Ronaldo given 30-day ban and 255-euro fine for leaving Portugal camp

Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for 30 days and fined 255 euros by the Portuguese Football Federation's Disciplinary Council for leaving the national team camp. The council published its final ruling on Monday, 19 October, finding him guilty of one intentional offence under Article 160(1).

Much of the reaction online was about the fine. Goal and O Jogo worked out that Ronaldo earns 255 euros in about 38 seconds. That is a press calculation, not an official figure.

How the council got to 30 days

For leaving the national team, the rulebook allows a suspension of one to six months. The council then counted two factors in his favour: his services to football, and a clean record, with no federation offence this season or in the three before it.

His confession cut the range again. A Bola reported that, after he admitted the facts, the possible ban ran from 8 to 45 days. The council gave him 30. After the same cuts, 255 euros was the highest fine available.

The council did not accept everything. Ronaldo asked for three mitigating factors and got two. It rejected the claim that he had helped establish the truth, saying the facts were already public. A Bola and DN reported that the ruling said his social media post had made public speculation worse.

What he missed

According to the ruling, Ronaldo left the camp in Copenhagen on 30 September and phoned federation president Pedro Proença to say he was not in the right state of mind to stay. Between 30 September and 4 October, he missed 31 team activities, including training sessions, meals, travel and two matches: Denmark on 1 October and Norway on 4 October.

When he is back

The ban counts from when he left. Sapo and DN reported that 19 days had already been served, leaving 11. Goal dates the start to 30 September and AFP to 1 October; either way, he is free by the end of October.

That puts him in line for Portugal's match against Denmark in Braga on Saturday, 14 November, and the game against Wales three days later. The last time Portugal played Denmark, on 1 October, they won 4-2, and Rafael Leão wore the number seven shirt.

No appeal has been reported.