Circular 1949 FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2026

TO THE MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OF FIFA Circular no. 1949

Zurich, 24 October 2025

FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2026

Dear Sir or Madam,

FIFA is pleased to announce that the next FIFA Football Law Annual Review will be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 19 and 20 February 2026. The 2026 edition of the event will once again provide a platform to share updates on football regulatory work, case law and landmark decisions from FIFA’s judicial bodies, as well as significant proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The event will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in French and Spanish and it will be live-streamed on FIFA.com. Full audio and video recordings will be available on legal.fifa.com after the event. For more information, please refer to the attached brochure.

Should you have any questions regarding the FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2026, please do not hesitate to contact Zelin Xu, Independent Committees & Legal Projects Manager, at annual-review@fifa.org.

We appreciate your attention and look forward to welcoming you in Budapest or online.

Yours faithfully,

FIFA

Mattias Grafström Secretary General

Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20 P.O. Box 8044 Zurich Switzerland T: +41 (0)43 222 7777 www.FIFA.com Encl.: Official brochure

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- Confederations
- European Football Clubs
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- World Leagues Association

2 KEMPINSKI HOTEL With the With the collaboration support 19 & 20 FEBRUARY 2026 of MLSZ of UEFA The FIFA Football Law Annual Review

Football continues to thrive, reaching Since 2019, FIFA has hosted the Football unprecedented levels of global popularity Law Annual Review, providing a platform to and success across both the men’s share updates on regulatory work, case law and women’s game. This progress is no and landmark decisions from FIFA’s judicial coincidence: it reflects FIFA’s consistent bodies, as well as significant proceedings and determined efforts to make football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport truly global and unite the world through (CAS) and other relevant tribunals. the beautiful game. The past year has brought another A strong and evolving legal framework wave of important regulatory changes is essential to help FIFA and the whole and impactful decisions from FIFA, CAS of the football community meet ongoing and the Court of Justice of the European and new challenges in relation to this Union making the Football Law Annual and other missions. Review 2026 especially relevant.

To that end, FIFA is committed to ensuring that football’s legal stakeholders have direct access to information on key regulatory developments. DAY 1 – Programme // 19 February 2026

13:00 Opening and Introduction 16:15 Surfing on doping procedures: Dr. Timea Hoszné Nagy, MLSZ recent decisions & practical Exco Member & FIFA Institutional lessons for lawyers Relations Committe Member Juan de Dios Crespo, Managing Emilio García Silvero, Partner Ruiz Huerta & Crespo FIFA Chief Legal & Compliance (Valencia, Spain) Officer (Miami, USA) 17:15 International transfer 13:45 The CJEU ruling on Seraing of minors: recent cases and the practical implications for and decisions the CAS system within Agustín Montes de Oca, FIFA the EU territory Team Lead Regulatory Applications Massimo Coccia, (Miami, USA) Senior Partner, Coccia De Angelis & 18:00 Break Associati (Rome, Italy) 18:30 CAS football leading cases 2025 14:45 The FIFA RSTP after Miguel Lietard, FIFA Director the CJEU ruling on Diarra of Litigation (Miami, USA) Erika Montemor Ferreira, Luis Villas-Boas Pires, FIFA Director FIFA Head of Disputes of Judicial Bodies (Miami, USA) & Regulatory Applications (Miami, USA) 19:30 End of first day

15:45 Break DAY 2 – Programme // 20 February 2026

13:00 Welcome 17:30 MCO and football in 2026: figures Attila Berzeviczi, Chairman and recent CAS jurisprudence of the Board, Ferencvárosi TC 45’ Introduction: 13:15 International transfer • Emilio García Silvero, of players from and to South FIFA Chief Legal & Compliance America: some practical tips Officer (Miami, USA) to avoid some big problems Ariel Reck, Sports Lawyer Round table and debate: (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • Monserrat Jiménez, CONMEBOL 14:15 Making a transfer of players Deputy General Secretary and Legal a success: practical lessons Director (Asunción, Paraguay) from a club perspective • Andrew Mercer, Lina Souloukou, Nottingham AFC General Counsel Forrest CEO (Nottingham, UK) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 15:15 Break • William McAuliffe, UEFA Head of Disciplinary 15:45 Sporting succession in football: (Nyon, Switzerland) FIFA rules and CAS jurisprudence
• Wouter Lambrecht, Michele Bernasconi, EFC General Counsel Partner Baer & Karrer (Nyon, Switzerland) (Zurich, Switzerland)
• Lucas Ferrer, Partner Statim 16:45 The Swiss Federal Tribunal Legal (Barcelona, Spain) decisions on CAS awards:
• Andrés Patón, Legal Director recent cases Argentinian Football Association Despina Mavromati, (Buenos Aires, Argentina) CAS Arbitrator (Lausanne, Switzerland) 19:00 Closing remarks Participation

In-Person Attendance Streaming

Attendance at the FIFA Football Law Completing the form (link below) serves as In the interests of ensuring that the football Annual Review 2026 in Budapest is free an expression of interest in attending the community can follow this event and all of charge and open to representatives of event in person by 31 December 2025. It interested parties can access the information Member Associations, confederations, does not guarantee a place at the Football presented, the FIFA Football Law Annual leagues, clubs, and players’ and agents’ Law Annual Review 2026. Confirmation and Review 2026 will also be streamed unions. If the number of applicants from further details will be sent to those whose live, free of charge, on legal.fifa.com. No these groups does not exceed the capacity, requests are accepted. preregistration is required for online registration from independent professionals attendance. may also be accepted. Click here for in-person attendance

All presentations will be delivered in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in French and Spanish for both in-person and online attendees. Please note that all times referenced in event communications will be in Central European Time (CET).