Ireland's Under-21s have been awarded a 3-0 win over Kuwait - after their friendly was abandoned on Monday.
Jim Crawford’s side made the decision to walk off the pitch with 20 minutes still to play, after a racist comment was allegedly made against one of the Irish substitutes by a Kuwaiti player.
Caps will be awarded for the game and the goals scored by Ollie O’Neill, Conor Carty and Aidomo Emakhu will remain on their records.
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The FAI yesterday issued a statement regarding the circumstances surrounding the abandonment of the match in Austria.
“During the second half of Ireland Under-21s’ international friendly with Kuwait U22s in Austria on Monday evening, we can once again confirm that a racist remark was made to an Ireland substitute by a Kuwaiti player,” said a spokesperson.
“The comment was heard by a number of Ireland players who reported this immediately to match officials as well as to members of the Ireland and Kuwait team staff.
“Due to the nature of the remark made and with no affirmative action in relation to it from our opponents, the game was abandoned.
“FAI staff and players were fully in support with this decision.
“The FAI has offered its full and unequivocal support to the player who was subjected to racism and to his team-mates.
“We again confirm that we will be reporting this matter to FIFA and UEFA. The FAI does not tolerate any racism towards any of our players or staff.”
FAI CEO Jonathan Hill added: “Our position here is very simple and unequivocal. We take a zero tolerance approach to any form of racism and we fully support the actions of Jim and his team.
“No player at any level of football should be exposed to this type of situation.”
Ireland Under-21 boss Jim Crawford spoke out passionately earlier this year when members of the Under-15 side were subjected to online racist abuse.
And he backed the decision by the FAI to bring the matter to UEFA and FIFA.
“I fully support the FAI’s stance to take this matter to FIFA and UEFA and hope now that the correct and appropriate action is taken,” Crawford said.
“I’m proud of the stance our players and staff took to stand by one of our own.
“No-one should be subjected to racism, football’s beauty is its inclusivity and we won't let racism ruin our game.”
The incident marked the end of a training camp in Austria that was dogged by issues.
Their opener against Gabon was called off at short notice after the African side decided not to travel. Ireland drew 2-2 against Ukraine last Friday.
