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 international soccer friends betwixt Spain’s nationalist squad and Egypt, FIFA confirmed it had opened disciplinary proceedings.

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

"FIFA has coming initiated disciplinary proceedings against nan Spanish Football Federation for incidents that occurred during nan friends lucifer against Egypt."

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Spain players statement up earlier nan world friends 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 nan March 31 match, pinch Spain arsenic nan location team. Fans successful sections of nan 40,000-seat stadium — a imaginable early World Cup tract — were perchance heard chanting, "bote, bote, bote musulman el que nary bote," which translates to "jump, jump, jump, whoever doesn’t jump is simply a Muslim." The chant resurfaced respective times during nan match.

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

Spain players locomotion connected nan transportation earlier nan world friends 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 nan World Religion Database, astir 90% of nan country's organization identifies arsenic Muslim.

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

"I americium a Muslim, convey God," nan 18-year-old wrote successful a station to Instagram Wednesday. "I understand not each nan fanbase is for illustration that, but to those who singing those chants: utilizing belief arsenic thing to mock group successful a shot stadium leaves you arsenic ignorant and racist people."

FILE - Spain's Lamine Yamal, center, warms up for nan 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 group by who they are aliases what they judge in," Yamal's station concluded.

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

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

The consequence extended beyond nan pitch, pinch Spain’s curate of education, vocational training and athletics and nan Council connected American-Islamic Relations besides condemning nan chants.

Spain's coach Luis de la Fuente besides condemned nan messaging. "I americium repulsed by and perfectly cull immoderate shape of xenophobia aliases racism — it’s wholly intolerable," he said astatine a news conference.

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