Disciplinary Table of Contents 2.FIFA Disciplinary Committee52.1 Overview of cases received62.2 FIFA Clearing House8 3.FIFA Appeal Committee 19 4.FIFA Ethics Committee4.1 Investigatory chamber 2224 Annexe Current composition A1: FIFA Disciplinary Committee32A2: FIFA Appeal Committee33A3: FIFA Ethics Committee34 1.Foreword Dear readers, It is with great pleasure that FIFA presents the sixth edition of our annual Disciplinary As in previous years, this report provides a comprehensive overview of FIFA’s maindecision-making bodies, covering the sporting period from 1 July 2024 to30June2025. One notable event that took place during the period was the relocationof the FIFA Legal & Compliance Division to Miami last August – a transition that, Among the many milestones achieved during the reporting period were theconsolidation of the operations of the FIFA Clearing House at disciplinary level,while the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup was staged. Although part of the This report is divided into three sections. The first and second sections provide acomprehensive overview of the activities undertaken by the FIFA DisciplinaryCommittee and the FIFA Appeal Committee respectively, outlining the procedures The publication of this report reaffirms our steadfast dedication to transparencyand excellence. It highlights not only the challenges that we have encountered, but We hope that this report offers some valuable insights into our work and reflectsthe continued strength and reliability of FIFA’s judicial bodies – regardless of Carlos Schneider Salvadores Director of Judicial Bodies 2.FIFA Disciplinary 2.FIFA Disciplinary Committee The FIFA Disciplinary Committee is competent to investigate and prosecute anypotential breach of the FIFA regulations that does not fall under the jurisdiction ofanother FIFA body, and it retains the discretion in cases of established infringement(s)to pronounce the sanctions described in the FIFA Statutes and the FIFA DisciplinaryCode (FDC) against those subject to the provisions thereof. In this regard, the FIFA 2.1 Overview of cases received Between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 (hereinafter “2024/2025”), the FIFA DisciplinaryCommittee received a total of 3,445 cases, of which 3,354 were resolved during theperiod. It received a further 115 requests to extend sanctions to have worldwide effect With regard to the worldwide extensions, when FIFA Member Associations,confederations or other organising sports bodies impose a sanction(s) on anindividual in relation to a serious infringement (e.g. discrimination, manipulation offootball matches and competitions, misconduct against match officials, or forgery Of the 3,445 cases received that required a formal decision, the largest share (2,498)involved proceedings associated with a failure to comply with FIFA Clearing HouseRegulations, followed by those cases involving a failure to respect a decision issued by In comparison to the previous reporting period, there was a significant increase in theworkload given the additional 2,349 cases year-on-year, which equates to a214.3% 2.FIFA Disciplinary Committee This increase owes primarily to FIFA Clearing House-related infringements, with casesinvolving potential breaches of article 21 of the FDC and match-related incidents also As for the remaining cases, six related to protests, four to doping violations, one tomatch-fixing and 102 to other disciplinary infringements, with the latter concerning, 2.FIFA Disciplinary Committee 2.2 FIFA Clearing House The establishment of the FIFA Clearing House was a key element of the transfersystem reform package adopted by the FIFA Council in 2018 to promote and protect FIFA Clearing House SAS (FCH) is a payment institution based in France that acts asan intermediary in payments relating to training rewards (training compensation andsolidarity mechanism) deriving from articles 20 and 21 of, and annexes 4 and 5 to, the Thanks to the FIFA Clearing House, the amount distributed to training clubs eachyear has grown significantly. The main objectives of the FIFA Clearing House are to: •centralise, process and automate payments between clubs, initially relatingto training rewards (training compensation and solidarity contribution); and With a view to achieving these objectives, article 17 of the FIFA Clearing HouseRegulations establishes the sanctions imposed on clubs and FIFA Member Associationsthat fail to abide by FIFA Clearing House processes and directives. In 2024/2025,most cases resulted in a reprimand imposed by the FIFA judicial bodies. This outcomeis in line with the principles enshrined in the FIFA Clearing House Regulations and the 2.FIFA Disciplinary Committee Furthermore, it is noteworthy that most proceedings conducted by the FIFADisciplinary Committee concerned the failure to pass a first compliance assessment, It is worth analysing the type of respondent in those proceedings, i.e. whether theywere the training club or the e