UEFA punishes Serbia after fans try to burn Albanian flag
The two teams will meet again soon
Serbia and Albania were drawn in the same qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup this Friday, and on the same day UEFA revealed the punishments applied to the Football Association of Serbia , due to the behavior of Serbian fans.
Therefore, the Federation will not be able to sell tickets to its fans in the next two away games, in the next two home games it will have sections of the stadium closed and will also receive a fine. The punishments come from an incident that occurred during a game between Serbia and Switzerland in the Nations League .
At that match, Serbian fans attempted to burn an Albanian flag, provoking some Swiss players, such as Granit Xhaka , who has family roots in Albania.
Serbia and Albania will now meet again in 2026 World Cup qualifying for the first time since 2014, in a Euro 2016 qualifying game that was abandoned when a drone flew over the pitch with an Albanian flag encompassing Kosovo , a country that Serbia does not recognize as independent.
