SSFA slaps coach, players with three-year ban

The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has banned Genanyuon United’s head coach Maluach Garang Maluach and six players from football for three years on grounds of indiscipline.

This followed Wednesday’s incident in which the team’s fans, players, technical staff, and head coach were involved in a brawl with match officials during their game with Al-Hilal Wau in the ongoing 2021/2022 South Sudan Cup in Zone Two.

According to the information from Wau, Genanyuon United was involved in serious fighting with the match officials after their 2-0 defeat to the Wau boys in the last game of the zone two semifinals.

The players, technical staff, and other officials went on blaming the game officials for their 2:0 loss.

The SSFA board made the decision after holding a disciplinary committee meeting.

According to the information shared by the SSFA on their official page, the Wau Stadium incident was against the South Sudan Cup regulations. As a result, the team and the people behind it should be penalised in accordance with the law.

Articles 50 (a) and (b) of the South Sudan Cup regulations 2012, amended in 2019, the SSFA has made the following resolutions: Genanyuon United lost its portion of the match income.

The team is immediately suspended from the South Sudan Cup 2021/2022 and is to pay an amount of SSP100,000 as a fine for the destruction inflicted, the  SSFA resolution reads.

It suspended the head coach Maluach, from all football activities for three years for incitement to violence.

The SSFA further suspended six of Genanyuon’s players from participating in any football activities with any team in the country for three years after assaulting the match officials.

Among the players were Gabriel Agot Andrea, Edward Dhal Mourwel, Kanybai Ader Manyiel, Dennis Deng Deng, Jimma Mathieng Luol, and Will Maroup.

Al-Hilal FC (Wau) will play Zalan FC (Rumbek) in zone one of the 2021/2022 South Sudan Cup on Saturday in Wau.