"Violence should not be on the football fields, " said a statement on the Nieuw Sloten website.

CNN: Dutch teens charged in linesman's death

On its website Nieuw Sloten said it was "deeply shocked" by Nieuwenhuizen's death, adding that it would ban for life the players found to be responsible, as well pulling its team from the league and temporarily suspending all operations as a club.

CNN: Dutch teens charged in linesman's death

Two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old -- all Amsterdam club Nieuw Sloten players -- were arrested and charged by Dutch police after the death of a 41-year-old linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who was beaten by players following a match against his club Buitenboys in the city of Almere.

CNN: Dutch teens charged in linesman's death