Fenerbahce could celebrate after the final whistle in the second leg of the Champions League play-off round against Lyon.
Matteo Guendouzi has received a four-match European ban – two of which are suspended – and a fine of €50,000 for his role in a brawl following Fenerbahce’s play-off win away to Lyon.
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Mason Greenwood, Turkish Fenerbahce’s England striker, has been given a one-match conditional ban, which – like parts of Guendouzi’s sentence – “is subject to a one-year probationary period”, as well as a fine of €30,000.
Lyon goalkeeping coach Antonio Ferreira has been given a five-match ban, two of which are suspended, for what Uefa describes as “serious assault” in the clashes that took place after Fenerbahce’s victory, which sent the team through to the league stage with a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Guendouzi was punished for “insulting others present, provoking bystanders and violating basic rules of decent behavior.”
Greenwood, who moved to Fenerbahce in the summer from Lyon’s arch-enemy Marseille, was punished for “violating the basic rules of decent behaviour”.
Both clubs were also fined 50,000 euros “for the team violating general and basic rules of conduct”.
Guendouzi at the centre of the brawl after Fenerbahce win
Former Arsenal midfielder Guendouzi, who played for Marseille between 2021 and 2024, was repeatedly booed by Lyon supporters during the match.
He seemed to tease parts of the French home crowd after Fenerbahce’s victory, and his teammates had to escort him away when the mood escalated.
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After the full-time scuffle, Guendouzi was seen shouting “Allez l’OM” at a camera crew on the sidelines – a reference to Marseille.
Videos circulating on social media also show a person wearing a Lyon shirt confronting the Frenchman on his way to the players’ tunnel, where security guards and members of both teams were involved.
Then a mass brawl broke out in the tunnel between the two teams.
After the game, Guendouzi told reporters that he felt “disrespected” by Lyon supporters, who had taunted him with “insults” about his family.
“If we can’t celebrate the way we want afterwards, I think it’s disappointing,” he added.
“When 60,000 people are taunting your family, your mother and your children, even before the game, and no one from the refereeing team asks the crowd to be quiet.
“I know that in France, when things like this happen, there comes a point where they talk to the crowd to stop it – and maybe stop the game.”
