UEFA has suspended Roma head coach Jose Mourinho from the team’s next four European games for verbally insulting the referee after the Italian club lost the Europa League final to Sevilla on May 31.
Footage leaked of Roma coach Claudio Ranieri approaching English referee Anthony Taylor after the game in Budapest, Hungary, and calling him a “disgrace” with an expletive.
After a 1-1 draw, Roma lost a penalty shootout against Sevilla in what was the Italian club’s final chance to qualify for the Champions League next season.
Mourinho is set to serve the ban in next season’s Europa League group stage after being found guilty of “directing abusive language at a match official,” UEFA said in a statement announcing its disciplinary panel’s verdict.
The ban is double the two-game minimum imposed by UEFA disciplinary guidelines.
Taylor and his family were hounded by Roma fans at the Budapest airport the day after the final.
UEFA also fined Roma €50,000 ($54.7 million) and barred the team from selling tickets for its next Europa League away game. The allegations included “lighting fireworks, throwing objects, acts of damage, and crowd disturbances,” according to UEFA.
Roma must also approach the Hungarian Football Federation in order to compensate the damages committed by its fans at Puskas Arena.
