Overview
- The club canceled the five members’ Red Pass season tickets with immediate effect.
- Benfica said the behavior was incompatible with its values and principles and opened formal disciplinary cases.
- Social‑media videos from Estádio da Luz show supporters making monkey gestures and sounds toward Vinícius Júnior.
- The incidents occurred in the first leg of the Champions League playoff in Lisbon on February 17.
- The identities of those suspended were not disclosed, and the club reaffirmed a zero‑tolerance stance on discrimination.