League matches within the Netherlands can be stopped subsequent season if followers repeatedly have interaction in homophobic chants, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) stated on Monday.
From the beginning of the 2023/24 home marketing campaign, stadium announcers will warn offending followers on two events to chorus from the offensive chants, after which the match can be quickly halted in the event that they proceed.
Individuals discovered responsible of offensive behaviour face an 18-month stadium ban.
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The choice was made at a gathering of all of the skilled golf equipment, the place delegates had been unanimous in voting for the measures.
“Football is for everyone. Together we have drawn a line. We will evaluate the steps we are taking now (at the end of the 2023/24 season) to see if they produce the desired result,” stated Marianne van Leeuwen, KNVB director {of professional} soccer.
In April, followers of novice aspect SV Spakenburg aimed homophobic chants at PSV Eindhoven’s Xavi Simons in a Dutch Cup recreation, whereas a bit of followers chanted “All Germans are gay” throughout a world conflict between the Netherlands and Germany in Amsterdam final 12 months.
The English Football Association introduced in January that it was including homophobic slurs to its checklist of punishable offences for followers, whereas final month, a world between the United States and Mexico was briefly stopped after followers of the latter directed slurs at U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner.
