UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA AND REAL MADRID GRADUATE SCHOOL

1. Presentations in ppt


• International Transfers of Players before and after the Diarra case
• The Seraing case
• The EU and FIFA RSTP: The Genesis
• EU Case law after Bosman
• The Diarra case
• The Super League Case
• The ISU case
• The Antwerp FC case

2. Documentation

FIFA REGULATIONS


• FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (January 2025)
  
  
• Interim regulatory Framework: Explanatory Framework (January 2025)
  
  
• Procedural Rules governing the Football Tribunal (January 2025)
  
  
• FIFA LEGAL HANDBOOK (23 SEPTEMBER 2024)
  
  
• REGULATIONS ON THE STATUS AND TRANSFERS OF PLAYERS (JUNE 2024)
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS SNAPSHOT (MID Year2024)
  
  
• FIFA GLOBAL TRANSFERS REPORT 2023 (JANUARY 2024)
  
  
• FOOTBALL TRIBUNAL REPORT 2022 - 2023 (SEPTEMPER 2023)
  
  
• GUIDE TO SUBMITTING CLAIMS TO THE FOOTBALL TRIBUNAL (JULY 2023)
  
  
• PROCEDURAL RULES GOVERNING THE FIFA FOOTBALL TRIBUNAL (MARCH 2023)
  
  
• FIFA DISCIPLINARY CODE (NOVEMBER 2023)
  
  
• FIFA LEGAL HANDBOOK (SEPTEMBER 2023)
  
  
• FIFA CODE OF ETHICS (FEBRUARY 2023)
  
  
• COMMENTARY ON THE FIFA RSTP (2023 Edition)
  
  
• THE REFORM OF THE TRANSFER SYSTEM 2017-2022
  
  
• EXPLANATORY NOTES ON TRANSFERS OF MINORS
  
  
• GUIDE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR MINORS

3. DRC Decisions


• Labour Disputes (2024)
  
  

4. Court for Arbitration of Sport


• CAS 2007/A/1298 Wigan Athletic FC v/ Heart of Midlothian. CAS 2007/A/1299 Heart of Midlothian v/ Webster & Wigan Athletic FC
  
  
• CAS 2008/A/1519 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) v/ Mr. Matuzalem Francelino da Silva (Brazil) & Real Zaragoza SAD (Spain) & FIFA
  
  
• CAS 2013/A/3365 Juventus FC v. Chelsea FC

5. EU Court of Justice


• 1 August 2025
  
  Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-600/23
  Royal Football Club Seraing
  
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  Football: the Court affirms the right, for clubs and players in particular, to obtain effective judicial review of arbitral awards made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
• 4 October 2024
  
  Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-650/22
  Diarra
  
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  Freedom of movement for persons
  Football: some FIFA rules on international transfers of professional footballers are contrary to EU law
  N.B. Up today the full text of the Judgement is only available in French (language of the proceedings) and Polish (Language of the Advocate General)
  
  
• 30 April 2024
  
  Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-650/22 FIFA
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  Full text of the Opinion in English
  
  
• JUDGEMENTS OF 21 DECEMBER 2023:
  
  Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-333/21
  European Superleague Company
  Press release es en fr
  
  Competition
  The FIFA and UEFA rules on prior approval of interclub football competitions, such as the Super League, are contrary to EU law
  
  Full text of the judgement in English
  Full text of the judgement in French
  Full text of the judgement in Spanish
  Abstract in English
  
  
  
• Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-124/21 P
  International Skating Union v Commission
  Press release: en fr
  
  Competition
  The rules of the International Skating Union on the prior authorisation of skating competitions infringe EU law
  
  Full Text of the Judgement in English
  Full Text of the Judgement in French
  Abstract in English
  
  
  
• Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-680/21
  Royal Antwerp Football Club
  Press Release: en fr nl
  
  Freedom of movement for persons
  Football: the rules of UEFA and the Belgian football association on ‘home-grown players’ could be contrary to EU law
  
  Full text of the judgement in English
  Abstract in English
  
  
• Case C-415/93, Judgment of December 15, 1995, Bosman
  
  
• T-193/02, Judgement of January 26, 2005, Piau v Commission
  
  
• C-519/04 P, Judgement of July 18, 2006, Meca-Medina and Majcen v Commission
  
  
• Judgment of the Court 16 March 2010 OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS SASP / OLIVIER BERNARD E NEWCASTLE UFC

6. Books and articles


• Contractual Stability and Termination in Football
  M. Colucci ed., SLPC, September 2025.
• The European Union and Sport Handbook
  S. Bastianon and M. Colucci, SLPC, September 2025.
  
  
• Sports Arbitration and Effective Judicial Protection Under EU Law: The RFC Seraing Case
  S. Bastianon and M. Colucci, RDES, SLPC, September 2025.
  
  
• Protecting the Beauty of the Game: Towards a Safeguarding Culture
  S. Bastianon and M. Colucci eds., SLPC, August 2025.
  
  
• The Semenya v. Switzerland ECtHR Grand Chamber Judgement : Jurisdiction, Procedural Rights, and Sports Arbitration
  S. Bastianon and M. Colucci, RDES, SLPC, August 2025.
  
  
• The Evolution of FIFA Transfer Football Regulations: Challenges, Opportunities and Innovative Approaches in the Wake of the Diarra Judgement
  S. Bastianon and M. Colucci, RDES, SLPC, December 2024
• The European Union and Sport Handbook
  S. Bastianon - M. Colucci, SLPC, 2024
  
  
• The International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin
  
• Transfers of Players PART I - PART II
  
• Training Compensation
  
• Insolvency in Football
  
• Coaches
  
• International Sports Justice

7. Articles


• O.D.Bellia - M. Colucci, I want this Player and I want it now: please make it Happen!, SLPC, 2020