18 Apr 2025 18:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}SC Lokeren-Temse won 4–0 over RFC Seraing on Fri Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are RFC Seraing 1 win(s) Have scored 7 goals in their last 5 matches Who won between RFC Seraing and SC Lokeren-Temse on Fri 18 Apr 2025 18:00:00 GMT?SC Lokeren-Temse won 4–0 over RFC Seraing on Fri 18 Apr 2025 18:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches RFC Seraing is playing home against SC Lokeren-Temse on Fri An expert at the European Union’s highest court has questioned whether Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdicts really should be the last word in sports rows potentially overturning a system that has worked across sport since 1984 On Thursday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published Advocate General Tamara Capeta’s opinion on the dispute between Belgian side RFC Seraing and FIFA shortly after FIFA had banned third party ownership (TPO) of players’ economic rights a practice that saw investors buy stakes in players so they could take a cut of any future transfer fees A FIFA disciplinary committee gave RFC Seraing a 150,000 Swiss franc fine and a four-window transfer ban for selling stakes in three players to Maltese-based Doyen Sports one of the most active TPO syndicates in global football RFC Seraing appealed to CAS in 2016 but failed to overturn the sanction They then took the case to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court for review but lost there According to the legal regime that has underpinned almost all professional sport outside North America for decades like most other international sports federations has an arbitration clause that makes CAS sport’s supreme court in matters ranging from anti-doping cases to Financial Fair Play disputes Is this the end for football's entire transfer system or not refused to quit and took its case to the Belgian courts where an appeal court in Brussels eventually ruled that the arbitration clause was invalid Belgium’s supreme court then referred the case to the CJEU to get a definitive ruling on the arbitration clause and it is that case that Capeta has now issued her non-binding opinion the Luxembourg-based court said the Croatian legal professor believes “direct access to and full judicial review by a national court against any and all rules of EU law must be available to EU sports actors that are subject to FIFA’s system of dispute settlement whose job it is to help the court to make a final ruling companies and anyone else in dispute with a governing body should be able to appeal against CAS rulings in a national court The former chairman of FIFA’s governance committee Miguel Poiares Madurio reacted favourably to the news on X by saying Capeta’s opinion “is one more contribution to dismantle the current governance regime of sports” “Since sports arbitration has not reformed itself in compliance with the rule of law there is little alternative left to the CJEU but this,” he added In theory, if Capeta’s opinion is backed by the court when it makes its final ruling in the coming months, it could enable UEFA to appeal against the CAS decision which cleared Manchester City of breaching its FFP rules in 2020 via an EU national court although UEFA chose not to contest the ruling in the Swiss courts Man City v UEFA: The full 93-page CAS judgment explained the real significance of a ruling based on this opinion would be that the CJEU would become the most likely final arbiter for the most serious future cases involving athletes this is only the latest in a growing list of defeats for sport’s status quo following CJEU rulings in recent cases involving FIFA What a landmark European court ruling does and doesn't mean the head of The Hague-based Asser International Sports Law Centre even after a review by the Swiss Federal Tribunal will be challengeable before any national court in the EU so only a few athletes and clubs would be able to afford it and it won’t certainly yield wins for the challenger it will further reinforce its position as the court of last resort to review transnational sports governance.” sport’s decades-long practice of policing itself and keeping its disputes out of the courts is over Based in North West England, Matt Slater is a senior football news reporter for The Athletic UK. Before that, he spent 16 years with the BBC and then three years as chief sports reporter for the UK/Ireland's main news agency, PA. Follow Matt on Twitter @mjshrimper This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page European Court of Justice ("ECJ") Advocate General ("AG") Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in case C-600/23 about whether a Court of Arbitration for Sport ("CAS") award stops a domestic court in the EU from reviewing anew (de novo) whether FIFA's Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players ("STP Regulations") breach EU law.1  AG Ćapeta expressed the view that a domestic court does not have to give the force of res judicata to CAS awards where a question of EU law arises and suggested that any award resulting from mandatory arbitration such as CAS might fall outside the scope of the New York Convention (“NYC”) this approach may have an important effect given that the exclusive jurisdiction of CAS with limited review of its awards by the Swiss Federal Tribunal ("Swiss FT") is incorporated into the legal regimes of all major sporting federations Case C-600/23 concerns a dispute between Royal Football Club Seraing in Belgium on the one hand and FIFA and Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL ("URBSFA") on the other hand regarding the consistency of FIFA's STP Regulations with EU law Articles 18bis and 18ter of the STP Regulations prohibit third-party ownership of players' economic rights and limit third-party influence on clubs and provide for the possibility of FIFA to impose disciplinary measures Royal Football Club Seraing had entered into two contracts with Doyen Sports Investment Limited a company involved in financing football clubs in Europe providing for the transfer of ownership of the economic rights of certain of the applicant's players the FIFA Disciplinary Committee found Royal Football Club Seraing in breach of the STP Regulations for having entered into the two agreements prohibited it from registering players for four registration periods (two years) and ordered it to pay a fine of CHF 150,000 An appeal brought by the applicant before the FIFA Appeal Committee was dismissed which concluded in an award on 9 March 2017 that the provisions of the STP Regulations were lawful while at the same time reducing the prohibition on registering players