Matches in Greece’s professional soccer leagues have been suspended indefinitely in a crackdown on violence, the Super League said yesterday.

The move follows a pitch invasion at the end of the Athens derby last weekend and a Super League board meeting which ended in a brawl on Tuesday, with Greece’s Syriza ruling party aiming to stamp out the problem of crowd violence.

“What we have been informed is that the Super League and the Football League have been suspended indefinitely,” Super League president Giorgos Borovilos said

“We have a new government who are looking to bring this subject up for discussion and implement state laws related to it.”

Greece’s Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis met Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras yesterday to discuss the matter and held further meetings with Super League president Giorgos Borovilos.

Borovilos said it had not yet been decided how long matches would be suspended and on what conditions they would resume, adding that “some things are not done in one or two weeks.

“The government wants games to start again as soon as possible, but for that they want to see immediate reactions from all of us,” he said.

“There will be further discussions between ourselves, the board of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) and the Football League where we will see how we can build legislative frameworks and implement security measures to ensure football is safe”.

It is the third time this season that professional soccer in Greece has been shut down.