Spain's anti-violence commission has fined Barcelona €66,000 after the Catalan club's fans booed the national anthem before the Copa del Rey final in May.
Athletic Bilbao, from the separatist Basque region, were fined €18,000 for their fans' part in the booing while the Spanish Football Federation was fined €123,00.
The game, which took place at the Camp Nou, was won 3-1 by Barca, sealing a domestic double.
Miguel Cardenal, the Spanish secretary of sport, commented: "What took place was imprudent and everything should have been done to have prevented it. The fines are neither extraordinary or given in order to make an example. It was a strict and rigorous application. Millions of Spaniards saw how very important symbols were attacked by thousands of people inside the stadium."
News of Barcelona's sanction comes days after UEFA fined them €30,000 for supporters displaying pro-Catalan independence flags at the Champions League final in Berlin, falling foul of UEFA rules that prohibit "the use of gestures, words, objects or any other means to transmit any message that is not fit for a sports event, particularly messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature."
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