The European Football body has awarded Serbia a three-nill victory in the Euro qualifier match with Albania in Belgrade that was abandoned on October 14th amid violence.

UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has declared Serbia the winner of the abandoned match with Albania with a score 3:0.

It held the Albanian team to blame for refusing to continue to play on following a spate of violent incidents.

The football body will, however, detract three points from Serbia in the Euro 2016 qualifiers for allowing fans to invade the pitch. Serbia will also play the next two matches without the presence of fans.

UEFA also fined the two football federations 100,000 euro each over the incident.

Albania’s Footbal Federation, FShF, described the ruling as unfair and announced that it would appeal the decision.

The first football match ever held between Albania and Serbia ended after a small drone with a banner embossed with Albanian motifs flew over the pitch, after which Serbian fans erupted.

The banner flown by the drone portrayed a map of “Greater Albania” covered with an Albanian flag and the portraits of independent Albania’s two founding fathers, Ismail Qemali and Isa Boletini.

After Serbian player Stefan Mitrovic pulled down the banner a scuffle ensued between the two teams, as Albanian players grabbed the flag back from Mitrovic.

The scuffle turned into a worse brawl when a group of Serbian fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albanian players, prompting British referee Martin Atkinson to suspend the match. The score was 0:0 at the time.

Videos and pictures show Serbian fans attacking Albanian players with fists and kicks as the Serbian players try to protect them.

Serbian fans also threw torches and lighters at the Albanian players as they left the field. Several Albanian players were hit by hooligan who had invaded the pitch.

Earlier in the match, Serbian fans booed the Albanian national anthem and chanted bloodthirsty, racist slogans, such as “Kill, Slaughter, so that the Šiptar [a pejorative term for Albanians] do not exist.”/balkaninsight/