to three periods An annulment action brought by the applicant against the CAS award before the Swiss FT was dismissed in February 2018 Doyen Sports brought proceedings against FIFA UEFA and the URBSFA before the Brussels Commercial Court The Commercial Court was requested to find that the relevant STP Regulations are inconsistent with the free movement of capital the right to the freedom to provide services the Brussels Commercial Court declined jurisdiction to hear the case The applicant subsequently appealed to the Brussels Court of Appeal the Brussels Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal an arbitral award has the force of res judicata from the date on which it is delivered without the need for a prior exequatur procedure the CAS award was final and thus acquired the force of res judicata following the dismissal by the Swiss FT of the annulment action The applicant appealed to the Belgian Court of Cassation which in particular asked the ECJ if the provisions of EU law preclude the application of national law granting res judicata to an arbitral award where the conformity of that award with EU law has been reviewed by a court of a State that is not a Member State of the European Union (i.e. AG Ćapeta suggests that the principle of effective judicial protection as enshrined in EU law precludes the application of domestic law granting res judicata to arbitral awards if such an award cannot otherwise be subject to judicial review by an EU domestic court and AG Ćapeta refers to the binding nature of CAS arbitration makes it necessary that these CAS awards be fully reviewed by the competent courts to ensure consistency with EU law As neither CAS nor the Swiss FT qualify as competent to review EU law it follows for AG Ćapeta "that their assessment of the compatibility of FIFA's rules with EU-based rights does not satisfy the requirement of effective judicial protection in EU law".2 In the present case AG Ćapeta thus suggests that the principle of effective judicial protection might be breached where the competent courts are prevented from reviewing the compatibility of FIFA's STP Regulations with EU law due to a rule of domestic law granting CAS awards due to the mandatory nature in which CAS jurisdiction is imposed on athletes and clubs by sporting federations CAS awards might not fall within the scope of the NYC suggesting that such awards might not benefit from its provisions with respect to recognition and enforcement AG Ćapeta advances two distinguishing circumstances referred to in the specific setting of FIFA's STP Regulations distinguishing CAS arbitration from commercial arbitration her Opinion puts significant weight on the difference between arbitration agreements entered into voluntarily by the parties as is regularly the case in commercial arbitration settings and what she calls "mandatory" arbitration in which one of the parties has no choice but to accept arbitration as the means of resolving their disputes such as under many sporting federations' (including FIFA) regulations the admissibility of limited review of arbitral awards in the context of commercial arbitration is inherently based on the free choice of the parties concerned to exclude the recourse to ordinary courts for all subject matters covered by the arbitration agreement the acceptance of an arbitration clause providing for the exclusive jurisdiction of CAS does not usually stem from the free will of the athlete or club concerned the subscription to a sporting federation's statute and regulations including to an arbitration clause in favour of exclusive CAS jurisdiction constitutes a mandatory requirement to participate in events organized by that federation and thus a mandatory condition for athletes and clubs to effectively exercise their profession AG Ćapeta relies on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") which observed in the case of Mutu and Pechstein v Switzerland that CAS arbitration constitutes a form of "compulsory" arbitration which must be distinguished from cases of commercial arbitration.3 The AG concludes that "for players and clubs CAS's jurisdiction is mandatory and not chosen of their own free will It therefore does not reflect their own choice to exclude access to a court and to prevent the applicability of certain legal rules to the dispute between them has consequences for the scope of judicial review that national courts should be able to perform in relation to EU law".4  AG Ćapeta's Opinion considers relevant the fact that FIFA or other sporting bodies do not need the support of courts to ensure enforcement of CAS awards Whereas an arbitral award rendered in the course of a commercial arbitration proceeding must obtain an exequatur prior to being enforced which subjects the award to review by ordinary courts and ultimately the ECJ this is not the case of arbitral awards rendered by CAS sporting and other sanctions provided for in FIFA's Regulations can be imposed directly on the athlete or club concerned following the confirmation of the CAS award by the Swiss FT AG Ćapeta concludes that "[i]n such a self-enforcing system it is unlikely that the question of compatibility of the arbitral award with EU law will reach a 'court or tribunal' in the sense of Article 267 TFEU in enforcement proceedings"5 and therefore requires judicial review by domestic State courts Based on the mandatory and self-sufficient nature of CAS arbitration AG Ćapeta suggests that "those differences demand a specific assessment in light of the principle of effective judicial protection in relation to both the question of access to courts and the scope of judicial review".6 the possibility of seizing EU domestic courts to review the EU-legality of FIFA's statutory provisions "The principle of effective judicial protection […] requires a direct judicial path to assess and to prevent the application of FIFA's rules that are contrary to EU law An arbitral award proclaiming the conformity of FIFA's rules with EU law cannot stand in the way of a national court's power to review such conformity on its own referring the question of interpretation of EU law to the Court if necessary attaching the force of res judicata to an arbitral award in relation to its finding that EU law was not infringed is contrary to the principle of effective judicial protection".7 AG Ćapeta argues in favour of a public policy review as well as a full re-examination in light of all applicable provisions of EU-law: "[…] Even if the precise meaning and scope of public policy of the European Union is not clearly settled it does not seem to relate to all rules of EU law but only to those rules of higher public importance Public policy