{"id":423853,"date":"2026-01-22T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423853\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:24:12","slug":"caf-hits-algeria-with-heavy-sanctions-after-2025-afcon-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423853\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF hits Algeria with heavy sanctions after 2025 AFCON chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/CAF-hits-Algeria-with-heavy-sanctions-after-2025-AFCON-chaos-2018450?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/24572446.295.jpg\" alt=\"CAF has punished Algeria for misconduct\" title=\"CAF has punished Algeria for misconduct\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <\/a>CAF has punished Algeria for misconduct<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee has imposed heavy sanctions on Algeria following misconduct during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>During Algeria\u2019s quarter-final defeat to Nigeria, some players and team officials were involved in a brawl that breached CAF\u2019s disciplinary codes.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the CAF Disciplinary Committee handed down financial penalties amounting to $100,000, alongside sporting sanctions targeting key members of the Algerian squad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/AFCON-Final-Chaos-18-Senegalese-fans-arrested-in-Morocco-2018060\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFCON Final Chaos: 18 Senegalese fans arrested in Morocco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Luca Zidane was suspended for two matches following his involvement in the incident, while defender Rafik Belghali was handed a four-match ban, with the suspension yet to be served.<\/p>\n<p>The ban will take effect during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Check out list of sanctions below:<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Luca Zidane suspended for 2 games<\/p>\n<p>Defender Rafik Belghali suspended for 4 games<\/p>\n<p>$100,000 fine, broken down as:<\/p>\n<p>$50,000 for media\/fan misconduct<\/p>\n<p>$25,000 for players\/officials misconduct<\/p>\n<p>$10,000 for failing to comply with security rules<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 AFCON was marred by chaotic scenes that caused international embarrassment to the continent, prompting CAF to initiate disciplinary measures to serve as a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>SB\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch as Ghanaians celebrate Senegal&#8217;s AFCON triumph<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAF has punished Algeria for misconduct The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee has imposed heavy sanctions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-423853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}