the invasion of the field of play by its supporters. Said order for SC Freiburg to play its next one (1) match behind closed doors is suspended for a probationary period of two (2) years, starting from the date of the present decision.
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Match: SC Freiburg vs. Aston Villa (0:3), 20.05.2026, UEFA Europa League final 2025/2026
Charges against Aston Villa FC
Racist and/or discriminatory behaviour (discriminatory banner), Art. 14(2) DR
Decision
The CEDB has decided:
To fine Aston Villa FC €10,000 and to ban Aston Villa FC from selling tickets to its away supporters for the next one (1) UEFA competition match, for the racist and/or discriminatory behaviour of its supporters. Said ban from selling tickets to its away supporters is suspended for a probationary period of two (2) years, starting from the date of the present decision.
*Note: Disciplinary measures under a probationary period are not immediately effective but may be enforced if “a further offence of a similar nature is committed during the probationary period” (Article 26(3) DR).
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An unnamed source said it referenced the traveller community, why won’t UEFA be transparent and say which banner?
I was at the game and I don’t remember seeing anything, if it was there then UEFA should explain why they didn’t follow their own procedure to stop the banner getting into the game and why the game wasn’t stopped to remove it.
Utter corruption!
Meanwhile Man City do whatever they want
The UEFA is transparent? Unlikely to happen, unless the club appeals. There are actual grounds for that, since UEFA requested a list of pre-approved flags, which was provided, but then on the day certain flags that were pre-approved were not allowed in, yet UEFA let the offending flag in.
I bet UEFA still haven’t done anything about that Club Brugge deathtrap away end.
But Man City still not punished