Discrimination
1.
a) Anyone who offends the dignity of a person or group of persons through contemptuous, discriminatory or denigratory words or actions concerning race, colour, language, religion or origin shall be suspended for at least fi ve matches. Furthermore, a stadium ban and a fi ne of at least CHF 20,000 shall be imposed. If the perpetrator is an offi cial, the fi ne shall be at least CHF 30,000.
b) Where several persons (offi cials and/or players) from the same club or association simultaneously breach par.
1 a) or there are other aggravating circumstances, the team concerned may be deducted three points for a fi rst offence and six points for a second offence; a further offence may result in demotion to a lower division. In the case of matches in which no points are awarded, the team may be disqualifi ed from the competition.
2. a) Where supporters of a team breach par.
1 a) at a match, a fi ne of at least CHF 30,000 shall be imposed on the association or club concerned regardless of the question of culpable conduct or culpable oversight.
b) Serious offences may be punished with additional sanctions, in particular an order to play a match behind closed doors, the forfeit of a match, a points deduction or disqualifi cation from the competition. Spectators who breach par.
1 a) of this article shall receive a stadium ban of at least two years.