FIFPRO reacts to the events of the Trabzonspor-Fenerbahçe match!

The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPRO) has issued a statement on its official website regarding the events that occurred after the Trabzonspor-Fenerbahçe match.

Here is the statement issued by FIFPRO:

"Public authorities and football leaders have a responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of footballers in their workplaces, and we expect the strongest possible measures to be taken against the violence perpetrated by Trabzonspor fans yesterday. The perpetrators who threw objects at players and entered the pitch to confront the opposing team must be held accountable for their actions to underscore that violence has no place in any area of professional football.

The constant throwing of objects onto the pitch and the lighting of flares during the match also necessitate an evaluation of whether the match should have been suspended before the aggression escalated after the final whistle.

Yesterday's events and the attack on Italian player Ciro Immobile and his family last week are symbolic of a larger trend in football markets. They reinforce the concerns raised in the FIFPRO Men's Football Workplace Safety Report published in January: two-thirds of national unions believe that some parts of fan culture have become "increasingly violent and abusive" in recent years, and 98 percent of unions have called for greater use of technology in stadiums to counter this trend, alongside other measures such as fan dialogue.

At the beginning of April, FIFPRO Europe and the Cypriot players' union PASP will host a series of national and international experts under the auspices of the Cyprus National Police to discuss the issue of players' occupational health and safety in more detail."

Yesterday's events and the attack on Italian player Ciro Immobile and his family last week are symbolic of a larger trend in football markets. They reinforce the concerns raised in the FIFPRO Men's Football Workplace Safety Report published in January: two-thirds of national unions believe that some parts of fan culture have become "increasingly violent and abusive" in recent years, and 98 percent of unions have called for greater use of technology in stadiums to counter this trend, alongside other measures such as fan dialogue.

At the beginning of April, FIFPRO Europe and the Cypriot players' union PASP will host a series of national and international experts under the auspices of the Cyprus National Police to discuss the issue of players' occupational health and safety in more detail."

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