control therefore does not necessarily concern every rule of EU law that bestows a right on an individual That is acceptable in commercial arbitration as it may be considered that the parties voluntarily excluded the application of some rules of a legal system but could not exclude those of public policy such as the CAS arbitration under the FIFA Statutes the parties do not freely choose to exclude the application of some EU rules to their situation the reasons that justify a limited scope of judicial review in commercial arbitration cannot readily be applied to mandatory arbitration be able to conduct the review of FIFA rules against any and all rules of EU law AG Ćapeta goes on to question the applicability of the NYC to CAS awards or to arbitral awards rendered in the context of "mandatory" arbitration it is possible to conclude that mandatory arbitration does not meet the requirement of Article II(1) of the NYC that the parties 'undertake' freely and consensually agree to submit their dispute to arbitration.9 AG Ćapeta refers to the ECJ's 2023 decision in C 124/21 P International Skating Union v European Commission ("ISU"),10 and suggests that her approach is in line with that decision inviting the ECJ to "expand" on the approach adopted therein with a cross-appeal regarding the fact that ISU's regulations required arbitration before CAS of any disputes including disputes raising issues of EU competition law The ECJ held that the relevant provisions of EU law formed part of the EU's public policy "judicial review must […] be able to cover the question whether those awards comply with the fundamental provisions that are a matter of EU public policy which include Articles 101 and 102 TFE".11 It determined that "such a requirement is particularly necessary when such an arbitration mechanism must be regarded as being imposed by a person governed by private law such as an international sports association the ECJ held that the review by CAS awards provided by the Swiss FT does not guarantee respect of EU public policy and that the requirement to resolve disputes through CAS in the absence of a review before national EU courts of EU competition policy The Opinion presented by AG Ćapeta picks up on these findings and extends them to apply across the entire range of EU law: "Direct access to challenge FIFA's rules despite a CAS award confirming their validity should be available to subjects who claim that their rights guaranteed by EU law have been infringed The scope of review should not be limited to public policy but should include all relevant EU law provisions It should be possible to exercise such review in all judicial proceedings be they initiated as a direct challenge to FIFA's rules in enforcement proceedings of a CAS arbitral award or incidentally in a different type of procedure such as the one initiated by an action for damages".13 while the AG refers to the decision of the ECtHR in Mutu and Pechstein v which also highlighted the mandatory nature of CAS arbitration it is noteworthy that this did not prevent the ECtHR from considering that CAS was sufficiently independent and impartial to be considered as proper arbitration "and that the CAS when operating as an appellate body external to international federations is similar to a judicial authority independent of the parties".14 The Opinion of AG Ćapeta is that CAS is a form of mandatory arbitration which is not able to ensure consistency with EU law given that the only limited review of its decision is before the court of a non-EU State she is of the view that domestic courts in the EU as well as the ECJ must be able to fully review any claims under EU law (not limited to competition law) related to measures adopted by sports federations such as in FIFA's STP Regulations Domestic law cannot give such CAS awards the force of res judicata She even goes so far as to suggest that CAS awards may not merit protection under the NYC or a full judicial review is required as matter of public policy in respect of CAS awards given their mandatory and self-sufficient nature It remains to be seen if the ECJ will follow the AG in her assessment which would arguably result in a far-reaching extension of the competence of EU domestic courts to review CAS awards the regulations and statutes of sporting federations could be subject to review by any EU domestic court irrespective of any exclusive jurisdiction clauses in favour of CAS arbitration The ECtHR only found a violation for lack of public hearing as concerned one of the two athletes (Pechstein) appearing as applicants White & Case means the international legal practice comprising White & Case LLP a New York State registered limited liability partnership a limited liability partnership incorporated under English law and all other affiliated partnerships This article is prepared for the general information of interested persons Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome Results for {phrase} ({results_count} of {results_count_total}) Displaying {results_count} results of {results_count_total} On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Ćapeta rendered her Opinion in the Seraing case which could have profound effects for transnational governance of sports AG Ćapeta highlights convincingly the specificities of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the forced nature of its jurisdiction and the peculiar private enforcement system used to enforce its awards I believe she might be going too far in deducing from these specificities not only that CAS awards should be deprived of res judicata effect but also that national courts should be allowed to review decisions and regulations of international sports governing bodies (SGBs) against any and all rules of EU law and disregard entirely a pre-existing CAS award The consequence would be a substantial devaluation of the legal bindingness of CAS awards and jeopardize the current system of transnational sporting justice While I commend the AG for putting the finger on important specificities of CAS arbitration which should indeed lead to a more stringent review of CAS awards I’d like to advocate in this blog an alternative Instead of a total devaluation of CAS awards the recognition of their bindingness could be made dependent on their compliance with European public policy and fundamental due process rights The sanctions were imposed as a response to the Club’s violation of the ban on third-party ownership (TPO) introduced in the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players the questions referred to the CJEU in this case are not focused on the legality of the TPO ban they concern the bindingness of CAS awards in follow-up