STOCKHOLM, July 24 (Reuters) - ⁠Norway's football association (NFF) will consider making an ethics complaint to FIFA over the ⁠decision to suspend a ban imposed on U.S. forward Folarin Balogun at ‌the World Cup after an intervention by U.S. President Donald Trump, an NFF spokesperson told Reuters.

Balogun was handed a one-match ban after receiving a red card in his side's 2-0 round-of-32 win over Bosnia that ​ruled him out of their last-16 clash with Belgium.

That ⁠prompted Trump to contact FIFA President ⁠Gianni Infantino and urge him to have the punishment reviewed, with the governing body suspending ⁠the ‌ban for one year.

Despite the Americans losing to Belgium, Trump's intervention and the subsequent decision by FIFA's disciplinary committee to put the ban on hold ⁠drew widespread criticism.

"The NFF will ask Infantino/FIFA to admit that ​it was a mistake ‌to reverse the decision," a spokesperson for NFF president Lise Klaveness told Reuters ⁠in a text ​message.

The NFF has previously backed a complaint to FIFA's Ethics Committee by non-profit human rights organisation FairSquare about the awarding of a Peace Prize to Trump, which it says is a breach ⁠of the governing body's political neutrality rules.

The Norwegian ​federation will now consider whether to submit a new complaint to the FIFA Ethics Committee.

"Our board will decide at its board meeting on August 6 whether to combine the two cases, ⁠or whether to have them as two separate cases," the NFF spokesperson said.

FIFA has yet to respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Infantino's relationship with Trump came under scrutiny during the tournament, with many calling for the 56-year-old Swiss lawyer to focus on ​football rather than politics.

Javier Tebas, president of Spain's LaLiga, criticised ⁠the Balogun decision earlier this week, adding that the time had come for Infantino to ​step down.

"The suspension of the American player's ban is ‌an extremely serious matter," he said. "They were lucky ​that Belgium eliminated the U.S., because otherwise a case could have arisen that might have cost Infantino his job."

(Reporting by Philip O'ConnorEditing by Toby Davis)