FIFA has punished seven nations – including Chile and Croatia – for discriminatory acts from supporters, including homophobic chants.
Croatia must play its first two World Cup qualifiers behind closed doors as a result of FIFA sanctions imposed on seven nations following discriminatory chants by fans.
FIFA has fined Croatia 150,000 Swiss Francs (worth approximately the same in American dollars) for incidents which took place in friendly matches against Israel and Hungary last month and has also ordered the country to play forthcoming games with Turkey and Finland behind closed doors The decision comes after Croatia had previously been punished by both FIFA and UEFA.