<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the Procedural Rules Governing the FIFA Football Tribunal, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; in Article 3 it provides that the Tribunal is to apply the FIFA regulations primarily and Swiss law additionally.</p>

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<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>35 articles</b> + one annexe, in four parts</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>In force from the start of 2027; until then the January 2026 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What are the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal?</h2>
<p>The Football Tribunal is FIFA's quasi-judicial body, composed of three chambers: the <strong>Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC)</strong> for contractual disputes and training compensation cases, the <strong>Players' Status Chamber (PSC)</strong> for regulatory cases such as the international transfer of players under 18 and changes of association, and the <strong>Agents Chamber (AC)</strong> for disputes concerning football agents. The present Procedural Rules determine the rules of procedure before all three chambers: from how a claim is lodged and the applicable time limits to evidence, the language of proceedings and the notification of decisions.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from January 2026</span></h2>
<p>This document is the <strong>seventh edition</strong> of the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal since the Tribunal was established (previous editions: October 2021, June 2022, October 2022, March 2023, January 2025 and January 2026).</p>
<p>The present edition was approved by the <strong>Bureau of the FIFA Council</strong> on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and, pursuant to its Article 35, comes into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>, replacing the January 2026 edition (approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2025). The overall structure of the document — 35 articles and one annexe — has been retained.</p>
<p><strong>Transitional rule:</strong> contrary to the common assumption that new procedural rules govern only new claims, Article 32(1) of this edition specifies that proceedings initiated <strong>before</strong> its entry into force are also subject to these Rules, and decisions on the details of their application to pending cases rest with the FIFA general secretariat (Article 32(2)).</p>
<h3>The most significant substantive change from the January 2026 edition — Article 3</h3>
<p>The title of this article has changed from "Applicable law" to "Applicable rules and regulations" and its text has been rewritten in full:</p>
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<li><b class="t">2026 text</b>The chambers of the Tribunal apply the FIFA Statutes and regulations "whilst taking into account all relevant arrangements, laws and/or collective bargaining agreements that exist at national level".</li>
<li><b class="t">2027 text</b>"The Football Tribunal will primarily apply the FIFA regulations and, additionally, Swiss law."</li>
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<p>The express reference to national laws and collective bargaining agreements has thus been removed from Article 3 and replaced by Swiss law as the subsidiary law — a point of direct significance, when drafting submissions, for parties who build their case on domestic rules (including national association regulations or contracts governed by national law).</p>
<p>Among the formal changes: the title of Article 35 has changed from "Entry into force" to "Adoption and entry into force", and the transitional paragraph on the entry into force of the Agents Chamber provisions as of 1 October 2023 — which had become obsolete — has been deleted.</p>
<div class="reg-note"><strong>Operative status:</strong> until 31 December 2026, the January 2026 edition continues to govern proceedings before the Football Tribunal.</div>
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<h2>Structure of the document</h2>
<p>The document comprises 35 articles and one annexe, arranged in four parts: <strong>general provisions</strong> (scope, jurisdiction, composition of the chambers, independence and conflicts of interest, confidentiality); <strong>general procedural rules</strong> (parties, notifications, time limits, submissions and evidence, language of proceedings and publication of decisions); <strong>specific proceedings</strong>, covering claims before each of the three chambers, including claims for training compensation (Article 28), the international transfer or first registration of a minor player (Article 30) and petitions for a change of association (Article 31); and <strong>final provisions</strong>, including transitional rules, matters not provided for and force majeure.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Players and coaches in a contractual dispute with a foreign club, clubs involved in international transfer cases or claims for training compensation and the solidarity mechanism, FIFA-licensed agents, and sports lawyers must comply with the formal rules of this document before bringing any claim before the Football Tribunal; failure to observe its time limits and formalities can lead to a claim being dismissed on formal grounds.</p>
<p>The full English text of this edition is available via the download button on this page, and the other editions can be viewed in the "Editions of these regulations" box.</p>
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Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal - January 2027 edition

<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; a sanction for failure to enforce decisions of national dispute resolution chambers (NDRCs) within 60 days has been added to the regulations.</p>

