Super League: "Spanish court confirms the validity of the pre-authorisation system in place" (UEFA)

UEFA "takes note of the judgment from the Madrid Commercial Court" and "is pleased to note that the judge confirmed the validity of a pre-authorisation system being in place for third party competitions to be approved under UEFA’s authorisation rules and recognised the undoubted benefits of such rules for the football sporting system. The court also confirmed that the current version of UEFA’s authorisation rules (as adopted in June 2022) is not affected by today’s ruling," announced the European body on 27/05/2024.

UEFA is reacting to the publication, on the same day, of the Madrid court's decision to "partially uphold the action brought by the European Super League Company S.L. (ESLC) against UEFA and FIFA and find that both bodies have abused their dominant position and prevented free competition in the market by granting themselves the discretionary power to prohibit participation in alternative competitions and to impose unjustified and disproportionate restrictions that infringe articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)."

The Spanish…