The Turkish Football Federation’s Professional Football Disciplinary Board, known as the PFDK, has announced sanctions arising from the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby played on October 26, 2026. The board banned Fenerbahçe player Archibald Norman Brown for three official matches and fined him 100,000 Turkish liras for fighting. Galatasaray defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı received a two-match official suspension and a 67,000-lira fine for the same offence.
The decisions were taken at the PFDK’s meeting number 18 on October 29 and published by the federation on October 30. According to the official ruling, Brown was sanctioned under articles 45/1-a and 35/4 of the Football Disciplinary Regulations. The same provisions were applied to Bardakcı, together with article 12, resulting in his two-match suspension.
The board also imposed financial penalties on both clubs for separate disciplinary violations connected with the derby. Anadolu Agency’s breakdown of the federation’s decisions put Galatasaray’s club-level fines at a combined 2.12 million liras. The total covered separate rulings concerning supporter chanting, incidents involving supporters and club members, the number of child escorts in the ceremony, comments by a dismissed player in the mixed zone and the use of an unregistered visiting-team logo on the stadium scoreboard.
Fenerbahçe’s club-level fines totaled 1,277,500 liras. The federation listed 350,000 liras for improper chanting, 560,000 liras for incidents involving supporters and club members, 87,500 liras for collective unsporting conduct and 280,000 liras because a dismissed player spoke in the mixed zone. Brown’s individual 100,000-lira fine is separate from that club total.
The figures apply to different parties. The combined club fines do not include the individual financial penalties given to Brown and Bardakcı or the sanctions imposed on club staff. Combining every figure into one overall derby total would blur the federation’s distinction between club, player and official responsibility. The penalties are therefore reported as separate categories.
Electronic-ticket restrictions were imposed on specified groups of supporters from both clubs. Spectators registered in blocks 418, 419 and 420 of the Fenerbahçe away section will be barred from the club’s next away match. The federation also listed multiple Galatasaray home sections whose registered spectators will be prevented from attending the club’s next home fixture.
Galatasaray coach Serhat Doğan was fined 50,000 liras for entering an area for which he was not accredited and received a 21-day rights deprivation for unsporting conduct toward an opposing player. Fenerbahçe official Ahmet Aytar was fined 50,000 liras for being present in an area without the required accreditation.
Anadolu Agency, Demirören News Agency and Habertürk independently reported the same player suspensions and financial penalties. Their reports confirmed that Brown received three matches and a 100,000-lira fine, while Bardakcı received two matches and a 67,000-lira fine. The central facts are therefore supported by the federation’s primary decision and multiple independent news organizations.
If the sanctions remain unchanged, the two players will be ineligible for the stated number of official fixtures. Disciplinary decisions can, however, be taken to the federation’s Arbitration Board, which could alter their duration or scope. Lists of the specific matches the players may miss should therefore not be treated as final before any appeal process is completed.
The PFDK ruling does not change the match score or sporting result; it is limited to disciplinary measures. At the time the decision was published, there was no verified announcement confirming whether either club or player would file an appeal. Any Arbitration Board applications and the federation’s rulings on them would represent the next official stage of the case.