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<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>76 articles</b> + Annexe 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Forthcoming edition — in force from the start of 2027; until then the May 2026 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the FIFA Disciplinary Code?</h2>
<p>The FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) defines disciplinary offences in football, determines the corresponding sanctions, and regulates the organisation and jurisdiction of FIFA's judicial bodies and the procedure before them. Its scope covers FIFA matches and competitions, as well as offences that do not fall within the jurisdiction of the confederations or the member associations; member associations are also required to bring their own disciplinary regulations into line with the principles of this document.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from May 2026</span></h2>
<p>Under Article 76, this document was approved by the <strong>Bureau of the FIFA Council</strong> on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and enters into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>. The change in this edition compared with the May 2026 edition is focused and confined to a single subject.</p>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
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<li><b class="t">Sanction for failure to enforce decisions of national dispute resolution chambers</b>For the first time, it is provided that where a decision has been issued by a <strong>national dispute resolution chamber (NDRC) recognised in accordance with the FIFA regulations</strong> and the association concerned fails to enforce it <strong>within 60 days</strong>, the disciplinary consequences set out in this article may be applied. This provision did not exist in the May 2026 edition or in earlier editions.</li>
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<div class="reg-note"><strong>Scope of the change:</strong> Apart from the addition of the provision on national dispute resolution chambers and the updating of the adoption article, this edition contains no other substantive difference from the May 2026 edition.</div>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs and federations involved in international disciplinary proceedings, players and coaches subject to suspensions, and sports lawyers appearing before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and the FIFA Appeal Committee rely on the text of these regulations. In any given case, the governing edition is the one in force at the time the offence was committed — unless later regulations provide for a more lenient sanction; for that reason, access to the text of earlier editions is of practical importance.</p>
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FIFA Disciplinary Code - January 2027 edition

<p class="reg-lead">The January 2027 edition of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, approved on 10 June 2026 and in force from 1 January 2027; Article 17 (consequences of terminating a contract without just cause) has been rewritten in its entirety.</p>

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<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>10 June 2026</b> — Bureau of the FIFA Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>29 articles</b> + 7 annexes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Forthcoming edition — in force from the start of 2027; until then, the July 2025 edition governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What are the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players?</h2>
<p>The FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) lay down the global, binding framework for the registration of players, their amateur or professional status, transfers between clubs affiliated to different associations, contractual stability, the protection of minors, and the training compensation and solidarity mechanisms. A number of the articles of these regulations must be incorporated without amendment into the internal regulations of every national association.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from July 2025</span></h2>
<p>This edition was approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on <strong>10 June 2026</strong> and enters into force on <strong>1 January 2027</strong>. It is the most significant rewriting of Article 17 in the history of these regulations; the previous mechanism for calculating compensation ('mitigated compensation' and 'additional compensation' equal to three months' salary) has been removed from the text entirely and replaced with a new system.</p>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
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<li><b class="t">Replacement of 'positive interest' with 'full compensation'</b>It is now provided that, in the absence of agreed compensation, the party injured by the breach of contract is entitled to <strong>full compensation for the damage caused by the breach</strong>, with compensation calculated in light of the damage suffered and the circumstances of each case, on the basis of the prescribed criteria. For the player, it is specified that the damage includes, in particular, <strong>the residual value of the breached contract</strong> and other items.</li>
<li><b class="t">A guaranteed minimum in termination agreements</b>It is now provided that any agreement on the financial compensation payable to the player must be <strong>at least equivalent to the residual value of the breached contract</strong>, unless exceptional circumstances justify a lower amount.</li>
<li><b class="t">A presumption of inducement within 45 days</b>For the first time, it is provided that if a player signs a new contract <strong>within 45 days</strong> of the breach of contract, <strong>the new club is presumed to have induced the player to commit the breach</strong>. The presumption is rebuttable, provided that the new club proves the contrary <strong>'to the comfortable satisfaction of the Football Tribunal'</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">A defined standard of proof for joint and several liability</b>The joint and several liability of the new club is now conditional on inducement being established <strong>on the 'balance of probabilities'</strong> — a standard that was not expressly stated in the text of previous editions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Graduated sporting sanctions with a two-year recidivism period</b>In place of the previous single sanction, a graduated system has been introduced: a first breach within the <strong>two-year recidivism period</strong> → a warning and a fine; a second breach → a restriction to registering no more than five new players in one registration period, together with a fine; a third breach → <strong>a complete ban on registering any new player for one entire period</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">A defined period of ineligibility for the player in breach</b>It is now provided that a player who commits a breach of contract during the protected period is banned from playing in official matches for <strong>four months</strong>, and that where aggravating circumstances exist this period increases to <strong>six months</strong>; the ban applies immediately upon notification of the decision.</li>
<li><b class="t">Extension of the Ukraine contract-suspension deadline to 30 June 2027</b>The deadline laid down in the annexe governing the war in Ukraine has been extended by a further year.</li>
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<div class="reg-note"><strong>Note:</strong> A comparison of Articles 13 to 18 of this edition with the July 2025 edition shows that the rewriting of Article 17 was accompanied by a rearrangement of the internal headings (joint and several liability, the presumption of inducement, sporting sanctions against clubs and against players). The remaining articles retain their previous structure.</div>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For clubs engaged in international transfers, players and coaches under contract with a club abroad, and agents and sports lawyers, this document is the principal basis for the legal assessment of a case. In any dispute, the edition of the regulations that applies is the one in force at the time the event occurred; for that reason, access to the text of earlier editions is of practical importance for past cases.</p>
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