TPO: Doyen Sport and RFC Seraing's appeal against FIFA dismissed by the Brussels Court of Appeal

"The Brussels (BEL) Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Doyen Sports Investments and Belgian club FC Seraing seeking the illegality of FIFA's Third Party Ownership (TPO) and Third Party Influence (TPI) rules," announced the International Federation on 12/13/2019.

The Malta-based investment fund and the Belgian club were challenging the ban on the use of third party ownership (TPO) and influence (TPI) as per "article 18bis and 18ter of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players," said FIFA.

"In the decision, which was handed down on 12/12/2019, the Court of Appeal acknowledges the full effect of res judicata - a final judgment no longer subject to appeal - of the Court of Arbitration for Sports award on the same matter rendered on 09/03/2017 and of the judgement of the Swiss Federal Tribunal rendered on 20/02/2018, and confirms the validity of the disciplinary decisions rendered by the FIFA disciplinary committees which sanctioned FC Seraing for having violated the TPO and TPI rules," added FIFA, which specified that "the appellants did not bring to the Court…