To help prevent football-related disorder at the tournament, fans of the clubs who are already subject to a football banning order for previous thuggish behaviour will be forced to surrender their passports to the police from June 9-July 13.
“Many Manchester City and Chelsea fans will want to travel to support their teams in this summer’s tournament and we want them all to do so safely and enjoyably,” Policing Minister Diana Johnson said in a statement.
“But for the tiny minority of troublemakers who use football as an excuse for criminality, we will be applying the same proven preventative measures that we have successfully done for other overseas tournaments.”
The fans in question will be contacted by the Football Banning Orders Authority, the statement said, adding that failure to comply with the rule could result in an unlimited fine or a possible six-month prison sentence.
There were 2,172 football banning orders in force in England and Wales, according to data from last year.
Club banned from the World Cup
The supporters are not the only ones banned from attending the tournament. Mexican side Club Leon have been kicked out after they “failed to meet the criteria on multi-club ownership”.
Leon, who FIFA determined were linked to fellow Mexico side CF Pachuca, were slated to be in the same group as Chelsea but a replacement will be confirmed in due course prior to the tournament getting underway.
It has been reported that FIFA are tying with the idea of having a play-off decide who gets the final spot.
FIFA Club World Cup groups
Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami
Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders
Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica
Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea,
Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan
Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns
Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus
Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg
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