S-League Smackdown: Young Lions, Beijing Guoan players hit with fines and bans

A five-man Football Association of Singapore (FAS) disciplinary committee delivered its verdict on the 16 players involved in the Sept 7 brawl between the Young Lions and Beijing Guoan.

Beijing's Meng Yang and the Young Lions' Khairul Nizam and Fairoz Hasan - both of whom were expected to feature at the Asian Games - received the biggest punishments.

Meng, 19, was banned for a year from all football-related activities and slapped with a $3,000 fine for kicking Young Lions' Faritz Abdul Hameed's head, while Khairul and Fairoz were each given an eight-month ban from all football-related activities and fined $2,000 and $1,500, respectively.

Three of the 10 Beijing players and four of the six Young Lions were each fined between $1,000 and $3,000 and suspended between four to 12 months.

The rest were fined.

Both teams have also been fined $5,000 and docked five points from the S.League. MORE