CLASS ACTION AGAINST FIFA AND THE FRENCH, GERMAN, DUTCH, BELGIAN AND DANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATIONS

It has been reported that the Dutch foundation ‘Justice for Players’ (JFP), has commenced, on 4 August 2025, a class legal action against FIFA, the World Governing Body of Association Football and the French, German, Dutch, Belgian and Danish football associations.

JFP claims that 100,000 footballers, who have been playing in Europe since 2002, could have lost income as a result of “unlawful” FIFA transfer regulations.

This class action is a consequence of the ruling last year by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Diarra case, which found that some of the FIFA regulations restricted freedom of movement of workers and breached European Union Competition Law.

For details of the Diarra case, see our earlier Post of 28 October 2024.

It has also been reported that the claim, if successful, could result in several billion Euros in damages being awarded.

Watch this space!

For further information, email either Dr Lucien Valloni or Dr Estelle Ivanova at valloni@valloni.ch and ivanova@valloni.ch respectively.