PFDK Penalties Announced After Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe Derby
Following the Super Lig derby played between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the Professional Football Disciplinary Board decisions were announced. Fines and bans were issued to clubs and football players.
Following the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe Super Lig match played on October 26, 2026, the penalties issued by the Professional Football Disciplinary Board (PFDK) have become clear. In accordance with the decisions, both clubs as well as football players and officials who committed various disciplinary infractions were penalized with fines, bans, and restrictions from sports-related activities.
Galatasaray club was issued various fines on grounds such as ugly and bad chanting by its fans, pitch incidents, irregular number of escorts, the expelled football player making statements, and the use of an unregistered logo on the scoreboard. Additionally, yellow-red football player Abdülkerim Bardakcı received a 2-official-match ban and a 67,000 TL fine due to his involvement in a fight, while coach Serhat Doğan was penalized due to unsportsmanlike conduct and being in a non-accredited area.
Fenerbahçe club was also subjected to fines due to ugly chanting by its fans, pitch incidents, team-wide unsportsmanlike conduct, and the expelled player making statements. While yellow-navy blue team's football player Archibald Norman Brown received a 3-official-match ban and a 100,000 TL fine due to his involvement in a fight, official Ahmet Aytar was also fined for being in a non-accredited area.
Sources
- sabah.com.tr · Link