Real Zaragoza spreads have pledged their full support for the campaign against racism in football, in an official statement on the club´s website.

"In an attempt to defend sporting values and foster respect Zaragoza will be a leader in Spanish football," the Primera Liga club said.

"We will study the problems and if possible try to re-educate those people who have attitudes as despicable as those of the racists."

The club went on to criticise the fans who directed racist abuse at Barcelona´s Samuel Eto´o during the league match between the two sides at Zaragoza´s stadium on Saturday.

The Cameroon striker tried to leave the pitch in the second half but was persuaded to stay by players and his coach Frank Rijkaard.

After being asked by the referee, the club put out an announcement on the PA system asking fans to refrain from making offensive remarks at opposition players, but the abuse of Eto´o continued till the end of the game, which Barcelona won 2-0.

"The club is energetically opposed to any type of racism that takes place in any football stadium," the statement added.

"Racism is harmful and is far from an established norm in Zaragoza.

"We are a club who have traditionally had black players in our ranks at all levels, who have always been loved and supported by the fans.

"We cannot understand the racism of fans when we have players like Alvaro, Ewerthon and (Delio) Toledo at out club.

"There is no justifiable provocation to attack a footballer for his race, religious or political beliefs, and we will do all we can to stop these incidents taking place in our stadium."

Zaragoza were fined 600 euros ($713.6) by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) last season after a section of their fans directed similar abuse at Eto´o.

Earlier this month, the club was fined a similar amount after some of their fans directed racist insults at Real Betis´s Brazilian forward Robert.