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# Footballers in French football league refuse to play anti-homophobia match
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/french-footballers-refuse-to-play-anti-homophobia-match/
- Published: 2023-05-15T12:44:40.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-15T12:47:14.000Z
- Description: Toulouse’s Zakaria Aboukhlal and Nantes’ Mostafa Mohamed were omitted from the teamsheet for a French football league Ligue 1 clash between the two clubs on Sunday, May 14 after refusing to participate in a campaign against homophobia, which saw all teams in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 wearing shirts with n
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Sport, Football, France, LGBT, LGBTQ

Toulouse’s **Zakaria Aboukhlal** and Nantes’ **Mostafa Mohamed** were omitted from the teamsheet for a French football league **Ligue 1** clash between the two clubs on **Sunday, May 14** after refusing to participate in a campaign against homophobia, which saw all teams in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 wearing shirts with numbers in rainbow colours.

Moroccan Aboukhlal, a regular starter for Toulouse, sat out the game because he refused to wear the jersey, according to *La Depeche du Midi* newspaper, which added that **Logan Costa** and **Fares Chaibi** also did not want to play although they were both named on the teamsheet.

Mohamed, an Egyptian, also refused to wear the jersey, a source close to his Nantes team said.

Guingamp’s Senegalese defender **Donatien Gomis** ruled himself out of the Ligue 2 clash with Sochaux on Saturday for the same reason, club sources there said.

As part of the elite French leagues’ annual anti-homophobia campaign, the rainbow-adorned shirts will be sold at auction with the proceeds going to three charities active in fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination.