FIFA Disciplinary Code: article index

All 76 articles of the September 2025 edition, by number and title. 39 are tested by a question on the practice page.

Numbers and titles as they appear in the official text. This is an index, not a copy: for the wording of any article, use FIFA's own document, linked from the study materials page. Free practice questions on this regulation are on the practice page.

  1. 1

    Object

  2. 2

    Scope of application: substantive law

  3. 3

    Scope of personal application

    Tested by practice question 1

  4. 4

    Scope of temporal application

    Tested by practice question 1

  5. 5

    Applicable law

  6. 6

    Disciplinary measures

    Tested by practice question 2

  7. 7

    Directives

  8. 8

    Responsibility

    Tested by practice question 3

  9. 9

    Decisions of the referee

    Tested by practice question 13

  10. 10

    Limitation period for prosecution

    Tested by practice questions 4 and 5

  11. 11

    Duty to report

  12. 12

    Duty to collaborate

    Tested by practice question 6

  13. 13

    Offensive behaviour and violations of the principles of fair play

    Tested by practice question 7

  14. 14

    Misconduct of players and officials

    Tested by practice questions 3, 8 and 9

  15. 15

    Discrimination and racist abuse

    Tested by practice questions 10 and 11

  16. 16

    Unplayed matches and abandonment

  17. 17

    Order and security at matches

    Tested by practice question 12

  18. 18

    Protests

    Tested by practice question 13

  19. 19

    Fielding an ineligible player

    Tested by practice question 14

  20. 20

    Manipulation of football matches and competitions

    Tested by practice question 15

  21. 21

    Failure to respect decisions

    Tested by practice questions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22

  22. 22

    Forgery and falsification

    Tested by practice question 16

  23. 23

    Specific proceedings

  24. 24

    Enforcement of sanctions

  25. 25

    Determining the disciplinary measure

    Tested by practice question 25

  26. 26

    Recidivism

    Tested by practice question 26

  27. 27

    Suspension of implementation of disciplinary measures

  28. 28

    Forfeit

    Tested by practice question 27

  29. 29

    Matches to be played without spectators

  30. 30

    General rule

    Tested by practice question 28

  31. 31

    Composition of the FIFA judicial bodies

  32. 32

    Independence and impartiality

    Tested by practice question 29

  33. 33

    Meetings

  34. 34

    Confidentiality

    Tested by practice question 30

  35. 35

    Secretariat

  36. 36

    Disciplinary and Ethics Prosecutors

  37. 37

    Exemption from liability

  38. 38

    Time limits

    Tested by practice question 31

  39. 39

    Evidence, evaluation of evidence and standard of proof

    Tested by practice question 32

  40. 40

    Match officials’ reports

  41. 41

    Burden of proof

  42. 42

    Witnesses

  43. 43

    Anonymous participants in proceedings

  44. 44

    Identification of anonymous participants in proceedings

  45. 45

    Representation and assistance

    Tested by practice question 33

  46. 46

    Legal aid

  47. 47

    Language used in proceedings

  48. 48

    Communication with the parties

    Tested by practice question 34

  49. 49

    Costs and expenses

  50. 50

    Effects of decisions

  51. 51

    Provisional measures

    Tested by practice question 35

  52. 52

    Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

    Tested by practice question 24

  53. 53

    Convocation, rights of the parties, hearings, decisions, communications and confidentiality

    Tested by practice questions 11 and 36

  54. 54

    Decisions

    Tested by practice question 37

  55. 55

    Commencement of proceedings

    Tested by practice question 38

  56. 56

    Jurisdiction

  57. 57

    Jurisdiction of the single judges of the Disciplinary Committee

  58. 58

    Proposal by the secretariat

    Tested by practice question 23

  59. 59

    Closure of proceedings

  60. 60

    Jurisdiction

    Tested by practice question 39

  61. 61

    Admissibility of appeals

    Tested by practice questions 24 and 40

  62. 62

    Standing to appeal

    Tested by practice question 41

  63. 63

    Deliberations and decisions

  64. 64

    Jurisdiction of the chairperson ruling alone

  65. 65

    Effects of appeal

    Tested by practice question 42

  66. 66

    Expulsion and match suspension

    Tested by practice question 43

  67. 67

    Carrying over cautions

  68. 68

    Cancellation of cautions

  69. 69

    Carrying over match suspensions

    Tested by practice question 44

  70. 70

    Extending sanctions to have worldwide effect

    Tested by practice question 45

  71. 71

    Review

  72. 72

    Official languages

  73. 73

    Gender and number

  74. 74

    Specific disciplinary rules

  75. 75

    Member associations’ disciplinary codes

  76. 76

    Adoption and enforcement