The Court of Justice of the European Union issued its verdict regarding the Super League on Thursday. According to this verdict, the actions of FIFA and UEFA regarding the banning of Super League games in 2021 are illegal and the clubs can participate in these competitions without any problems.
These tournaments were launched in 2021 by several prominent European clubs, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, but soon most of the clubs withdrew from these tournaments due to threats from FIFA and UEFA.
According to reports, FIFA and UEFA threatened the clubs that participated in this tournament with exclusion from the European Champions League and also the exclusion of players from the World Cup.
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After these actions of FIFA and UEFA, the Barcelona and Real Madrid clubs decided to register a complaint against them in the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Finally, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the actions of FIFA and UEFA illegal. The text of this ruling states: The actions of FIFA and UEFA that all competitions held in Europe must be approved by these two bodies are illegal and this is against the laws of the European Union.
According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, all football matches are considered a type of commercial activity, and the institutions responsible for organizing these matches must adhere to the principle of the law of freedom and freedom of commercial competition, which is considered one of the laws of the European Union.
The Court of Justice of the European Union accused FIFA and UEFA of abusing their power and authority and called their activities against the Super League illegal.
This ruling does not mean the support or rejection of the Court of Justice for launching competitions like the Super League, and this court does not intend to issue a ruling on competitions like the Super League.
The founding clubs of the Super League, Barcelona and Real Madrid, expressed their satisfaction with the decision issued by the Court of Justice by publishing statements and announced that from now on football is out of UEFA’s control.
