Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has been banned for five Confederation of African Football CAF matches and fined 100,000 after the chaotic scenes at the Africa Cup of Nations AFCON final against Morocco this month, it was announced on Thursday.
TV coverage of the final showed Thiaw gesturing toward his players when Morocco were awarded a penalty in added on time of normal time. This action was widely interpreted as him telling his team to leave the field.
Senegalese forwards Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr, who play in the English Premier League, received two-match bans for unsporting behaviour towards the referee.
