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CAS 2007/A/1273 Trabzonspor v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sporting Clube de Portugal SAD

Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 28/04/2008

Why it matters

Trabzonspor v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sporting Clube de Portugal SAD, a transfer dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. For a student, it is a worked example of how CAS and the FIFA regulations govern player transfers, training compensation and the stability of contracts.

Summary

Trabzonspor v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sporting Clube de Portugal SAD: a transfer dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 28/04/2008. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Trabzonspor v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sporting Clube de Portugal SAD

Case number: CAS 2007/A/1273

Outcome: Upheld

Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.

Issues in play: a transfer dispute

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