Massive penalties from TFF for teams that walk off the pitch

The Turkish Football Federation has decided to amend its Football Disciplinary Instructions. Accordingly, a team that walks off the pitch in the Süper Lig will be subject to a fine ranging from 20,000,000 TL to 100,000,000 TL, a 1-year ban from football-related activities for club executives, a 1-year ban from football-related activities or a ban from entering the locker room and bench for staff, and a 5 to 10-match ban for players.

The following statements were used in the TFF's new instructions:

A 1-year ban from football-related activities for club executives; a 1-year ban from football-related activities or a ban from entering the locker room and bench for staff;

- A fine ranging from 20,000,000 TL to 100,000,000 TL for the Süper Lig,

- A fine ranging from 2,000,000 TL to 10,000,000 TL for the 1. Lig,

- A fine ranging from 1,000,000 TL to 5,000,000 TL for the 2. Lig,

- A fine ranging from 500,000 TL to 2,500,000 TL for the 3. Lig,

A 5 to 10-match ban for players,

In any case, a 1-year ban from football-related activities for the president of the club that walks off the pitch.

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Football Competition Instructions, a club that does not take the field despite arriving at the venue or that abandons a match that has already started shall be subject to an additional (-9) point deduction, valid in the league in which it will compete in the following season.