proceedings before national courts the Belgian Cour de Cassation asked whether a national law conferring res judicata effect to a CAS award which has not been reviewed by a court authorised to send a preliminary reference to the CJEU (CAS awards are subjected to setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court) it asked whether conferring probative value to such an award is compatible with the same EU law provisions AG Ćapeta rejected the idea of conferring a res judicata effect to CAS awards and endorsed the possibility of conferring probative value to CAS awards we’ll focus our attention on the former position AG Ćapeta makes one fundamental point throughout her Opinion: CAS arbitration does not equal commercial arbitration This specificity of the CAS is grounded in two characteristic features of its operation: the forced nature of its jurisdiction and the private enforcement of its award Let’s unpack briefly the AG’s Opinion on this point the Court alluded to the forced nature of CAS arbitration where it pointed out that effective judicial review was “particularly necessary when such an arbitration mechanism must be regarded as being 193) and that “[c]ompliance with that requirement for effective judicial review applies in particular to arbitration rules such as those imposed by the ISU” (para the Court did not delve further into the forced nature of CAS arbitration nor did it consider its consequences with regard to the intensity of the review exercised on CAS awards Such a recognition is not to be underestimated as it entails important consequences in the assessment of the CAS’s compliance with fundamental requirements of due process and human rights one would welcome a similar stress on this specificity of CAS arbitration by the CJEU itself which would draw a more explicit distinction of sports arbitration from traditional commercial arbitration challenges against CAS awards “are in practice difficult and burdensome for athletes” (para AG Ćapeta brings this specificity of CAS arbitration further under the spotlight “if a party refuses to implement a CAS award because it considers it to be in breach of EU law it cannot simply refuse to comply with such an award nor does FIFA need to initiate an enforcement procedure before the national court” “FIFA can enforce the award on its own” (para the club was banned from registering new players during three transfer windows This ban was directly implemented by the Belgian federation and meant that the club could not recruit any player (amateur or professional) for 18 months when a club refuses to comply with a FIFA decision or a CAS award imposing a fine or monetary compensation FIFA can make use of its disciplinary power to impose sporting sanctions on the club (typically a points deduction) which will then be automatically implemented by the national federation concerned and severely affect the club’s ranking she rightly concludes that in such a system “it is unlikely that the question of compatibility of the arbitral award with EU law will reach a ‘court or tribunal’ in the sense of Article 267 TFEU in enforcement proceedings” (para the AG put the finger on two key specificities of the CAS its legitimacy cannot be traced back to the party’s consent as its jurisdiction is in most instances imposed through the SGBs’ private power to exclude athletes and clubs from key sporting opportunities that in practice it is extremely difficult to challenge ex post the implementation of CAS awards due to the effective transnational private enforcement capacity of the SGBs she concludes that it is possible “that judicial remedies that were considered sufficient to guarantee effective judicial protection and uniformity of EU law in the context of commercial arbitration are not sufficient for the system of the self-sufficient mandatory arbitration at issue in the present case” (para AG Ćapeta draws one main conclusion from her finding that CAS arbitration is fundamentally different from commercial arbitration It calls for a “specific assessment in light of the principle of effective judicial protection in relation to both the question of access to courts and the scope of judicial review” (para the AG’s Opinion in Seraing goes beyond the CJEU’s ISU ruling concerning the scope of the review that ought to be exercised by national courts on CAS awards the AG proposes to sideline the longstanding Eco-Swiss case-law in the context of forced CAS arbitration She stresses that “the reasons that justify a limited scope of judicial review in commercial arbitration cannot readily be applied to mandatory arbitration” (para argues that a national court of a Member State must “be able to conduct the review of FIFA rules against any and all rules of EU law any CAS award notwithstanding” (emphasis added she also rejects the applicability of the New York Convention to CAS awards as she considers that the Convention’s application requires the free consent of the parties to the arbitration (see paras 118-119) grounded in the specificities (or paradoxes) of CAS arbitration would substantially reduce the authority of CAS awards as the SGBs’ decisions or regulations endorsed by CAS awards would become challengeable anew throughout the EU on any EU law ground this would drastically devalue the legal bindingness of a CAS award for the parties involved and would risk returning us to the situation which prevailed before the emergence of the CAS when decisions of international SGBs were being challenged throughout the world by different national courts leading to contradictory outcomes and protracted processes It is important to stress that this function can be discharged by the CAS only if all those directly affected by the regulations and decisions of international SGBs have no other choice but to appeal to the CAS when they challenge decisions of SGBs the ensuing CAS awards should also have some degree of bindingness and be subjected to challenges only when they breach fundamental principles (such as due process rights or human rights) multiple judicial interpreters would compete in determining the meaning and implications of the same rules and equality before the law would be jeopardized While the ISU judgment of the Grand Chamber did sap the bindingness of CAS arbitration clauses it left an important opening for the CAS to recover its exclusive jurisdiction by moving its seat onto the territory of the EU ISU was primarily an attack against the monopoly of the SFSC as a supervising court rather than against the CAS itself it was limiting the scope of the review exercised to matters of EU public policy (ISU would leave CAS awards easily challengeable or disregarded throughout