How a claim proceeds

Module 5: Disputes and the Football Tribunal

Lesson three follows a claim from filing to decision: what it must contain, the early checks, the general secretariat’s proposal, the exchange of submissions, who decides, what it costs, and mediation as a way out. Articles eighteen to twenty-six.

In this lesson

• The path of a claim
• Ask for interest in the claim
• The general secretariat’s proposal
• A related claim against the claimant
• Who decides, and what it costs
• Article 26: Mediation
• A claim filed in 2026, decided in 2027