03.05.2025 10:00
Former Fenerbahçe football player Alper Potuk, who plays for the Gostivar team in North Macedonia, received a 2-year ban from football for insisting that his team withdraw from a match. The Macedonian Football Federation also imposed a 10-match ban on the club and a total fine of 7,500 euros.
Alper Potuk, who plays for the Gostivar team in North Macedonia, received a 2-year ban from football for allegedly insisting that his team withdraw from the match against Rabotnicki.
In the 29th week of the Macedonian League, Gostivar faced Rabotbicki.
In the 67th minute of the match, the home team took the lead with Lee Erwin.
THINGS GOT CHAOTIC AFTER THE GOAL
Then, Erwin received a red card in the 76th minute. The visiting team equalized with Angelov in the 79th minute and took the lead with Delay's goal in the 84th minute. The players from Gostivar went almost crazy after this goal.
"WITHDRAW FROM THE FIELD" INSTRUCTION
The players initially protested intensely to the referee. Then, Alper Potuk, wearing the Gostivar jersey, instructed his teammates to withdraw from the field. Thus, the players from Gostivar left the field. The Macedonian Football Federation imposed a heavy penalty on the Gostivar club after this action.
BANNED FROM FOOTBALL
According to the penalties announced by the Federation, Alper Potuk, club president Enes Usta, and head coach Blazho Panov were banned from football for 2 years. The Federation's penalties did not stop there. The club was given a 10-match ban, a fine of 2,500 euros for withdrawing from the match, and a fine of 5,000 euros for field incidents. Additionally, each of the players who left the field was fined 500 euros. On the other hand, Rabotnicki was declared the winner by default with a score of 3-0.
SEASON STATISTICS
Before receiving the ban, Alper Potuk, who played 24 matches with Gostivar this season and contributed with 4 goals and 2 assists, became a topic of discussion on social media regarding what he would do next.