Bulgaria fans' racism: Racist abuse of England players leads to stadium ban

Bulgaria have been ordered to play two matches behind closed doors and fined 75,000 euros (£65,000) for their fans' racist abuse of England players in a Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia.

The Three Lions' 6-0 win on 15 October was stopped twice and could have been abandoned, but England played on.

Bulgaria already had a partial stadium closure for that match because of previous racist behaviour.

The closure for the second game of this punishment is suspended for two years.

Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European football's governing body Uefa, said following the match against England that the "football family and governments" needed to "wage war on the racists".

The Bulgarian fans' behaviour included Nazi salutes and monkey chants.

After the game, both the president of the Bulgaria Football Union (BFU), Borislav Mihaylov, and Bulgaria manager Krasimir Balakov resigned.

Authorities in Bulgaria have so far identified 16 suspects and made 12 arrests after the England game.

Four supporters received fines and two-year bans, with others remaining under investigation.

In 2015, Croatia were docked a point from their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign after fans marked a swastika on their pitch for a game against Italy, which was behind closed doors.