Serbia awarded Albania walkover after violence at Euro qualifier

Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 walkover against Albania after their Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade was abandoned, Uefa has confirmed. 

But they have also had three points deducted after the game on 14 October was disrupted when a drone flew over the stadium with a political message.

The drone carried a pro-Albania flag. Crowd disturbance and a brawl between players followed at Partizan Stadium.

Serbia must also play two home qualifying games behind closed doors.

Both the Serbian and Albanian FAs have been fined 100,000 euros.

Uefa's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) deemed that Albania had forfeited the match and in doing so lost 3-0. But it also decided to penalise Serbia over the crowd trouble.

Both sides are entitled to appeal against the rulings and news agency AFP reported that Albania will exercise their right to do so.

Serbia will have to play their Group I Euro 2016 qualifiers against Denmark and Armenia in an empty stadium.