the EU thus inviting parties to systematically re-litigate their cases before national courts This could lead to fragmentation of transnational sports law and would risk reviving judicial nationalism/favouritism in the context of international sporting disputes It would also considerably increase the litigation risks and costs faced by SGBs thus diverting economic resources from the support of their sport to their legal teams and advisers The AG is entirely correct to point out the exceptionalism of the CAS and its post-consensual foundations She is also right to consider that CAS awards need to be subjected to external control (more serious than the light touch supervision currently exercised by the SFSC) The transnational function of the CAS does not justify disrespecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of athletes or clubs depriving its awards of all their binding value under EU law would be risking throwing away the baby with the bathwater then we might as well just close the CAS and accept that international sporting disputes will for now on be litigated before national courts (at least in the EU) would probably be a chaotic and uncoordinated judicial landscape unlikely to foster a governance of international sports more favourable to athletes or the public interest What do I mean by the “spirit of the Solange method” It is obvious that the context of the present case is very different from the one of the original cases decided by the GCC I believe that the approach of the ‘Solange method’ could be a productive inspiration to navigate the intricate tension between transnational sports law and EU law at the core of the Seraing case while there is a widely recognised need for global rules and processes to guarantee a level playing field at international sporting competitions or regulate the transnational labour markets emerging in their wake these regulations should not escape entirely EU law scrutiny due to their functional necessity to allow transnational legal pluralism to flourish while maintaining the potential for external intervention grounded in the EU’s most fundamental values and principles ensuring that common rules continue to be applied globally and at the same time guaranteeing that those subjected to these rules can effectively claim respect for their fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in EU law or the ECHR References[+] The autonomy of EU law is a jealous mistress…”thou shall have no other legal orders but me” First undermining international energy dispute arbitration Your alternative proposal around the Solange method appears to really be the logical choice in the circumstances but I wonder what it would entail in practice Does it mostly require a change in the CAS’ decision-making practice so that it systematically addresses issues of EU-law compatibility I guess to some extent that also puts the onus on the parties to CAS proceedings who should be more proactive in brining EU-law adjacent reasoning in their submissions The real crux seems to be whether the CJEU (and EU institutions more generally) can be satisfied that EU-law compatibility could be ensured without some degree of ‘control’ over the CAS and I’m not sure I see many options to achieve this 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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}FC Liege won 2–1 over RFC Seraing on Fri The current head to head record for the teams are FC Liege 3 win(s) FC Liege have won the previous 3 matches against RFC Seraing Have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches Haven't kept a clean sheet in 8 matches Who won between FC Liege and RFC Seraing on Fri 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?FC Liege won 2–1 over RFC Seraing on Fri 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches FC Liege is playing home against RFC Seraing on Fri We use cookies to collect and analyse information on site performance and usage to improve and customise your experience, where applicable. View our Cookies Policy Click Accept and continue to use our website or Manage to review and update your preferences The following cookies are necessary to allow you to access the website including login move between pages and to receive services which you have requested They include cookies to store analytics and track user interactions so we can personalise content to best suit your interests and needs These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features Performance cookies monitor site performance and user actions These cookies do not collect identifiable information we may use cookies to display advertisements that we believe are relevant to you or work with advertisers to display our own adverts on third party websites based on cookies set on your visit to the Website An adviser to the EU’s highest court the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found that national courts must be allowed to carry out judicial reviews of FIFA rules for their compatibility with EU law Advocate General (AG) Tamara Ćapeta concluded that this should be the case even where an award backing the FIFA rules has been made by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and confirmed by that country’s supreme court She was issuing an opinion in a long-running case involving Belgian football club RFC Seraing which had been sanctioned by FIFA for transferring the economic rights of some of its players to Maltese company Doyen Sports FIFA had banned third-party ownership of players in 2015 and its disciplinary measures against Seraing were later confirmed by CAS and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Doyen then sought a declaration from the Belgian courts that the FIFA ban breached EU law but those courts declined jurisdiction on the basis that Belgian law attributed the force of res judicata (binding) to certain types of commercial arbitration awards sought guidance from the Court of Justice on whether EU law precluded the application of such national provisions to an arbitral award that had been reviewed solely by a court of a non-EU state AG Ćapeta found that sports arbitration was different from commercial arbitration where there was free acceptance of the arbitration clause by both parties “FIFA’s sports-arbitration clauses are mandatory. Sport actors subject to FIFA’s rules have no option but to submit their disputes to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and, subsequently, to CAS,” she stated. “Unlike a party to commercial arbitration, FIFA can enforce the arbitral award on its own, by prohibiting players to play or clubs or associations to participate in its competitions,” she added. As a