New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- FIFA said Friday the verdict was confirmed in recent days by its appeals body after an initial ruling by three disciplinary judges.

The chant came at a game on March 31 and was later condemned by Spain star Lamine Yamal, who is Muslim, as "disrespectful and intolerable."

"Using a religion as a taunt on the field makes you look ignorant and racist," Yamal wrote in April on Instagram. The Barcelona winger was not the direct target of the abuse.

FIFA disciplinary judges wrote in their verdict "harsh sanctions were necessary," while noting it was a first offense for the Spanish soccer federation, which had reacted quickly to the incident and condemned it.

World soccer's ruling body ordered the federation to pay $20,0...