Egyptian club, Ismaily has been disqualified from the CAF Champions LEAGUE (CAFCL) after fans forced the abandonment of Friday’s home fixture against Club Africain, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said.
Ismaily fans threw stones and water bottles at match officials and the Tunisian club’s players, forcing Cameroon referee Neant Alioum to order the teams into the changing rooms in stoppage time.
At that time the visitors were leading 2-1.
CAF expelled Ismaily from this season’s competition, having disqualified Algerian side Entente Sportive de Setif after similar scenes in a match against Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016, NAN reports.
Ismaily’s results in Group C have been annulled, leaving Algerians CS Constantine top with six points from two games.
Egypt was named as hosts of the 2019 African Nations Cup earlier this month in spite of a number of incidents involving unruly fans in recent years.