result, AG Ćapeta found that those involved in sport in the EU who are subject to FIFA’s dispute-settlement system must have access to a court with the power to judicially review FIFA rules for their compatibility with EU law. Division wins two prizes at 2025 Accountancy Awards Mark O’Shaughnessy joins from Byrne Wallace Shields Ms Justice Nuala Jackson is keynote speaker New appointments body launches selection process DPC eyes further action over ‘inaccurate’ information Minister tells POA of plan to encourage greater use Midfielder ‘not without fault’ as appeal part-upheld SLBA annual conference open to all practitioners FIFA arbitration clauses ‘mandatory’ – CJEU adviser Online course for legal and non-legal professionals 28 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}K The current head to head record for the teams are RFC Seraing 2 win(s) Have scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches 28 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 10 goals in their last 5 matches According to L’Équipe FC Metz and RFC Seraing will look to end their 11-year partnership after Bernard Serin The French and Belgian teams have had a close working relationship in recent years owing to the dual status of Serin with multiple players exchanged between the two sides since 2013 when the businessman took over Seraing three Metz players are on loan in Belgium with Oussmane Kebe (20) and Édouard Soumah-Abbad (21) representing the latest in the line of a long list of players that had made the trip from the French side Georges Mikautadze (23) had been on loan at Seraing where the Georgian forward had flourished this relationship now looks to be coming to an end with Mario Franchi (who was president of Seraing from 2013 to 2022) looking to purchase the club away from Serin GFFN | Nick Hartland @2025 - All Rights Reserved. Get Football Group Nieusblad.be – CHARLEROI, Charleroi quickly put Seraing aside winning with a dominant score of 3-0.  It didn’t take long for the home team to convert that predominance into a goal: In the 18th’ Seraing lost the ball, Charleroi quickly switched and Hosseinzadeh served Bayo, who scored his first goal since his return to Charleroi. The home side went into halftime with a 1-0 lead. After the break, the game image was reversed for a few minutes: Seraing had two chances – only to give the ball away after a corner, after which Marcq reached Bager, who headed in the 2-0 on the 52nd’. Less than ten minutes later in the 61st’ the game was completely booked. Charleroi received a penalty after a foul on Strulic – after the intervention of the VAR, admittedly – and Ilaimaharitra put it in the corner. 3-0 with half an hour to go, the Carolos would not relinquish that. In the standings, Seraing remains joint last with KV Oostende, and Charleroi settles (for the time being) next to Anderlecht in a shared eleventh place. 28 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}RWD Molenbeek won 3–0 over RFC Seraing on Fri The current head to head record for the teams are RWD Molenbeek 1 win(s) Have kept the most clean sheets in the competition (13) RFC Seraing haven't lost to RWD Molenbeek in their last 5 meetings (3W Who won between RWD Molenbeek and RFC Seraing on Fri 28 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT?RWD Molenbeek won 3–0 over RFC Seraing on Fri 28 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches RWD Molenbeek is playing home against RFC Seraing on Fri 07 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Club Brugge NXT won 3–2 over RFC Seraing on Fri The current head to head record for the teams are RFC Seraing 5 win(s) RFC Seraing haven't lost to Club Brugge NXT in their last 7 meetings (5W Who won between RFC Seraing and Club Brugge NXT on Fri 07 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT?Club Brugge NXT won 3–2 over RFC Seraing on Fri 07 Mar 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches RFC Seraing is playing home against Club Brugge NXT on Fri 02 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Lommel vs RFC Seraing on Sun The current head to head record for the teams are Lommel 2 win(s) Haven't kept a clean sheet in 12 matches Have scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches Haven't kept a clean sheet in 11 matches Who won between Lommel and RFC Seraing on Sun 02 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT?Lommel vs RFC Seraing on Sun 02 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT ended in a 2–2 tie.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Lommel is playing home against RFC Seraing on Sun OneFootball's home page Search Settings Sign In Sign InJoinRFC Seraing to send former AC Milan defender Leroy Abanda to Greek Super League | OneFootballGet Belgian & Dutch Football News Sudinfo are reporting that Seraing are sending Leroy Abanda, who they signed in the summer from AC Milan The move appears to be in hope that this will free up space for the team to add an attacking player One attacker they did sign in the summer has already departed in the winter window with Simon Elisor returning to France on loan Seraing got their first win for months at the weekend, with a 2-1 win over fellow relegation strugglers Oostende In terms of incomings, Seraing are also reportedly interested in Nantes young attacking midfielder Gor Manvelyan Nantes are willing to let the youngster leave on loan to increase his match time as he is currently not in head coach Antoine Kombouaré plans for the remainder of the season Manvelyan has played six times for Nantes II Related NewsInter Milan defender hails Barcelona youngster as the ‘toughest player I have ever faced’ Inter Milan President Admits ‘I’m Happy To Suffer’ Ahead Of Champions League Showdown Vs Barcelona Unbeaten in 13 of the last 14: All the key stats ahead of Genoa vs. Milan Italy Star Insists Inter Milan ‘Will Give 200%’ Vs Barcelona – ‘We’re Two Matches Away From Winning The Champions League’ Curva Nord Suspend Ticket Price Protest In Inter Milan Vs Barcelona Champions League Showdown: “We’ll Chant From Minute 1” Harry Kane says long-awaited first trophy ‘feels sweet’: ‘Been a long time coming’ Trent Alexander-Arnold announces Liverpool exit Trent Alexander-Arnold has confirmed that he will leave Liverpool this summer via a lengthy social media statement.The academy product is out of contract at Anfield at the end of the... 