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Denmark chiefs will make own fans pay Uefa fine for X-rated banner shown in Euro 2024 draw with England
Denmark are the latest on a long list of fines issued by Uefa at Euro 2024
DANISH FA chiefs are on the hunt for the fans who landed them with a £7,500 bill from Uefa.
Copenhagen-based bosses were hit with the fine after fans unfurled a “F*** Uefa” banner during the Danes' 1-1 draw with England.
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As yet unidentified Denmark fans made and displayed the X-rated dig at Uefa during the first half of their bore draw with England in Group C.
The reasons the supporters issued the banner are unknown.
Director Erik Brogger Rasmussen said: “We will pay the fine but the most important thing for us is that we identify those who brought the banner in - and then we will pass the bill on to them.
“We hope that those who think of taking a banner with that sort of language on it into a match will think twice when they have to pay for it."
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Uefa have previously got involved when England play Denmark, as they issued a £26,600 bill to the FA for three incidents in the Euro 2020 semi final.
Television pictures showed a green light on Danish keeper Kasper Schmeichel's face just before Harry Kane took an extra-time penalty.
The huge fine by Uefa was also for "disturbances during the national anthems" and fireworks being set off.
Meanwhile Uefa have been forced into opening multiple disciplinary proceedings for a host of different reasons during Euro 2024.
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Uefa fines at Euro 2024
The governing body also fined the Albanian and Serbian federations £8,400 each for fans displaying banners with nationalist maps.
Both countries were charged with “transmitting provocative messages not fit for a sports event” because they are responsible for the conduct of their fans at stadiums.
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Serbia fans’ banner included the independent territory of Kosovo and a slogan “No Surrender” at a 1-0 loss against England in Gelsenkirchen
Uefa's latest measure was targeted at Albania's striker Mirlind Daku, who was suspended for two games after leading fans in chanting anti-Macedonian slogans after Albania's 2-2 draw with Croatia.
Daku was hit by FOUR charges - breaking the general principles of conduct, violating basic rules of decent conduct, using a sporting event for non-sporting reasons and bringing the game into disrepute.
Albania were also fined a total of £40,000 for fans lighting fireworks, a pitch invasion and banners carrying a “provocative message”.
Croatia were fined just under £24,000 for their fans lighting and throwing fireworks.
Uefa stripped tournament accreditation away from a Kosovan journalist after he directed an Albanian “eagle” sign towards Serbia fans during the 1-0 England loss.
Fans invading the pitch has also been a regular feature in the first two weeks at Euro 2024.
Kosovo and Serbia tensions
Kosovo and Serbia share a tumultuous past, with a war lasting from 1998-1999 - ending when NATO initiated an aerial bombardment campaign against Yugoslavia.
The Western-backed intervention thwarted Serbia's genocide of Albanian Kosovars, which was led by Serbia’s then-President Slobodan Milošević.
In the two decades since the conflict ended, tensions have been simmering, with strained relations coming to a head again in December of last year.
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo erected barricades in the divided city of Mitrovica using trucks loaded with rocks - crippling the region.
Serbia still refuses to recognise Kosovo’s statehood.
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