CAS 2008/A/1519 & 1520 FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD v. FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 19/05/2009
Why it matters
FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD v. FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD, a contractual 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 partially upheld. For a student, it is a worked example of how CAS enforces contracts in sport, between clubs, players, agents or federations, applying the relevant regulations and Swiss law.
Summary
FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD v. FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 19/05/2009. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD v. FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, Real Zaragoza SAD
Case number: CAS 2008/A/1519 & 1520
Outcome: Partially Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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