Lausanne: Croatia on Thursday were deducted one point from their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign after a swastika was scrawled on the pitch ahead of the 1-1 draw against Italy in June, UEFA confirmed.

After the penalty Croatia are on 13 points at the top of Group H, with Italy second, one point behind. UEFA also ruled that Croatia's next two home matches will be played behind closed doors and have banned the team from playing qualifiers at the Split stadium where the incident occured.