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UEFA: "The national teams are just as important as the clubs" (Michel Platini)

"I have never understood the disagreements between the clubs and national associations, as if one is superior to the other. When I played, I gave 100% to the club and 100% to the French team. So we changed the calendar of national teams a little and established the 'week of football'. A week of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 14904
• Published on 18/02/14 at 16:00
©  Parlement européen
European Parliament: 2022 Qatar World Cup "a risk and an opportunity" (Theo Zwanziger, FIFA)

The organisation of the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 represents "a risk and an opportunity. The World Cup may improve the human rights situation," said Theo Zwanziger, a member of the executive committee of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), during a hearing before the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14937
• Published on 18/02/14 at 14:28
©  Commission européenne
The transfer market "can be seen as a threat to the equity of competitions" (A. Vassiliou, EU)

"Football stakeholders are free to reduce the number of transfer windows per season or to modify the rules underpinning the current windows, provided the resulting system is in line with EU rules on free movement of workers and on competition," said Androulla Vassiliou, the European commissioner…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 14831
• Published on 14/02/14 at 15:24
©  ECA
ECA delays replacement of Sandro Rosell on executive committee to "a later meeting"

"The decision regarding Sandro Rosell's replacement in the ECA Executive Board (European Clubs Association) and the UEFA (European Football Associations Union) Professional Strategy Council has been postponed to a later meeting," declared the ECA on 12/02/2014. During this period, Karl-Heinz…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14816
• Published on 14/02/14 at 12:38
©  D.R.
Spain: Copa del Rey final (Barcelona-Real) to be held at Mestalla stadium in Valencia on 19/04/2014

The final of the Copa del Rey in 2014 will see FC Barcelona oppose Real Madrid at the Mestalla stadium (55,000 seats) in Valencia on 19/04/2014. Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid (3-0, 2-0) in the semifinals, while FC Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad (2-0, 1-1). This is the seventh Cope del…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 14815
• Published on 14/02/14 at 11:38
©  ASMFC
Monaco-LFP deal: seven leaders introduce action for annulment before the French Council of State

Seven presidents or senior executives of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs introduced an action, on 13/02/2014, before the French Council of State for annulment of the agreement concluded on 24/01/2014 between the LFP (French Professional Football League) and AS Monaco (Ligue 1). The lawyer Romaric…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 14802
• Published on 13/02/14 at 18:52
©  AS Monaco
Monaco-LFP deal: "A legal action set against a hasty, not transparent and insufficient arrangement"

"The leaders of the undersigned professional clubs have decided to initiate a legal action set against what appears as a hasty, not transparent and insufficient arrangement, in order to cancel this transaction," stated seven presidents or leaders of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 clubs in France in a letter…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 14788
• Published on 13/02/14 at 17:25
Qatar 2022: publication of "Workers’ Welfare Standards" for World Cup construction sites

Qatar announced measures called "Workers’ Welfare Standards" aimed at protecting the many immigrant workers employed on projects relating to the 2022 World Cup, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee announced on 11/02/2014.The emirate also invited the ILO (International Labour Organisation) to verify…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14755
• Published on 13/02/14 at 15:59
©  FIFA
Brazil 2014: workers at Manaus stadium threatening to strike after the death of a worker

Stadium workers at Manaus have threatened to strike and demanded safer work conditions on 10/02/2014, after the death of a worker aged 55 on 07/02/2014, during the dismantling of a crane. "We demand more safety for workers. We know that the construction company does not want any deaths, but we…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14705
• Published on 12/02/14 at 17:30
French Senate: fact finding mission sent to Bayern and Schalke 04, on 11 and 12/02/2014

A fact finding mission regarding professional sport and local authorities took place in Germany on the 11 and 12/02/2014 to study the economic model of professional clubs and their relationship with local authoritiesThis French enquiry, led by Senator Michel Savin, was approved and scheduled by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 14694
• Published on 12/02/14 at 16:42