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Barcelona hit with one year transfer ban

Barcelona have been hit with a one year transfer ban following a FIFA investigation into the club...
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13.54 2 Apr 2014


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Barcelona hit with one year transfer ban

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Barcelona have been hit with a one year transfer ban following a FIFA investigation into the club’s transfers of underage players. The investigation also found the Spanish FA (RFEF) guilty of illegal transfer activity. The ban relates to breaching rules regarding the international transfer of players under the age of 18.

In addition to the transfer ban, Barcelona have also been fined €369,000 and given “a period of 90 days in which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned” according to a FIFA statement. The RFEF have been fined €410,000.

The FIFA statement went on to say: “The RFEF and FC Barcelona were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of non-Spanish minors with the club, as well as other relevant regulations with regard to the registration and participation of certain players in national competitions. The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013.

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“The Disciplinary Committee underlined that FIFA takes the protection of minors in football very seriously. The protection of minors is one of the key principles included in the agreement concluded between FIFA, UEFA and the European Commission in 2001. The Disciplinary Committee acknowledged that young football players are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse in a foreign country without the proper controls. This particular fact makes the protection of minors in football by the sport’s governing bodies, especially by FIFA, even more important.

“With regard to the case in question, FC Barcelona has been found to be in breach of art. 19 of the Regulations in the case of ten minor players and to have committed several other concurrent infringements in the context of other players, including under Annexe 2 of the Regulations.”

 


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