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Al Taawoun sanctioned after fans chant late Diogo Jota's name at Al Hilal's Neves
September 16, 2026 at 02:58 PM · Updated 30d ago
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TGThe Guardian
Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun handed stadium ban over Diogo Jota chants
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BNBBC News
Diogo Jota: Saudi club Al-Taawoun given fine and stadium ban over chants
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AJAl Jazeera English
Al Taawoun face stadium closure, fine over ‘Jota’ chants by fans
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ESESPN
Saudi Pro League club fined, fans given stadium ban for Diogo Jota chants
(opens the publisher’s site)Saudi Arabia's football federation has ordered Al Taawoun to play two matches behind closed doors and pay a fine after fans chanted the late Jota's name at Al Hilal's Ruben Neves.
- The SAFF Discipline and Ethics Committee on Tuesday ordered Al Taawoun to play two home matches behind closed doors and fined the club 100,000 riyals.
- Taawoun fans chanted Jota's name at Neves — his close friend and former teammate — during Al Hilal's 6-0 win on Saturday.
- Neves, Jota's former teammate, said after the match: "I hope they don't go to pray afterwards."
- Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo called on the league to ban supporters from stadiums for life, saying the behaviour is "no longer football."
- Al Taawoun condemned the fans' behaviour as 'completely unacceptable' in a statement.