THE ENGLISH FA is considering boycotting matches in Serbia, as pressure grows on Uefa to ban the country from international football over the racist abuse suffered by England’s under-21 players and the brawl that followed the final whistle.

Uefa last night confirmed it had opened disciplinary proceedings over the “improper conduct” of both teams and racist chanting by Serbian fans. But the governing body is likely to face renewed criticism over the fact the matter won’t be considered until its disciplinary panel next meets on November 22nd.

As the Serbian FA said it “absolutely refuses and denies that there were any occurrences of racism”, despite loud monkey noises being clearly audible at the final whistle, the FA general secretary, Alex Horne, said the events of Tuesday night had led it to “question the validity of sending a team to Serbia in the future”. “We were shocked and appalled by the disgraceful events that occurred in Serbia,” Horne said. “Our players and staff were subjected to racial abuse, violence as well as missiles being thrown at them throughout the match. What occurred is inexcusable and not acceptable.”

Last night the FA presented a formal complaint to Uefa cataloguing “numerous instances of violence and abuse”. Racist abuse was aimed at England’s black players throughout the match, and was reported to the referee at half-time along with evidence of missiles being thrown, before reaching a climax at full-time as the game dissolved into chaos following Connor Wickham’s last-minute goal and the final whistle.

Danny Rose, the Tottenham full-back who is on loan at Sunderland, was sent off after eventually reacting to the abuse by kicking the ball into the crowd. The Serbian FA said his behaviour towards supporters was “inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar” but Rose said he had been targeted from the warm-up onwards. “The first half was no way near as bad as the second half. I had two stones hit me in the head when I went to get the ball for a throw-in. Every time I touched the ball I heard monkey chants,” he said.

While apologising for the ugly scenes at the final whistle, when Serbian players and staff attacked their English opposite numbers, the Serbian FA denied there had been any racism.

“Making connection between the seen incident – a fight between members of the two teams – and racism has absolutely no ground and we consider it to be a total malevolence,” said the Serbian FA, which claimed the entire match had been played in a “sports atmosphere full of respecting fair play spirit”.

The FA and sports minister Hugh Robertson have written to Uefa, which next week will feature anti-racism messages before Champions League ties as part of a “week of action”, calling for the strongest possible sanctions. Players and anti-racism campaigners said only a ban for Serbia would suffice.

Robertson said: “The scenes at the end of the game were disgraceful. I have written to Uefa president Michel Platini, in support of the FA, urging them to investigate immediately. Racism in any form is unacceptable and must be stamped out. We would expect tough sanctions from Uefa on anyone found guilty of racist abuse.”

The British prime minister, David Cameron, was said to be “appalled” by the ugly scenes.

The FA’s complaint outlined in detail the racist chanting, which was heard in isolated pockets during the match before reaching a peak at the end, as well as the missiles hurled on to the pitch from the stands and unprovoked attacks on players and coaching staff at the final whistle.

It is believed the Uefa delegate was hit by a missile from the crowd during the match, and the goalkeeper Jack Butland was targeted by lighters, coins and seats thrown from the stands. The scenes at the end of the match were described as “unprecedented” by those present.

The Serbian staff were unapologetic afterwards, apart from the former Aston Villa striker Savo Milosevic, present as a match delegate, who is believed to have apologised to the manager Stuart Pearce.

Lord Ouseley, the chair of Kick It Out, joined calls for “serial offenders” Serbia to be banned from international competition.

Clarke Carlisle, the chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association, also called for Serbia to be thrown out of international competition. Others, including Phil Neville, called on players to take matters into their own hands and leave the pitch when subjected to racist chanting.

In 2007, the Serbian FA was fined €20,300 following misconduct by fans and players in a European Under-21 Championship match against England.