Spain’s soccer federation faces FIFA disciplinary action after apparent anti-Muslim chants directed at Egypt

After immoderate fans allegedly directed anti-Muslim chants during past Tuesday’s planetary shot affable betwixt Spain’s nationalist squad and Egypt, FIFA confirmed it had opened disciplinary proceedings.

In a statement, the sport’s governing assemblage said the enactment was taken against Spain’s federation pursuing the incident.

"FIFA has contiguous initiated disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish Football Federation for incidents that occurred during the affable lucifer against Egypt."

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Spain players enactment up earlier the planetary affable shot lucifer betwixt Spain and Egypt at RCDE Stadium successful Cornella de Llobregat, adjacent Barcelona, connected March 31, 2026. (Lluis Gene/AFP)

RCDE Stadium successful Catalonia, Spain, hosted the March 31 match, with Spain arsenic the location team. Fans successful sections of the 40,000-seat stadium — a imaginable aboriginal World Cup tract — were perchance heard chanting, "bote, bote, bote musulman el que nary bote," which translates to "jump, jump, jump, whoever doesn’t leap is simply a Muslim." The chant resurfaced respective times during the match.

The stadium announcer issued a informing to fans astir the venue's argumentation against discriminatory behaviour pursuing reports of anti-Muslim chants.

Spain players locomotion connected the transportation earlier the planetary affable shot lucifer against Egypt astatine RCDE Stadium successful Cornella de Llobregat, adjacent Barcelona, connected March 31, 2026. (Lluis Gene/AFP)

Egypt is overwhelming a Muslim nation. According to the World Religion Database, astir 90% of the country's colonisation identifies arsenic Muslim.

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Spain prima Lamine Yamal, condemned the chants a time later, labeling those liable "ignorant and racist."

"I americium a Muslim, convey God," the 18-year-old wrote successful a station to Instagram Wednesday. "I recognize not each the fanbase is similar that, but to those who sing those chants: utilizing religion arsenic thing to mock radical successful a shot stadium leaves you arsenic ignorant and racist people."

FILE - Spain's Lamine Yamal, center, warms up for the Nations League semifinal shot lucifer betwixt Spain and France successful Stuttgart, Germany, June 5, 2025. (Matthias Schrader/AP)

"Football is to bask and support, not to offend radical by who they are oregon what they judge in," Yamal's station concluded.

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Criticism came swiftly, with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) denouncing the behaviour earlier afloat clip and Joan Garcia and Pedri echoing that stance aft the match.

"The RFEF stands against racism successful shot and condemns immoderate enactment of unit wrong stadiums," the governing assemblage of the athletics successful Spain wrote successful a connection posted to societal media past Tuesday.

The effect extended beyond the pitch, with Spain’s curate of education, vocational grooming and athletics and the Council connected American-Islamic Relations besides condemning the chants.

Spain's manager Luis de la Fuente besides condemned the messaging. "I americium repulsed by and perfectly cull immoderate signifier of xenophobia oregon racism — it’s wholly intolerable," helium said astatine a quality conference.

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