What is the ruling on one who says, upon defeat in football, "This is due to bad luck"?

The questioner : Your Eminence, we find that some journalists who comment on matches, when the other team loses, say: "This team lost due to bad luck." This phrase has caused me great confusion, especially if one considers that "luck" (al-ta'la) refers to the astrologer or a meaning close to it?

The Shaykh : Yes, this is said by one who does not know the Shari'ah. He says to a person if he succeeds: "This is due to the rising of the stars," and if he is delayed: "This is due to bad luck." This is from astrology, which is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah), because the rising and setting of the stars have no part in the matter; the matter is in the hand of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, whether a person is born under this star, that star, or at any other time. In the authentic hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrated by Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, he said: And the one who claims that a man's victory or failure is due to good luck or bad luck is of this type, of this type about which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that he is a disbeliever in Allah. It is obligatory for the one who said it to repent to Allah from that, and for the one who heard it to disapprove of it and to clarify that in public gatherings and private gatherings among the youth, because some people do not know the meaning of this word and do not know on what basis it is built.