FIFA Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal: article index

All 36 articles of the January 2026 edition, by number and title, with its 1 annexe. 6 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

    Scope of application

    Tested by practice question 1

  2. 2

    Jurisdiction

    Tested by practice questions 1 and 2

  3. 3

    Applicable law

    Tested by practice question 3

  4. 4

    Composition

    Tested by practice question 4

  5. 5

    Independence and conflict of interest

    Tested by practice question 5

  6. 6

    Confidentiality

  7. 7

    Exemption from liability

  8. 8

    Role of the FIFA general secretariat

  9. 9

    Parties

  10. 10

    Communications

  11. 11

    Time limits

    Tested by practice question 5

  12. 12

    Procedural rights and obligations

  13. 13

    Submissions and evidence

  14. 14

    Meetings and deliberations

  15. 15

    Notifications of decisions

  16. 16

    Language

  17. 17

    Publication

  18. 18

    Claims

  19. 19

    Preliminary procedural matters

  20. 20

    Proposal from the FIFA general secretariat

  21. 21

    Response to the claim and counterclaim

  22. 22

    Second round of submissions

  23. 23

    Closure of submission phase

  24. 24

    Adjudication

  25. 25

    Costs

  26. 26

    Mediation

  27. 27

    Training reward claims

  28. 28

    Procedure related to training reward claims

  29. 28bis

    Cases of legal or factual complexity in an Electronic Player Passport

  30. 29

    Regulatory applications

  31. 30

    International transfer or first registration of a minor

  32. 31

    Request for eligibility or change of association

  33. 32

    Transitory provisions

  34. 33

    Matters not provided for and force majeure

  35. 34

    Authoritative text

  36. 35

    Entry into force

Annexes

  1. A1

    Annexe 1