Roma, Bilbao and Spartak punished for fan violence

Roma have also been handed a two-match ban on their supporters at away games, with the suspension for the second match deferred for a probationary period of two years.

Two Roma fans were arrested by police during the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Liverpool in April after a fan of the English team, Sean Cox, suffered serious injuries in an attack.

UEFA also fined the Italian club 50,000 euros, European soccer's governing body said in a statement https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/disciplinary/index.html.

Bilbao and Spartak have been sanctioned for fan violence during their round-of-32 Europa League tie in Spain in February which resulted in the death of a policemen.

The officer died in hospital after suffering a heart attack when police were trying to stop street battles between supporters in the northern Spanish city.

(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)