PAOK will face no further punishment after UEFA shut down the investigation into their fans’ alleged racist abuse of Aberdeen star Papa Gueye.
The 24-year-old Senegalese international was said to have been left “very upset” by the incident during the 2-2 draw between the sides in the Europa Conference League in November.
On the night the Pittodrie club released a statement, in which they levelled the accusation at a small group of PAOK supporters and said they reported the matter to the UEFA delegate immediately.
The statement read: “During the second half of this evening’s UEFA Conference League match against PAOK it was brought to our attention that an Aberdeen FC player, Pape Habib Guèye, was the victim of racial abuse from a section of PAOK supporters.
“Aberdeen FC club staff immediately informed the UEFA Venue Director and following the conclusion of the match met with the UEFA Match Delegate to officially report the matter.
“Pape has the unwavering support of his teammates and all at Aberdeen FC will liaise fully with UEFA during the course of their investigations into this very serious matter.
“As a club we have zero tolerance for any form of discrimination or racist abuse. There is no place for such behaviour in football, or society as a whole.”
PAOK were raging at the accusation and turned the blame onto the Aberdeen subs’ bench.
The Greek club said in a statement in response the next day: “There has never been racist behaviour in Tuba, which would not be tolerated anyway.
“This specific incident is clearly a product of imagination, as it did not come to the attention of any official of the organization.
“Instead, the defiant behaviour of the Aberdeen substitutes in their equaliser was evident and to their credit the fans did not react at all.”
Now, after having looked into the matter, UEFA have closed the case.
A spokesperson said: “There was an investigation and the disciplinary bodies ultimately closed the proceedings.”
DonsstarJamie McGrath said on the night of the game that if the whole team was aware of what had happened, they might have staged a walk off.
He said: “We’re all with Pape. We have to gather round him.
“The boys stood up for him. If we all knew, we might have walked off, I don’t know. There was that much commotion going on.
“We didn’t have a clue on the pitch we were just focused on the game. All we know is Pape did suffer some form of racist abuse.”
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