Result stands in abandoned Schalke-St Pauli match
Schalke have been awarded a 2-0 victory in their Bundesliga match with St Pauli which was abandoned last Friday when an assistant referee was hit by a plastic beer cup at the Millerntor-Stadion, the German Football Association have announced.
The Hamburg side were trailing the match 2-0 when referee Deniz Aytekin called a half in the 87th minute and the DFB’s sporting court ruled today that as the club was responsible for the behaviour of its fans that scoreline should stand.
Assistant referee Torsten Schiffner was hit in the neck area by a full cup thrown from the stand where the home fans were.
“In accordance with the laws and rules of the DFB the game is to be regarded as a 2-0 loss for FC St Pauli, because the club are responsible for their fans and thus has to take responsibility for the abandonment of the match,” a DFB statement read.
The DFB will decide on any possible sanctions for St Pauli following the inquiry into the abandonment this week.
St Pauli officials have already condemned what happened.
“This is catastrophic,” said coach Holger Stanislawski. “There is no explanation for it. I have zero tolerance for such a thing and that should never happen inside a football stadium. I can only apologise to the linesman.”
“We have just got to face up to the consequences,” said director of sport Helmut Schulte. “This is a bad day for FC St Pauli.”
