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The 29-year-old Egyptian international was
alleged by Zamalek to have joined with Al-Ahly fans in chanting
insults at their rival club after contributing a goal to a 3-0
victory in the Cairo derby.
The suspension was not imposed, however, until after Kahraba had
scored Al-Ahly's second goal and won the Man of the Match award
in a 2-0 league victory over Smouha on Monday.
Kahraba, whose acrimonious departure from Zamalek to Portuguese
club Aves in 2019 ended up in the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS), has denied chanting anything offensive after the January
derby.
No punishment has been meted out by the EFA to the Al-Ahly fans
for the chanting, as would be normal in such a case.
The EFA did not disclose the details of Kahraba's punishment and
declined to elaborate when contacted by Reuters, saying only
that Al-Ahly had been informed.
Al-Ahly said in a statement that the club had been informed and
that the punishment would be discussed at a board meeting on
Wednesday.
The board meeting was called after a group of Al-Ahly fans
demanded the club withdrew from the Egyptian Super Cup clash
with Zamalek in Abu Dhabi on May 5.
Kahraba has scored eight goals in 13 matches since returning in
January from a six-month suspension imposed on him by FIFA for
breaking his contract with Zamalek to join Aves.
The player insisted his contract with Zamalek was incorrectly
registered but CAS ruled against him in March last year.
CAS ordered him to pay $2 million with interest backdated to
2019 in compensation to his former club and Zamalek in January
asked FIFA to ban Kahraba for none payment.
Reports in the Egyptian media said Kahraba was set to miss 12
matches because of the suspension and had been fined one million
Egyptian pounds ($32,366).
(Reporting by Shady Amir and Osama Khairy, Writing by Nick
Mulvenney, Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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