Deminor is providing funding for Justice for Players, a Dutch foundation intending to represent all professional footballers who are playing or who have played in clubs in the European member states and the United Kingdom and who have been adversely affected by FIFA’s unlawful rules from 2002 to the present. Preliminary estimates indicate that the number of affected footballers may comprise approximately 100,000 players.
The CJEU judgment in October 2024 in the case brought by football player Lassana Diarra and FIFPRO Europe/FIFPRO World against FIFA, found that the FIFA Regulations seriously infringed EU competition law and the right to free movement of workers, making it extremely challenging for a player to terminate their employment contract without just cause.
This case is being brought in the Netherlands under the Dutch Act on the Settlement of Mass Damages in Collective Action (WAMCA), which allows this legal action to be launched by Justice for Players on behalf of a large group of professional footballers. The claim is against FIFA and several national football associations, including the KNVB, the Football Association of the Netherlands, and will be filed at the District Court of Midden-Nederland.
To learn more about the case and for details on how to register, please visit the Association website: www.justiceforplayers.com/
