India’s Mohun Bagan banned by AFC for refusal to play football game in Iran

AFC person sanctioned India’s Mohun Bagan for refusing to sojourn Iran for their Asian Champions League lucifer successful September.

Indian nine Mohun Bagan Super Giant person been banned from Asian Football Confederation competitions and ordered to wage much than $100,000 for refusing to question to Iran for an Asian Champions League Two clash with Sepahan SC successful September, the Asian shot assemblage said successful a statement.

In a determination connected Wednesday, the AFC’s disciplinary and morals committee excluded Mohun Bagan from the adjacent variation of the Asian contention they suffice for, up to the 2027-28 season.

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The Indian champions were besides handed a $50,000 good and told to wage an further $50,729 for damages and losses incurred by the AFC and Sepahan. Mohun Bagan person besides forfeited immoderate subsidy for participating successful the continental second-tier tournament.

Mohun Bagan were withdrawn from the contention aft they refused to question to Iran for the radical signifier match, citing a deficiency of information assurances and aesculapian security sum successful Iran, and their matches were declared null and void by the AFC.

The nine had moved to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), asking for the lucifer to beryllium relocated to a neutral venue, but CAS turned down their archetypal request.

“The players decided they can’t instrumentality this risk, wherever lives and their families’ aboriginal are astatine stake. So we person to basal with them,” a elder Mohun Bagan authoritative told the Reuters quality agency.

Mohun Bagan person 5 players from Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom, countries that person advised their citizens against question to Iran, the authoritative added.

The nine besides did not question to Iran past twelvemonth for a lucifer against Tractor SC scheduled for October 2, 2024, the time aft Iran launched ballistic missiles towards Israel. Mohun Bagan were withdrawn from the tourney arsenic a result.

Mohun Bagan are considering appealing against the suspension, the authoritative said.