CAS 2014/A/3483 S.C.S Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj S.A. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Ferdinando Sforzini
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 31/03/2015
Why it matters
S.C.S Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj S.A. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Ferdinando Sforzini, 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 dismissed. 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
S.C.S Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj S.A. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Ferdinando Sforzini: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 31/03/2015. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: S.C.S Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj S.A. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Ferdinando Sforzini
Case number: CAS 2014/A/3483
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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