The LFF Appeals Committee rejected Dainava’s appeal

May 7 The Appeals Committee of the Lithuanian Football Federation made a decision regarding the appeal submitted by the Alytus football club “Dainava” to the LFF Disciplinary Committee on April 26. decision. The LFF Appeals Committee decided to uphold the penalties specified in the decision of the LFF Disciplinary Committee.

We requested in the appeal:

• Transferring half of the fine assigned to us to the FA Šiauliai club, because the infrastructure used for the organization of their matches did not meet the requirements for the security of the matches according to the licensing requirements;
• Change the decision of 4 matches without fans away and home to 4 matches without support organized by Dainava away and at home. In this case, we added to the complaint the official promise of our most loyal fans Dzūkai Tankai not to organize support;
• Suspend the application of the penalties imposed on DFK Dainava by the LFF Disciplinary Committee until our complaint is investigated.

The LFF Appeals Committee made a principled decision to set a new and harmful precedent for A League spectators to punish clubs with matches without spectators “at home”, even if the offenses committed by the club’s DK fans were in away matches where, it is important to emphasize, the infrastructure is not properly adapted to ensure security. We do not justify violence and hold the firm opinion that both the organizers of the match, FA Šiauliai, and DFK Dainava, as guests of the match, should receive appropriate fines for events during the match and after it, but such punishments should be proportionate to the contribution of each club to the situation. We feel that such a sanction is not proportionate and only raises the distrust of the fan community in the decisions of the LFF bodies.

Unfortunately, the sanction of matches without spectators remains applied to DFK Dainava in the TOPsport A League Championship. Since two matches have already been played without spectators, the sanction will only apply DFK „Dainava“ – FK „Transinvest“ and DFK “Dainava” – FK “Sūduva” for the match.

Although our stadium is one of the most visited in the TOPsport A league, unfortunately we will not hear football fans in the stands for a few more matches.

We would like to inform you that you can watch this Saturday’s match against the Transinvest club of the Vilnius district on the lrt.lt portal.

The match with spectators will be held at the Gargžda City Stadium on May 26. when DFK “Dainava” will play against FK “Banga”, and we will meet at the Alytus City Stadium on May 31. when DFK Dainava will play against FC Hegelmann.

Information of Alytus football club “Dainava”.