Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/4946 Sports Club “Gaz Metan” Medias v. Romanian Football Federation (RFF) & Romanian Professional Football League (RPFL), award of 9 August 2017 (operative part of 15 February 2017) Panel: Mr Bernhard Welten (Switzerland), Sole Arbitrator Football Disciplinary sanction due to the violation of the Romanian Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations Late submission of new documents during appeal proceedings Qualification of a debt as an overdue payable resulting…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4910 Sport Luanda e Benfica FC v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 8 May 2017 Panel: Mr Jacopo Tognon (Italy), Sole Arbitrator Football Disciplinary sanction for failure to comply with the decision of a FIFA body Scope of disciplinary proceedings and of its review at appeal level Proportionality of disciplinary sanction (fine) 1. As a general principle, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee (FIFA DC) has to take…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4884 FC Ural Sverdlovsk v. Toto Tamuz, award of 1 May 2017 Panel: Mr Sofoklis Pilavios (Greece), Sole Arbitrator Football Termination of the employment contract without just cause by the club Definition of just cause to terminate a contract of employment Burden of proof Notice prior to terminating a contract Payment of compensation for unlawful termination of contract 1. In the absence of definition of the concept of just…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4875 Liaoning Football Club v. Erik Cosmin Bicfalvi, award of 15 May 2017 Panel: Mr Lars Hilliger (Denmark), President; Mr Rui Botica Santos (Portugal); Mr Michele Bernasconi (Switzerland) Football Termination of the employment contract without just cause by the club Determination of the law(s) applicable to a labour contract Nullity of a reciprocal contractual clause setting a disproportionate obligation for one party towards the other Assessment of the amount…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4859 Hong Kong Pegasus FC v. Niko Tokic, award of 30 June 2017 Panel: Mr Alexander McLin (Switzerland), Sole Arbitrator Football Termination of the employment contract Choice of applicable law Exclusion of evidence under Article R57 para. 3 CAS Code Request to remit the dispute to a third body for resolution Applicability of an arbitration clause referring to domestic arbitration in the context of art. 22 lit. b RSTP…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4858 Delfino Pescara 1936 v. Envigado CF, award of 12 June 2017 Panel: Mr José Juan Pintó (Spain), Sole Arbitrator Football Transfer Methods of interpretation of ambiguous contractual clauses Determination of the moment a contractual obligation to pay falls due Determination of the debt settled by an unspecified payment Non-excessive annual default interest rate for late payment 1. The interpretation of a contractual provision in accordance with article 18…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4821 Stoke City Football Club v. Pepsi Football Academy, award of 30 March 2017 Panel: Alexander McLin (Switzerland), Sole Arbitrator Football Solidarity contribution Application of solidarity contribution to exchanges of professional football players deprived of monetary consideration Impossibility of the transfer value of exchanged professional football players to be equal to nil Identity of the players’ respective transfer value in case of a free of charge exchange of two…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4814 Free State Stars Football Club v. Daniel Agyei, award of 12 April 2017 Panel: Mr Ivaylo Dermendjiev (Bulgaria), President; Mr Manfred Nan (The Netherlands); Prof. Massimo Coccia (Italy) Football Termination of an employment contract Ex officio result of a failure to comply with a time limit Determination of the starting point for the calculation of the compliance with the time limit (dies a quo) Notifications via associations Sources…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4790 Genoa Cricket and Football Club S.p.A. v. Danubio Fútbol Club de Uruguay, award of 6 June 2017 Panel: Mr Hendrik Willem Kesler (The Netherlands), President; Mr Jacopo Tognon (Italy); Mrs Svenja Geissmar (Germany) Football Transfer of a player with a sell-on clause Determination of the prevailing version of the transfer agreement Interpretation of a contractual clause 1. If neither the Italian nor the Spanish version of a transfer…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitrage TAS 2016/A/4778 Mohamed Ali Maalej c. Fédération d’Arabie Saoudite de Football (SAFF), sentence du 6 avril 2017 Formation: Prof. Ulrich Haas (Allemagne), Arbitre unique Football Sanction disciplinaire contre un entraîneur Conditions matérielles de l’existence d’une convention d’arbitrage Conditions formelles de l’existence d’une convention d’arbitrage Principes d’interprétation d’une convention d’arbitrage Conséquences du défaut d’une partie au regard du principe du contradictoire 1. Pour qu’il y ait une convention d’arbitrage, les parties…

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