The Football Association have raised the prospect of a future boycott of matches in Serbia as a bitter row blew up over the alleged racist treatment of England's Under-21 side.

The FA's general secretary Alex Horne urged UEFA to take the strongest action against the Serbian FA and questioned whether England teams would play in the country again.

UEFA last night announced charges against both the Serbian FA and the English, for improper conduct of their players, and against the Serbs for "alleged racist chanting" by fans.

Danny Rose, the defender on loan at Sunderland, claims he was targeted by racist chanting during the match, but the Serbian FA issued a statement "absolutely" denying there was any racism at all and branding the England player's behaviour ''vulgar''.

The FA have sent UEFA a full dossier of evidence, including video footage and a catalogue of incidents which they reported to match officials during and after the match.

Horne said in a statement: ''We were shocked and appalled by the disgraceful events that occurred in Serbia last night.

''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.

''We call on UEFA to take the strongest possible action against the Serbian FA, their supporters and anyone found guilty of being involved in the numerous instances of violence and abuse.

''We have also been in contact with UEFA's senior executives to express our deep concern at this matter.

''It is also clear that we must defend Danny Rose, who was sent off due to the frustration of being a target of racial abuse.

''FA officials made UEFA officials aware of racist abuse from sections of the crowd aimed at a number of England's black players at half-time on Tuesday evening.

''This matter was discussed again during a meeting with UEFA after those disgraceful scenes which followed the final whistle.

''No football team should be asked to play in any environment where racial abuse, violence and threatening behaviour is prevalent. We must question the validity of sending a team to Serbia in the future.''

However the Serbian FA statement, which they translated into English, denies that their fans were guilty of ''any occurrences of racism''.

They also criticised Rose, saying: ''Unfortunately, after the fourth minute of the additional time and the victory goal scored by the guest team, unpleasant scenes were seen on the pitch.

''And while most of the English team players celebrated the score, their player number three, Danny Rose, behaved in [an] inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner towards the supporters on the stands at the stadium in Krusevac, and for that he was shown a red card.''

Both associations have had UEFA disciplinary charges launched over the behaviour of their players at the end of the stormy encounter.

The cases will be dealt with at a meeting of UEFA's control and disciplinary Body on November 22.

The Serbian FA did issue an apology for the way their players and staff confronted members of the England party, saying: ''Football Association of Serbia apologises to the guests from England and the overall football community because of the unsportsmanlike behaviour of a part of the technical staff and players of the Serbian U-21 team."