Three thousand Al-Ahly fans have been suspended for two games for shouting 'insults' against Zamalek and Egypt player Shikabala during the team's last game against Pharco, the Egyptian Football Premier League (EPL) said on Sunday.
Soccer Football - Lusail Super Cup - Al Hilal v Zamalek - Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar - September 9, 2022 Zamalek's Shikabala during the warm up before the match. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
Even though league leaders Al-Ahly were not playing Zamalek on Friday, their three thousand fans in attendance - which is the maximum allowed for any team during a domestic soccer match - vented their anger towards midfielder Shikabala in what has been a long-running saga of insult trading.The EPL also suspended 2,021 Ismaili supporters and 874 Ittihad fans for shouting insults during their matches against ENPPI and Smouha respectively on Friday.
Egypt allows a maximum of 6000 fans to attend any domestic soccer match, with each team's allocation capped at 3000, since the 2012 Port Said Stadium disaster in which more than 70 Al-Ahly fans were killed and several hundred were injured. The ticketing system in the country requires fans to provide identification when purchasing match tickets, which makes it easy for the authorities to track down attendees and if required suspend them.
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