An official statistic issued by the Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association revealed that the national players are the most exposed to the disciplinary fines of their fellow foreign players during the 2019-2020 season (whose results were canceled due to the Corona pandemic), and includes the Arab Gulf League, the President’s Cup and the Arab Gulf Cup .
And 10 citizens players were subjected to financial fines totaling 528 thousand dirhams, compared to only three foreign players who were fined 253 thousand dirhams: Al-Ahly youth player Leonardo de Sousa 200 thousand dirhams, and the player Baniyas John Tibar 50 thousand dirhams, and Al Ain Laba player as 3000 dirhams.
The former chairman of the referees committee in the Football Association, Mohamed Omar, considered that the issue of the superiority of citizen players over foreigners in disciplinary penalties is due to several reasons, including that the thought and professional mentality of some foreign players differ from local players, as they are more knowledgeable about disciplinary regulations, in addition to the fact that citizen players They are the most in the stadium of the foreigners, due at the same time, due to the lack of a list of disciplinary punishments from the name of any coach to the compliance of coaches with the regulations, indicating that some cases in the stadium do not amount to punishing the coach.
Mohamed Omar told «Emirates Today», commenting on the clubs ’exposure to sanctions, and the record of some others without any penalty:“ This matter is due to how the team’s management deals with what is happening on the field, and how to control the behavior of its players. ”
Sharjah leads
The total financial fines for clubs, players and administrators amounted to one million and 285 thousand dirhams, and Sharjah Club issued the list of the teams most exposed to financial fines with a value of 390 thousand dirhams, including 80 thousand due to what the Discipline Committee described the behavior of the team's fans during its match against Al-Ahly youth in round 13, in addition to 10 Thousands of dirhams a fine for the former team manager Abdulaziz Mohamed, because of offensive statements, and 50 thousand dirhams a fine for the player Hassan al-Saleh for assaulting a player without a ball, and 200,000 dirhams for the team player Majid Sorour, because of what the Disciplinary Committee deemed a violation and a violation of public morals while in the team camp the National.
Al-Ahly youth ranked second to the list of teams most vulnerable to fines of 335 thousand dirhams, including 30 thousand due to the events of the Arab Super Cup match with Sharjah, as the Appeals Committee reduced the fine from 70 thousand dirhams to 30 thousand, besides the club fined 30 thousand dirhams for the team's acquisition On six warnings in one game, and 75,000 fine for player Mohamed Jumah, for not joining the Olympic team camp, and 200,000 dirhams for team player Leonardo de Souza, for assaulting Al-Nasr player Mohamed Ayed.
The financial penalties of Al-Wahda club amounted to 124 thousand dirhams, of which 71 thousand were against the club, including 60 thousand dirhams for obtaining warnings in two games, 10 thousand for the absence of his list from a doctor in one of the matches, 1000 dirhams for violating the list of the President’s Cup competition, and 3000 dirhams fine for each Among the players of the team, Sebastian Tigali, for lifting a shirt containing phrases or pictures during one of the team's matches, as well as Ismail Matar and Khamis Ismail, for lifting a shirt in solidarity with the late American basketball legend Kobe Bryant, and 50 thousand dirhams against player Tahnoun Al Zaabi for assaulting a player without a ball.
Al-Nasr club fines amounted to 80 thousand dirhams, including 30 thousand for the team to get six warnings in one game, and 50 thousand dirhams a fine for the team player Muhannad Hassan, for assaulting a player without a ball. Al-Ain club fines reached 55 thousand dirhams, including 30 thousand for the team to get six warnings in one game, 10 thousand dirhams because of the fans ’descent to the field, 10 thousand dirhams for some fans tossing shoes on the field, and pronouncing towards the referee, and 2000 dirhams for violating the club’s list The President’s Cup competition, and the team player Lapa Kudjo fined 3000 dirhams for lifting a shirt containing phrases or pictures. Fujairah Club was fined 51,000 dirhams, 50 thousand of which were for throwing some of its fans bottles of liquids and shoes towards the fans of Khor Fakkan club, while the fines of Khorfakkan club amounted to 50 thousand dirhams, due to the fact that some of its fans threw liquids at the Fujairah fans, knowing that the Appeal Committee had canceled a disciplinary penalty for The club is 200 thousand dirhams, due to a violation of the rights of two players.
Bani Yas John Tibar player was fined 50 thousand dirhams for assaulting a player without a ball, and Al Dhafra player Abdul Rahman Youssef was fined 50 thousand dirhams for beating Al-Wasel Lima elbow player, while Al-Wasl player Khaled Sabeel was fined 50 thousand dirhams for assaulting a player without a ball.
And the supervisor of the Union of Kalba team, Muhammad Al-Zaabi, was fined 30 thousand dirhams, due to the pronouncement against the referee in two separate cases, each valued at 15 thousand dirhams. Al-Jazira club fines amounted to 10 thousand dirhams, due to not attending the technical meeting of the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, and Hatta Club received 10 thousand dirhams fine, because of its fans’s utterance towards the referee in one of the matches, and Ajman club’s record of any disciplinary fines, for the second season in a row .
Total fines
The total fines of the players amounted to 781 thousand dirhams, issued by each of the Sharjah players Majid Surur, and Shabab Al-Ahly Leonardo de Souza, at an amount of 200 thousand dirhams each.
The list of disciplinary and financial punishments was not available to league coaches, unlike in previous years.
• 10 citizen players who were subjected to a fine of 528 thousand dirhams, compared to 3 foreigners, with a penalty of 253 thousand dirhams.
• The players' fines amounted to 781,000 dirhams, and Sorour and Leonardo took the lead.
• The Ajman club record is free of any disciplinary fines for the second season.