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Arbitrators

Given the predominance at CAS of football-related disputes in comparison to other sports, CAS and FIFA decided to set up a specialist list of 200 arbitrators. The arbitrators forming the ‘Football List’ are appointed by ICAS as per the proposals submitted by the six confederations, clubs (ECA), leagues (WLF), players (FIFPro), ICAS and FIFA. The proposals by the aforementioned institutions do not mean that the proposed arbitrators have any relationship whatsoever with the proposing institutions, as all the above institutions have striven to propose arbitrators only on the basis of their recognized legal competence and renown expertise on football and disputes settlement. Moreover, the proposals are no guarantee that the relevant arbitrators will be included on the Football List, as such decision lies strictly with ICAS. Therefore, all arbitrators appearing on the Football List remain independent from the respective stakeholder having proposed them as well as from the parties nominating them in a given procedure. Indeed, upon their appointment, the individual arbitrators will sign a declaration undertaking to exercise their functions with total objectivity, independence and impartiality and then, on a case-by-case basis, will have the responsibility to submit their statements of independence and impartiality, transparently disclosing any possible conflicts of interest and all relevant information in accordance with Swiss law, international standards and CAS rules and guidelines. The following list represents all arbitrators from the Football List for the 2023-2026 term, including whom each was proposed by for inclusion in the list. In addition the list specifies which of these arbitrators FIFA has proactively nominated in cases since 15 June 2023, as well as the case reference of the respective nomination(s)*. * The list is updated on this page every four months.

I. FIFA

ArbitratorCountryAppointments
Abreu, GustavoArgentina2023/A/9867 & 9868, 2023/A/9829, 2023/A/10215 & 10216
Auberg, EspenNorway
Barak, EfraimIsrael
Bernasconi, MicheleSwitzerland
Bossart, GonzaloChile
Camps, AndreuSpain
Coccia, MassimoItaly2023/A/9545, 2023/A/9972
Cravo Souza, DanielBrazil2023/A/9971, 2023/A/10150
Fumagalli, LuigiItaly
Haas, UlrichSwitzerland2023/A/9863, 2023/A/9834
Lafranchi, PatrickSwitzerland
Larumbe, KepaSpain2023/A/9672
Ongaro, OmarItaly
Pintó, José JuanSpain2023/A/10113 - 10122
Ross, StephenUSA
Pasquier, BenoitSwitzerland
Bellver, ReyesSpain
Butruce, VitorBrazil
Cottier, NicolasSwitzerland2023/A/9876
Favre Schnyder, RaphaëlleSwitzerland
Giraldo, JulianaColombia
Kitching, JamesAustralia
Le Lay, HervéFrance
Lennon, DiegoArgentina
López, JordiSpain2023/A/9751, 2023/A/9809
Nadal, MaiteSpain
Núñez-Lagos, CarmenSpain
Peniche Adame, AnnaMexico2023/A/9404, 2023/A/9622 & 9624
Wisnosky, EmilyUSA2023/A/9780

II. AFC

ArbitratorCountry
Alosaymi, AhmedSaudi Arabia
Azmat, HarisPakistan
Barati, AhmadrezaIR Iran
Jiahe, LiuChina PR
Mercer, AndrewUK
Miyoshi, YutakaJapan
Nadarajah, SaaranMalaysia
Saad, Chady AntoniosLebanon

III. CAF

ArbitratorCountry
Dambe, TerenceBotswana
Poobalan, GovindasamySouth Africa
Rantao, TshiamoBotswana

IV. Concacaf

ArbitratorCountry
Echeverría, MargaritaCosta Rica
Mejía, Jose ErnestoHonduras
Solís, YordisPanama
Leal, MarcoGuatemala/USA

V. CONMEBOL

ArbitratorCountry
André, Oscar CuntoVenezuela
Duran, SantiagoUruguay
Fattal Jaef, AugustínArgentina
Chiri Gutiérrez, OscarPeru
Novoa, LorenaColombia
Péres Torres, CarlosBolivia
Saenz, Juan PedroUruguay
Tealdi, GastónUruguay

