Fenerbahce, a Super Lig club, announced on Monday that it may contemplate pulling out of the Turkish top flight after some of its players were attacked by Trabzonspor fans after their Saturday away victory.
Following their team’s 3-2 loss on Sunday, Trabzonspor supporters stormed the field and got into an altercation with Fenerbahce players and security personnel. This is just the latest incident in a league that has been plagued by controversy this season.
The Board of Directors of Fenerbahce determined on Monday that an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting will take place on April 2.
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The agenda points include evaluation of the actions to be taken following the incident “including the withdrawal of our football Team A from the Super Lig”, a club statement read.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemned the incident earlier on Monday, saying violence in the Turkish Super Lig is “unacceptable”.
Fenerbahce are second in the standings on 79 points from 30 games, two points behind Galatasaray and 30 clear of third-placed Trabzonspor.
But they ought not to have interfered; instead, the local government ought to have created the required setting. by deploying the police, putting up the required security, and performing a body search. As a result, a larger perspective is required to properly appreciate the events of yesterday. These kinds of things don’t happen in Fenerbahçe Trabzon games. There had never been such violence and hostility, even after the league war between 1995 and 1996, when emotions peaked, Koc continued.
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