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As confirmed by the club recently relegated FC Metz loaned attacker Wagner Dias to Belgian Pro League side Seraing before the Belgian transfer window closed last night Metz and Seraing often swap players having signed a partnership agreement in 2013 and Vagner is the latest to spend the year on loan in Belgian Vagner has been out of favour at Metz since returning from another loan with Swiss clubs Sion last season Despite boasting significant pedigree in Ligue 2 after brilliantly carrying Metz’s local rivals Nancy to safety on two occasions before he left to join FCM via his then-parent club Saint-Etienne for €3m New Metz coach Laszlo Bölöni has only given the Cape Verde international 23 minutes of game time so far this season while the 26-year-old forward has only made 37 appearances for the club since joining in 2020 Sign InJoinDieumerci Mbokani close to signing for Seraing | OneFootballGet Belgian & Dutch Football News Dieumerci Mbokani is close to making a return to the Pro League Mbokani is one of the most successful strikers the Belgian league has ever seen ranking 10th in the division’s list of all-time top scorers finding the back of the net 102 times in 203 matches across spells for Anderlecht He left the latter club last year for Kuwait SC but he has since decided to terminate his contract due to a dispute regarding his wages and has stated that he’d be happy to return to Belgium Het Laatste Nieuws reporting that the 36-year-old is close to signing for Seraing on a free transfer Second division side SK Beveren had hoped to convince Mbokani to join them he’s far more interested in his more recent offer Related NewsLong-serving Real Madrid star will leave at the end of the season – report ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishGENERAL, POLITICS, ECONOMYBelgian nuclear phase-out: Luminus secures subsidies for new gas plant in Seraing14 April 2022 The energy company Luminus has obtained subsidies to build a new gas plant in Seraing The project was selected through a subsidy auction after a previously selected gas plant in Vilvoorde did not receive a licence The subsidies for the 870-megawatt gas plant are part of the Belgian capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM) to ensure supply security after the nuclear phase-out the Belgian federal government set up a capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM) which entailed subsidies for capacity that would replace nuclear power the aim was to shut down all seven Belgian nuclear power plants by 2025 Due to rising energy prices and the war in Ukraine the Belgian government decided to keep two power plants open for another ten years the seven nuclear plants accounted for 52% of Belgium's total electricity production in 2021 One of the two projects selected in a subsidy auction in October was not given a licence by the Flemish Minister for the Environment Zuhal Demir (N-VA the plant's emissions would have been too high according to nitrogen regulations N-VA strongly opposes the nuclear exit initiated by federal Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen Luminus now emerges as Engie's replacement the project in Seraing would be entitled to more than 40 million euros in subsidies per year until 2040 Citizens' group Tegengas (Against Gas) is outraged at the subsidy allocation They point out that the construction of a gas plant is also planned in Les Awirs a village a few kilometres away from Seraing An appeal before the Belgian Council of State against the environmental permits of both plants is still pending Picture shows the gas plant Luminus is already operating in Seraing The new gas plant will be constructed on the same site © BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu Source: footballghana.com « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Joseph Painstil The 22-year-old penned a two-year contract extension with the Garnets which will run until June 30 who is on-loan at RFC Seraing in Belgium since August 2020 has guided Seraing from the Belgium Second Division to the First Division He arrived in Moselle in July 2017 from Génération Foot Academy but could not manage to find a place in the Metz squad after playing 15 matches He was loaned to AC Ajaccio in 2019-2020 and then RFC Seraing last season The Gambian international nevertheless seems to have found his cruising speed in Belgium.  the former Real de Banjul player largely contributed to the accession of the Steelworkers within the elite by playing 21 games (5 goals Ablie Jallow has started all of RFC Seraing’s fixtures in the Pro League His performance in the Seresian jersey therefore did not leave the leaders of Metz indifferent who decided to extend the contract of their attacking midfielder.  He was initially tied to FC Metz until June 2022 he is now set to be contracted until June 2024.  The 22-year-old opened the scoring for his side in the 13th minutes of the game Amadou Dia N’Diaye and Abdelhafid Al Badaoui Sabri scored the other goals to make it a comfortable win for the Metallos The Bundung-born player joined the Belgian First Division B Side Royal Football Club Seraing (RFC Seraing) on loan for one year from French top division side Metz in August 2020 Germano as he fondly called now scored one and assisted five in eight games for RFC Seraing The victory has moved FC Seraing to 2nd position with 29 points while Club Brugge II sit on 8th position with 7 points after thirteen matches The former Real de Banjul player turned professional after signing for Metz in 2017-2018 season from Senegalese side Generation Foot He was sent on loan to Ajaccio in 2019 before again being sent out on loan to RFC Seraing in August 2020 Ablie made his international debut for the Scorpions of The Gambia in 2015 and has since established himself as one of the star players for The Gambia national team Ablie Jallow will not feature under the colours of Metz FC in the upcoming French League 1 season as he is loaned to Belgian side who has two years left on his contract at Metz The Bundung-born player is the seventh player of the Garnets to join the workforce of Emilio Ferrera Ablie Jallow played for Ajaccio last season in the French second division where he featured in 11 games and scored a goal RFC Seraing is a partner club of Génération Foot Abou Lo and Amadou Dia Ndiaye and he played there in addition to other garnets The Nigerian youngster was at it again after he inspired KAA Gent to a comprehensive away win in the Belgian Jupiler Orban was involved in three of the goals as Gent demolished RFC Seraing 5-0 to make it three consecutive wins on Saturday The 20-year-old scored both goals in either half before he turned provider for the third goal to inspire his club to an excellent away performance AC Milan and Napoli are reportedly interested in a summer move for Gent striker gift Orban The incredible display against Seraing is the latest showing from the Nigerian superstar who continues