The PAOK Salonika president, Ivan Savvidis, have been banned from football stadiums for three years for storming on to the pitch with a gun in his waistband during a domestic game. The Greek league also stripped the club of three points, effectively ending their title chances.

Savvides, a Georgia-born businessman and former Russian state duma deputy, invaded the pitch when a goal for PAOK was disallowed against title contenders AEK Athens on 11 March.

Fifa had already warned that Greece could be suspended from world football if its national governing body failed to take “proper actions by the competent bodies to eradicate all sorts of violence in order to guarantee the smooth running of the national competitions”.