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UEFA Competition Cases: July-December 2012 LEGAL DIVISION DISCIPLINARY AND INTEGRITY UNIT Case Law Control and Disciplinary Body & Appeals Body Season 2012/2013 July 2012 -December 2012 Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) CONTENT CONTROL AND DISCIPLINARY BODY .................................................................................................................. 5 − Decision of 9 October 2012.................................................................................................... 6 Montpellier Hérault. SC René Girard (Improper conduct of an official) − Decision of 18 October 2012 ............................................................................................... 11 FC Basel. Alexander Frei (Improper conduct of the player. Doping control) − Decision of 27 November 2012 ........................................................................................... 16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Luis Adriano (Fair play) − Decision of 13 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 20 Club Atlético de Madrid SAD. Diego Costa (Assault) − Decision of 13 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 22 Levante UD. Sergio Ballesteros (Yellow card on purpose) APPEALS BODY ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 − Decision of 30 July 2012 ...................................................................................................... 26 FC Schalke 04 (Throwing of missiles. Damage of stadium installations) − Decision of 30 July 2012 ...................................................................................................... 32 Football Association of Serbia (Displaying of an inappropriate symbol) − Decision of 31 July 2012 ...................................................................................................... 37 Football Association of Montenegro. Marco Jankovic (Rough play) − Decision of 9 August 2012 ................................................................................................... 41 Football Union of Russian (Throwing of fireworks. Displaying of illicit banners) − Decision of 9 August 2012 ................................................................................................... 49 FC Chelsea. John Terry (Assault) 2 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) − Decision of 27 August 2012 ................................................................................................. 55 FC Barcelona (Late kick-off) − Decision of 27 August 2012 ................................................................................................. 61 Aleksandar Bozovic (Match fixing) − Decision of 27 August 2012 ................................................................................................. 68 Nicklas Bendtner (Illegal act of advertising) − Decision of 14 September 2012........................................................................................... 76 Sk Rapid Wien (Throwing of missiles and fireworks. Crowd disturbances) − Decision of 29 October 2012 ............................................................................................... 85 Paok FC (Throwing of missiles. Field invasion. Crowd disturbances) − Decision of 29 October 2012 ............................................................................................... 99 FK Partizan (Stadium invasion. Display of political banner) − Decision of 30 October 2012 ............................................................................................. 105 Real Madrid (Anti-doping whereabouts) − Decision of 30 November 2012 ......................................................................................... 113 Kevin Sammut (Match fixing) − Decision of 3 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 129 SCC Napoli (Stadium inspection. Throwing of missiles and fireworks. Blocked passageways) − Decision of 3 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 138 Legia Warszawa (Throwing of missiles and fireworks. Blocked passageways) − Decision of 6 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 144 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (Blocked passageways) − Decision of 6 December 2012 ............................................................................................ 149 Bursaspor (Insulting the referee) 3 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) Dear Sir or Madam, I am pleased to provide you with the case law of the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body and the UEFA Appeals Body for the period July to December 2012. According to Article 45 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (2013 edition): "The UEFA administration publishes decisions issued by the disciplinary bodies. Where such a decision contains confidential information, the UEFA administration may decide, ex officio or at the request of either one of the parties or the disciplinary inspector, to publish an anonymised version." A significant step forward has therefore been taken with the 2013 edition of the Disciplinary Regulations from the point of view of good governance and transparency. Every six months, the leading cases dealt with by the Control and Disciplinary Body and all the decisions taken by the Appeals Body will be published on UEFA.com. I hope this document is helpful for you and we remain at your disposal should you have any questions. Yours faithfully, U E F A Emilio Garcia Head of Disciplinary and Integrity 4 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) CONTROL AND DISCIPLINARY BODY Control and Disciplinary Body 5 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) Decision of 9 October 2012 Montpellier Hérault. SC René Girard (Improper conduct of an official) Circumstances of the case: During the Europa League match between FC Schalke 04 vs. Montpellier Hérault SC on 3 October 2012, Montpellier’s coach, René Girard, made an insulting gesture towards Schalke’s coach. This incident was reported by the match delegate after having examined the video footages of the match. Legal framework: Art. 5 DR (ed. 2012) Principles of conduct; Art. 42 DR (ed. 2012) Opening of a proceeding by means of protest Decision: Suspend the player for two UEFA competition matches, the second of which is suspended for a probationary period of three years and fine the coach in the amount of €5,000. CONTENT 6 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) Président: Thomas Partl (AUT); Vice-présidents: Jim Hansen (DEN), Sandor Berzi (HUN); En fait Il ressort du rapport du délégué dudit match que : des supporters de l’équipe visiteuse, Montpellier, ont mis à feu deux feux de Bengale ; six joueurs de cette équipe ont été sanctionnés par l’arbitre : cinq ont été avertis et un a été expulsé. Dans son rapport additionnel du 3.10.2012, le délégué dudit match rapporte encore que l’entraîneur du FC Schalke 04 lui a fait savoir après qu’il avait envoyé son rapport que l’entraîneur de Montpellier, René Girard, lui avait fait un doigt d’honneur. Le visionnage des images vidéo confirme les dires de l’entraîneur du FC Schalke 04. Dans sa prise de position écrite du 5.10.2012, l’entraîneur Girard regrette son geste et dit l’avoir regretté le lendemain dans la presse. Il met son comportement sous le coup de provocation de la part de l’entraîneur de l’équipe adverse. Selon Girard, l’entraîneur du FC Schalke 04 n’aurait cessé de l’insulter. Il en veut pour preuve des images vidéo qu’il a mises à disposition de l’instance. En droit Conformément aux art. 52 des Statuts de l’UEFA et 27 du Règlement Disciplinaire de l’UEFA ( ci- après : RD), l’Instance de contrôle de discipline de l’UEFA (ci-après : Instance) est compétente pour traiter le présent cas. Conduite incorrecte de l’entraîneur René Girard Selon l’art. 42 RD, les procédures disciplinaires sont ouvertes si des infractions tombant dans le champ d’application du présent règlement sont dénoncées par le biais d’une communication écrite aux parties (al. 1 let c). S’agissant du doigt d’honneur rapporté au délégué, les déclarations de l’entraîneur peuvent être considérées comme une dénonciation au sens de l’art. 42 al. 1 let c RD précité. Par conséquent une procédure disciplinaire pouvait être ouverte sur cette base. L’art. 5 RD interdit aux personnes visées à son al.1, notamment aux officiels, de se comporter de manière contraire aux principes de loyauté, d’intégrité et d’esprit sportif. Toute personne, hormis les joueurs, exerçant une activité relative au football au sein d’une association membre ou d’un club, est considérée comme officiel au sens de cette disposition, quel que soit son titre ou la nature de son activité. En tant qu’entraîneur René Girard est manifestement soumis à cette disposition. 7 | Page Case Law. CDB & Appeals Body. 2012/2013 (July-December) Conformément à la règlementation de l’UEFA en la matière, que promeut la campagne de l’UEFA RESPECT, toute personne impliquée dans le football et dans les matches organisés par l’UEFA doit se comporter de manière à s’abstenir de tout comportement pouvant porter atteinte à l’intégrité physique ou mentale de tous les acteurs du jeu. RESPECT de l’adversaire, RESPECT des officiels de match, RESPECT du jeu. 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