India Super League: FC Goa Fined 11 Cr, Owners Banned For Indiscipline
FC Goa has been fined and their owners banned by the Indian Super League Regulatory Commission for bringing disrepute to the tournament.
Highlights
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FC Goa Fined 11 crore for breaching ISL rules
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FC Goa owners Salgaocar and Dempo banned
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FC Goa also docked 15 points for next season
The Indian Super League Regulatory Commission on Thursday handed a hefty fine of Rs 11 crores to FC Goa and banned the owners of the football club -- Dattaraj Salgaocar (three years) and Srinivas Dempo (two years) -- on disciplinary grounds.
FC Goa were facing allegations of violating ISL regulations namely for 'boycotting match and league ceremony', 'public criticism and threatening match officials,' 'alleging that the match were fixed,' and 'non-adherence of League rules'. FC Goa will also be docked 15 points next season.
The ISL Regulatory Commission, chaired by Justice D.A. Mehta (former judge, Gujarat High Court) consists of five independent members from the legal, law enforcement and sports fraternity including, Justice B.N. Mehta (former judge, Gujarat High Court); D. Sivanandhan (former Director General of Police, Maharashtra); Vidushpat Singhania (legal professional and sports law expert) and Kiran More (former Indian cricketer).
The decision comes after NDTV accessed exclusive footage that showed Brazilian football star and Chennaiyin FC player Elano Blumer did nothing that merited an arrest by the Goa police after the ISL-2 final in Goa last December.
Elano was arrested following the final on December 20 which led to a massive controversy with the Brazilian football star being accused of assaulting FC Goa co-owner and industrialist Dattaraj Salgaocar.
The unedited footage clearly showed that Elano did not attack or get physical with anybody and that he was taken into police custody only on the behest of FC Goa owners.
FC Goa lost the ill-tempered final 2-3 to Chennaiyin FC.
(With inputs from Nikhil Naz)