- The player is now officially under provisional suspension. The process is classified as “urgent”.
The Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation has opened disciplinary proceedings against Cristiano Ronaldo following his abandonment of the National Team’s training camp.
According to the Portuguese website Abola, the player is now officially on provisional suspension.
Full statement
“Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, by decision of the Non-Professional Section, on October 9, 2026, with the objective of ascertaining the potential disciplinary relevance of the facts reported on October 7, 2026.
Without prejudice to the automatic preventive suspension to which he was subject until the date of initiation, a non-automatic preventive suspension of the player was determined, and the proceedings were given urgent status.
The proceedings were sent, on October 10, 2026, to the Disciplinary Instruction Committee of the FPF (Portuguese Football Federation), with publicity excluded until the end of the investigation.
It should be noted that, due to these events, the captain was already automatically suspended.”
Under the Portuguese Football Federation’s regulations, Ronaldo could be suspended for between one and six months and fined between 500 and 1,000 euros.