VI. OFC

ArbitratorCountry
Fraundorfer, David MarkNew Zealand

VII. UEFA

ArbitratorCountryAppointments
Botica Santos, RuiPortugal
Coward, NicEngland
Del Campo Colás, CarlosSpain
Georghiades, ChrisCyprus
Grandjean, PatrickSwitzerland
Hall, JonathanEngland
Halgreen, LarsDenmark
Hilliger, LarsDenmark2023/A/9805
Hollerer, ThomasAustria
Iudica, FabioItaly
Jaberg, OliverSwitzerland
Kesler, Hendrik WillemNetherlands
Palermo, GiulioItaly
Pilavios, SofoklisGreece
Rombach, AnnettGermany
Sampson, StephenEngland
Schimke, MartinGermany
Schoeb, AlexisSwitzerland
Tognon, JacopoItaly
Tomás Marques, PedroSpain
Viera da Cruz, MartaPortugal
Vermeersch, AnBelgium

VIII. ECA

ArbitratorCountryAppointments
Andrade, José LuisPortugal
Bonington, JamesUK
de Jong, DaanNetherlands
Geissmar, SvenjaUK
Kuepper, LarsGermany
Lambrecht, WouterBelgium2023/A/9637
Laskowski, JakubPoland
Nicholson, MichaelUK
Räker, JanGermany
Stewart, PatrickUK
Souloukou, LinaGreece
Völcker, SvenGermany

IX. FIFPro

ArbitratorCountryAppointments
Annen, RetoSwitzerland
Arias Grillo, RodrigoCosta Rica
Canty, EdwardUK
Castillo, JaimeMexico
Chirico, FlorenciaUruguay
Davila Valdivia, Miguel AngelFrance/Peru
De Vivero, FelipeColombia
Didulica, JohnAustralia
Feldman, GabrielUSA
Gilhooly, StuartIreland
Gordon, JoshuaUSA
Hovell, MarkEngland2023/A/10043, 2023/A/9807, 2023/A/9553
Macri, FrancescoItaly
Madalin, Elle NikouAustralia
Monsen, EirikNorway
Nan, ManfredNetherlands2023/A/10032
Nogueira da Rocha, JoãoPortugal
O'Leary, LeanneNew Zealand
Opie, HaydenAustralia
Palmgren, MikaFinland
Simons, RobNetherlands
Smokvina, VanjaCroatia
Stavreva, YasnaBulgaria
Visser, ChristianNetherlands
Yamazaki, TakuyaJapan

X. WLF

ArbitratorCountry
Arosemena Romero, Mauricio EduardoEcuador
Bei, GiacomoItaly
Bottineau, StéphaneFrance
Chatterjee, NamrataIndia
Herbert, JamieEngland
Jimenez, DyalaCosta Rica
Kaneko, TakehiroJapan
Larrea, Anna MariaEcuador
Magaya, WellingtonZimbabwe
Mavromatis, AchilleasGreece
Mckenzie, RodScotland
Ngcukaitobi, TembekaSouth Africa
Perlemuter, JeromeFrance
Pretorius, Paul JosephSouth Africa
Proto, MassimoItaly
Shehata, AbdallahEgypt
Studhalter, PhilippSwitzerland

XI. ICAS

ArbitratorCountryAppointments
Adjepong, KwadjoUK
Al-Ansari, Salman Ahmed Qatar
Arriagada Aljaro, Juan PabloChile2023/A/9938
Balmelli, MarcoSwitzerland
Bordiugova, AnnaUkraine
Cabrera García, FernandoMexico
Carrard, OlivierSwitzerland
Christofides, GeorgeGreece
De Buen Rodriguez, RicardoMexico
Gamboa Morales, ErnestoColombia
Klein, FrançoisFrance
Lalla, OmTrinidad & Tobago
Lo Surdo, AnthonyAustralia
Maldonado, Hector ReneHonduras
Mavroidis, PetrosGreece/Switzerland
McLin, AlexanderSwitzerland/USA
Moro, DanieleItaly
Nguyen, Thi My DungVietnam
Poulmaire, DidierFrance
Simon, GéraldFrance
Soulio, RaufAustralia
Welten, BernhardSwitzerland
Zahlan de Cayetti, AlainFrance
Lalo, KenIsrael
Moreno, RobertoParaguay

Last updated: Thursday, 15 June 2023 at 16:40