GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Schalke has apologized for its fans’ racist abuse of Borussia Dortmund youth player Youssoufa Moukoko during a match between the rival clubs’ under-19 sides on Sunday.
“Derby emotions aside, we completely condemn and oppose such insults,” Schalke said on Twitter.
In a tweet with the hashtag “NoToRacism,” the club said its supporter relations department “will take the necessary measures.”
Some Schalke fans can be heard abusing the 15-year-old striker on video after he scored his third goal from distance against their side in the 63rd minute.
“It has to be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” Schalke’s sporting director Jochen Schneider said before Schalke’s Bundesliga game against Union Berlin on Sunday.