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Hce 06-Apr-18 17:09
The Greek Superleague has been indefinitely suspended after PAOK Salonika s president invaded the pitch with a gun during a match on Sunday.
Ivan Savvidis, who had a gun in a hip holster, tried to confront the referee after his side had a late goal ruled out for offside against AEK Athens.
AEK s players left the pitch concerned for their safety and did not return.
The match was officially abandoned two hours later and local police are seeking Savvidis to arrest him.
Deputy sports minister Giorgos Vasiliadis announced the abandonment of all top-flight matches on Monday after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
It won t start again unless there is a clear framework, agreed by all, to move forward with conditions and rules, he added.
Vasiliadis told BBC Sport the scenes had returned the sport to problems of the past.
Such extreme phenomena demand courageous decisions, he said.
World governing body Fifa has threatened to suspend Greece from international competition and expects the national governing body to take appropriate measures and rapidly .
It added in a statement: Even though the recent incidents occurred in the context of a national competition, meaning that disciplinary measures fall under the jurisdiction of the competent judicial bodies of the Greek Football Federation, the Fifa monitoring committee is closely following this situation.
Failure to take proper actions by the competent bodies to eradicate all sorts of violence in order to guarantee the smooth running of the national competitions would oblige Fifa to refer the case to the Fifa council for consideration and possible sanctions, including the suspension of the member association.
Uefa, European football s governing body, condemned the incident and said any disciplinary measures fall under the jurisdiction of the Greek FA .
On March 29th Greek FA ruled the following sanctions:
-0-3 win to AEK Athens
-3 points deduction to PAOK for the 2017/18 season
-2 points deduction to PAOK for the 2018/19 season
-to play next 3 PAOK home matches at closed doors
-PAOK fined €63,000
-PAOK president Savvidis fined €100,000 and he cannot enter football stadiums for 3 years
-PAOK sporting director Michel fined €15,000 and he cannot attend matches for the next 90 days.
PAOK are expected to appeal the decision in the coming days.
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