Parties, communications and time limits

Module 5: Disputes and the Football Tribunal

Lesson two covers the rules that apply in every case: who can be a party, how FIFA communicates, how time limits are counted, the burden of proof, and how decisions are notified. Many cases are won or lost on these rules alone. Articles nine to seventeen.

In this lesson

• Who can be a party
• How FIFA communicates
• When does the time limit end?
• Time limits: the rules to know
• Whose clock? Football Tribunal and Disciplinary Code deadlines
• Evidence and proof
• From decision to appeal
• Which language, and corrections