Yannick Sagbo and Benoît Assou-Ekotto face FA bans over 'quenelle' tweets
Nicolas Anelka was banned for five games and fined £80,000 for making the sign after scoring against West Ham in December, and was sacked by West Brom.
The quenelle sign is described as an inverted Nazi salute.
The pair have until 8 April to respond to the Football Association charge.
Quenelle gestureIt is a hand gesture devised by French,is an anti-establishment symbol many view it as an anti-Semitic gesture, reminiscent of the Nazi salute.People have been photographed making the sign at synagogues and Holocaust sites
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Striker Sagbo, 25, plays for Ivory Coast, while Frenchman Assou-Ekotto, 30, is on loan at QPR from Tottenham.
Manchester City's Samir Nasri was handed a formal warning for comments he made on social media relating to the gesture and Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho was reminded of his responsibilities
Anelka denied his use of the sign was intended to be anti-Semitic, and the commission reported it did not find he was "an anti-Semite".
The striker claimed he made the gesture in support of his friend Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, a French comedian who has been convicted seven times of anti-Semitic crimes.
The FA had initially wanted a tougher punishment for the player but opted not to appeal against the independent regulatory commission's decision.
He was sacked for gross misconduct after announcing he was quitting the club in march.
Manchester City's Samir Nasri was handed a formal warning for comments he made on social media relating to the gesture and Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho was reminded of his responsibilities
Anelka denied his use of the sign was intended to be anti-Semitic, and the commission reported it did not find he was "an anti-Semite".
The striker claimed he made the gesture in support of his friend Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, a French comedian who has been convicted seven times of anti-Semitic crimes.
The FA had initially wanted a tougher punishment for the player but opted not to appeal against the independent regulatory commission's decision.
He was sacked for gross misconduct after announcing he was quitting the club in march.
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