The Game at Risk: Analyzing the CJEU's Judgment in the “ESLC” Case

Josifovic, Ivica and Kambovski, Igor (2024) The Game at Risk: Analyzing the CJEU's Judgment in the “ESLC” Case. 11th International Scientific Conference: Social Changes in the Global World, 11. pp. 155-163. ISSN ISBN: 978-608-277-076-5

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Abstract

The paper aims to elaborate the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of December 2023 in the preliminary ruling procedure concerning the case brought by several football clubs against the FIFA and UEFA football organizations. Namely, several European football clubs, contrary to the statutes of FIFA and UEFA, which do not allow the creation of additional competitions beyond those already organized by these two organizations, have started the creation of a so-called Super League which will be composed of the best European football clubs. Naturally, this is done for more money, for television rights, for buying and selling players, and less for the actual football and the fan’s enjoyment of the best secondary thing in the world. The creation of the Super League caused threats by UEFA and FIFA, not only to the clubs that want to be part of this project, but also to the players who are part of these clubs. For this purpose, the teams that want to be part of the Super League initiated a procedure before the CJEU against UEFA and FIFA for abuse of their dominant position in the market, violation of the right to free movement of services, violation of competition rules, etc. In addition, the paper elaborates the Judgment of the Commercial Court in Madrid from April 2024 after the return of the case to the national court by the CJEU. In the conclusion, the authors give their opinion on how such a project will affect the football game, the relationship of the clubs with FIFA and UEFA, but also how it will affect the most important part, which is the fans.
Keywords: football, Court of Justice, competition, free movement, super league

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Ivica Josifovik
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2024 09:55
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2024 09:55
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/35237

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