Racist players face 10-game bans

Taking a stand ... Milan's Kevin Prince Boateng has been a vocal anti-racism campaigner. Source: Antonio Calanni / AAP

Players found guilty of racial abuse will face minimum suspensions of 10 matches, under plans laid out by UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino on Wednesday.

Infantino also said racist offences would trigger partial stadium closures in the first instance and full stadium shutdowns for a second incident.

The proposed punishments would affect all matches in European competition.

"We have to have sanctions and they must have a deterrent effect and what we are proposing is if a player or official is convicted of racism, they should receive a 10-match suspension at least," Infantino told the Soccerex forum in Manchester.

"If supporters at a club are found guilty of racist abuse, the first sanction will be a partial closure of the part of the stadium from which the racist abuse took place.

"For a second offence, there will be the full closure and a minimum fine of 50,000 euros ($A63,000)."

Infantino said all of UEFA's national member associations would be urged to adopt the measures.

Two recent high-profile cases of racist abuse in England led to Chelsea's John Terry and Liverpool's Luis Suarez being banned for four and eight matches respectively, but Infantino believes that is no longer enough.

"We are saying that it should be 10 matches - it has been five matches and we will double it," he said.

"We will also submit to the whole of UEFA's member associations asking that all our members employ the same measures as well at national level.

"The fight against racism is something that's very serious and we have to make sure that there is correct action and not just words."

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