Liga MX club Queretaro will play home matches with no fans for one year and ban the barras supporters’ groups for three years as part of its punishment following scenes of violence at a soccer game last weekend that left 26 people injured.
The punishments, following clashes between fans during Queretaro’s match against visiting Atlas at Estadio Corregidora on Saturday, were announced on Tuesday by Mexican Football Federation president Yon de Luisa and Liga MX president Mikel Arriola.
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Queretaro’s ownership group (Gabriel Solares, Adolfo Ríos, Greg Taylor and Manuel Velarde) will also be banned from league-related activities for five years and the club will be returned to previous owners Grupo Caliente, which owns fellow Liga MX club Tijuana. Queretaro’s current ownership will also be fined 1.5 million…
