AFC have sanctioned India’s Mohun Bagan for refusing to go to Iran for his or her Asian Champions League match in September.
Published On 18 Dec 2025
Indian membership Mohun Bagan Super Giant have been banned from Asian Football Confederation competitions and ordered to pay greater than $100,000 for refusing to journey to Iran for an Asian Champions League Two conflict with Sepahan SC in September, the Asian soccer physique stated in an announcement.
In a call on Wednesday, the AFC’s disciplinary and ethics committee excluded Mohun Bagan from the following version of the Asian competitors they qualify for, as much as the 2027-28 season.
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The Indian champions have been additionally handed a $50,000 fantastic and advised to pay a further $50,729 for damages and losses incurred by the AFC and Sepahan. Mohun Bagan have additionally forfeited any subsidy for taking part within the continental second-tier match.
Mohun Bagan have been withdrawn from the competitors after they refused to journey to Iran for the group stage match, citing an absence of safety assurances and medical insurance coverage protection in Iran, and their matches have been declared null and void by the AFC.
The membership had moved to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), asking for the match to be relocated to a impartial venue, however CAS turned down their preliminary request.
“The gamers determined they’ll’t take this threat, the place lives and their households’ future are at stake. So we now have to face with them,” a senior Mohun Bagan official advised the Reuters information company.
Mohun Bagan have 5 gamers from Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom, international locations which have suggested their residents in opposition to journey to Iran, the official added.
The membership additionally didn’t journey to Iran final 12 months for a match in opposition to Tractor SC scheduled for October 2, 2024, the day after Iran launched ballistic missiles in direction of Israel. Mohun Bagan have been withdrawn from the match consequently.
Mohun Bagan are contemplating interesting in opposition to the suspension, the official stated.
