The Antiviolence Committee in Spain have fined Barcelona €66,000 for the whistling of the national anthem that took place at the Copa del Rey final between the Catalans and Athletic Club at the Camp Nou, among other offences.

David Boti

Barcelona have been fined for two different reasons. Firstly, €60,000 for "breaching the obligations required in the design and implementation of the safety measures and access controls of prohibited objects (including flares) inside the sports arena."

The €6,000 extra is for the "inaction and lack of cooperation shown with respect to the prior notice made by several groups that expressly advised they were going to perform various acts of political protest, with intolerant content, using the game."

The Bilbao side, meanwhile, was also fined, but with a figure substantially lower. Specifically, 18,000 euros.

As organizer of the event, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) got the worst of it. They received the highest penalty proposed - a total of 123,000 euros, while the Catalunya Acció platform must pay 100,000 euros as "an instigator of the whistling, including the distribution of whistles made to maximize it."