FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentine Football Association and several Argentina players over alleged misconduct during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The charges include discriminatory chants, security breaches, delayed kick-offs and post-final clashes with Spain. Several players and an official also face assault and unsporting behaviour allegations.
Zurich: FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and several Argentina players over alleged breaches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the world football's governing body said.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee opened proceedings against the AFA following incidents involving Argentina's national team during several matches at the tournament.
"The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened proceedings against the Argentinian Football Association for potential breaches of article 13 paragraph 2 c) (Using a sports event for demonstrations of a non-sporting nature), article 14 paragraph 5 (Team misconduct), article 15 (Discrimination and racist abuse) and article 17 (Order and security at matches) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code in light of discriminatory chants and gestures, late kick-offs, failure to comply with match and security protocols, the display of inappropriate messages by the team and spectators and the throwing of objects by spectators in relation to several matches of the representative team of Argentina at the FIFA World Cup 2026," FIFA said in a statement.
According to FIFA, the alleged breaches include discriminatory chants and gestures by supporters, delayed kick-offs, failure to comply with match and security protocols, the display of inappropriate messages by the team and spectators, and objects being thrown from the stands.
