Royal Antwerp: Legal bid to torch football's homegrown quotas suffers shock defeat
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Royal Antwerp: Legal bid to torch football's homegrown quotas suffers shock defeat
A bid to rip up European football’s rules on homegrown player quotas – likened to the landmark Bosman ruling – has been dismissed in a surprise move by a Belgian court. The case, brought by Royal Antwerp and former player Lior Refaelov, had been expected to be upheld after the European Court of Justice gave [...]
The so-called ‘Belgian Rule’ of the Belgian Football Association (KBVB) and the European football governing body UEFA is not contrary to European law and does not constitute a restriction on the free movement of workers. The French-speaking Court of First Instance of Brussels ruled this on Friday.
The ruling given today in Belgium directly affects the clubs participating in the European Cups. The Court of First Instance in Brussels rejected the appeal lodged by Antwerp and its former player, Lior Refaelov, against UEFA rules, which reserves certain seats for players trained in the academy. ...
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An attempt to abolish European football's quota rules for locally trained players, comparable in scale to the historic Bosman case, has been defeated in a Belgian court.
The verdict came in the case between the Antwerp and Lior Refaelov against UEFA and the Belgian Union. The case threatened to stifle the European football landscape if the court ruled in favour of the Antwerp club.
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