from where he stopped before the break Orban took his tally for the season to nine goals in six matches in the Jupiler for Gent His brace and assist also mean he has now scored or assisted 13 goals in his last six matches for the Belgian side across all competitions Orban could be the second Nigerian striker to make history in Europe one year after Dessers wrote his name in the record books the excellent Orban was not the only Nigerian on the score sheet for Gent against RFC German-born centre back of Nigerian descent Jordan Torunarigha was also on target in the five-goal thriller After his compatriot scored two and assisted the third of put Gent in a commanding 3-0 lead the 25-year-old made it 4-0 when he netted a right-footed effort from the box after just the hour mark Super Eagles hopeful Gift Orban has received plaudits from Gent coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck It was his third goal of the season for the club with the Super Eagles hopeful having also provided two assists this season for Gent Hugo Cuypers completed the rout for Gent when he made it 5-0 13 minutes from time to seal a good day at the office Gent have now won four of their last four matches and extended their unbeaten run to six matches since the defeat to Club Brugge back in late February Club football returns this weekend as the international break ended a few days ago Betting Prof has chosen a few games with some alluring odds Gent want at least €50m for the in-form Orban Nigerian striker Gift Orban scores four in Gent's 6-2 victory over Zulte Waregem Gent striker Orban has burst onto the scene in impressive fashion in Belgium and is earning rave reviews for his goalscoring for the Buffaloes Nigerian forward Gift Orban scored a stunning winning goal for Gent against Anderlecht Former champion has hailed Evra ahead of his MMA debut Paris Saint-Germain's top scoring forward is a doubt for the Champions League semi-final second leg clash against Arsenal FIFA has relegated one African club over match-fixing allegations Time and where to watch Nigeria's Efe Ajagba take on Congo's Martin Bakole in a fight for African boxing king Time and where to watch Flying Eagles of Nigeria's 2nd U20 AFCON group game against Young Atlas Lions of Morocco Former England player who rejected the chance to represent the Nigerian national team now wants to replace Eric Chelle See what fans are saying about the robbery of Nigerian boxer Efe Ajagba against Congolese star Martin Bakole as Battle of Africa ends in a draw Artificial intelligence weighs in on the speculations surrounding Victor Osimhen's future With Trent Alexander-Arnold departing Liverpool is he the Premier League's greatest full-back of all time Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold announced his departure from the Reds today which has led to a lot of reactions on social media Moises Caicedo has expressed his pride and gratitude after being named Chelsea's Player of the Season by his teammates and the supporters An in-depth report has divulged the inside story of Trent Alexander-Arnold's decision to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid Sampaoli has compared Mbappe's mentality to Ronaldo FIFA president has openly declared support for his favourite team ahead of the UCL semifinal clash Pogba shows off skills while waiting for new club Reports suggest Arsenal are prepared to make a significant bid for a Serie A forward to address their need for a reliable goalscorer Reports indicate that Manchester United will pursue a LaLiga defender if they achieve Champions League qualification Real Madrid have reportedly stepped up their interest in two Bournemouth players after scouting them against Arsenal Trent Alexander-Arnold’s move to Real Madrid as a free agent is confirmed by Fabrizio Romano with the Liverpool star set to sign a five-year deal after 20 years and eight major trophies with the Reds Trent Alexander-Arnold explains his emotional decision to leave Liverpool in June 2025 citing the need for a new challenge after 20 years Trent Alexander-Arnold has decided to end his 20-year-old romance with Premier League champions Liverpool Super Eagles star Ademola Lookman showed his happiness after helping Atalanta defeat Monza on Sunday afternoon Fenerbahçe legend Serhat Akın revealed that Yellow Canaries supporters have labelled him a traitor for defending Victor Osimhen Having at long last secured a significant trophy Harry Kane jubilantly celebrated with his fellow Bayern Munich players Source: ghanasoccernet.com « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Kwame Nsor RFC Seraing played a 1-1 draw against Waasland-Beveren during the first-leg two weeks ago at Seraing’s Stade du Pairay played the entire match in the second leg and assisted his side’s second goal scored by Brahim Sabaouni in the dying minutes of the first half “Germano” as he is fondly called moved to Belgian side RFC Seraing on-loan from French Ligue 1 side Metz last season The former Real de Banjul and Generation Foot player played a key role for his Belgian Second Division side after scoring five goals and providing six assists in 23 matches “I am so happy to be part of the players that helped the team gain promotion to the First Division League My mission was to help the team gain promotion which I have now achieved Now I will be happy to go back to my team (Metz) and challenge for a new chapter,” said Ablie Jallow during an interview with Point Sports Asked about whether he will extend his stay with the Belgian side he replied that it is left to his parent team to decide adding that he will return to his parent club in France (Metz) to face a new challenge Ablie Jallow was born in Bundung and spent his early career with Real de Banjul and Génération Foot before moving to Metz in France in July 2017 He signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 side Metz In September 2019 he moved on loan to Ajaccio joining Belgian side RFC Seraing along with five other Metz loanees It now remains to be seen whether Ablie Jallow will extend his stay beyond the current loan agreement between RFC Seraing and Metz The 23-year-old Gambian international attacker scored his side’s first goal in the 42nd minute before Dario Del Fabro scored his side’s second goal in the 45+1 minute of the first half Bas Dost scored a brace in the 17th and 30th minutes for Club Brugge while Cisse Sandra scored the winner in the 44th minute of the game has now scored four goals for RFC Seraing in 17 matches The defeat dropped Ablie Jallow and Seriang to 15th position with 19 points while Club Brugge moved to 2nd position with 33 points after 17 matches in the Belgian First Division League.