Confederation of African Football Organizing Committee for inter Clubs competition has disqualified Algerian giants ES Setif from the on going CAF Champions League. This follows crowd trouble during their 2 nil loss at home to Mamelodi Sundowns .The African Football governing board have confirmed on their official website.
Following the disqualification of ES Setif group B has now been left with 3 teams and two will qualify to the next round. The result of the match in question has also been nullified.
The Committee applied Chapter XII para 3 of the Constitution which stipulates that : “3. If the referee is forced to stop the match before the end of the regular time because of invasion of the field or aggression against the visiting team, the host team shall be considered loser and shall be eliminated from the competition, without prejudice to the sanctions existing in the regulations.”
Here is the full statement posted on Caf’s Website:
Cairo, 23rd June 2016. Following the
regrettable incidents that took place during match no.98 of the 2016 edition of CAF Champions League between ES Setif (Algeria) vs
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), whereby the referee was obliged to abandon the said match before its end.
Match officials noted especially the pitch invasion as well as numerous throws of missiles, stones,bottles, and firecrackers, provoking a certain number of injured spectators and members of the security forces.
The CAF Organizing Committee for the Inter-Clubs Competitions decided to apply the provisions of Chapter XII para 3 and considered ES Sétif loser and eliminated from the competition without prejudice to any other sanctions that may be imposed by CAF
Disciplinary Board.
Chapter XII para 3 stipulates: “3. If the referee is forced to stop the match before the end of the regular time because of invasion of the field or
aggression against the visiting team, the host team shall be considered loser and shall be eliminated from the competition, without prejudice to the sanctions existing in the regulations.”
Concerning the result of the said match, it is hence cancelled in conformity with the spirit of article XI.13 of the regulations stipulating: “If a team withdraws after the start of the group matches without having played half of the group matches, the overall results of the matches in which this team participated is cancelled.”
