Three and a half years in jail for the president who punched a referee in Turkey

Almost a 12 months in the past, a scandal hit soccer in Turkey as soon as once more. It’s not the primary time and, sadly, it won’t be the final, however months later the sentence of Faruk Koca has been made public. The president of MKE Ankaragucu was the creator of an aggression that shamed Europe and ended up inflicting the suspension of the Turkish Tremendous League for a number of weeks.

Three years and 7 months in jail is what the previous supervisor must serve. The rationale, for punching the referee who refereed his staff’s match in opposition to Caykur Rizespor. As well as, he was given extra months for varied threats, resembling “I will kill you” which he additionally stated to the referee and a lifetime suspension by the Turkish Soccer Federation.

On December 11, 2023, the controversial match befell, by which Ankaragucu took the lead, however noticed their lead cancelled out within the 97th minute. After that motion, Koca went all the way down to the pitch and punched the referee within the face, who fell to the bottom. Whereas mendacity on the grass, the previous president kicked him a number of instances within the face. The referee needed to be hospitalized, leaving the stadium with a swollen face and a black eye.

He was already in jail

This may not be the primary time Koka has been imprisoned, as he was reportedly behind bars final 12 months, however was capable of get out on bail. As reported, he’s anticipated to enchantment the decision to attempt to scale back the sentence or keep away from punishment. His lawyer claims that the assault was carried out beneath unjust provocation, so it appears that evidently they may attempt to delay a trial that appears like it’ll finish badly for Koka.

Ankaragucu are within the second division of the Turkish league after being relegated final season. They needed to pay a nice of just about 60,000 euros and play 5 matches behind closed doorways. Now they want to get promoted once more and depart that incident behind.