UEFA 's general secretary Gianni Infantino has warned that there will be no choice but to suspend Greece from international football unless the country 's government rescinds proposed new laws . The Greek government has put forward a bill which could see sporting events cancelled due to incidents of crowd violence and teams prohibited from playing in European competition . UEFA and FIFA say that is direct government interference in football and have threatened to suspend Greece . Panathinakos ' game against Olympiakos in February was marred by crowd trouble in Athens . Greek government have proposed new laws banning teams from European competitions , but UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino says they are not allowed to directly interfere with football . Infantino said : 'Sadly there will be no other choice than to suspend the Greek Football Federation if this new legislation is passed because football does not allow government interference . 'There are currently three other countries , outside of Europe , which are currently facing similar issues - Indonesia , Pakistan and Zimbabwe . I think people in Greece should be very concerned because a suspension will have a serious impact on their football . 'Do n't forget that it will affect more than the national team . If your clubs do n't play in our competitions , their coefficient will also drop , meaning that less teams can qualify for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League . ' UEFA and FIFA sent a final letter of warning on Wednesday but the Greek government is refusing to back down . Greece 's deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis told Greek television on Wednesday night : 'We are not going to change the philosophy of the sports bill . The supervision exercised in Greek football by FIFA and UEFA has failed . ' Greek police try to stop Panathinaikos fans who invaded the pitch during a Greek Super League match .
The Greek government has proposed a new law which could see sporting events cancelled due to incidents of crowd violence in the country . UEFA say that direct interference in football by government is not allowed . Greece have been threatened with suspension unless they rescind laws . The Greek government have refused to back down with the proposed law .