Throughout this year our organisation has been drawing attention to the increasing xenophobia that Hungarian football players and their supporters have to endure in the Romanian football league. However, anti-Hungarian hate-speech during football matches does not seem to be abating.
During a recent football match between two U19 teams, FC Botoșani and FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda, the players and the supporters of the latter were exposed to very vulgar and racist language coming from the fans of the hosts. The referee did not stop the game, nor were there any measures taken after the match had ended.
Following the incident, the president of FK Csíkszereda, Zoltán SZONDI, addressed letters to the Romanian Football Federation and to the Central Committee of Referees, in which he complained that this is not the first instance in which the junior teams of his club have to endure xenophobic and racist slurs during games. He demanded for adequate action to be taken in such cases, and for the rules stipulated by the Romanian Football Federation to be respected. Only by taking firm action against racism and xenophobia can such incidents be avoided in the future.