FIFA Agent Exam Questions: Disputes and the Football Tribunal
Practice questions on how disputes are decided at FIFA: the Football Tribunal, time limits, procedure, decisions and appeals. Try 5 questions below; every answer shows the rule and where it is in FIFA's study materials. A free account unlocks all 39 questions on this topic and timed mock exams.
Based on: Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal · FIFA Football Agent Regulations · FIFA circular no. 1867 (January 2026 study materials). Exam dates 2027 →
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Under the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, during which period are time limits paused?
Answer: From 20 December to 5 January inclusive
The Procedural Rules pause all time limits over the year-end period, from 20 December to 5 January inclusive.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Art. 11 para. 5
A party believes there is a legitimate doubt about the impartiality of a Football Tribunal member appointed to decide its case. Under the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, what is the time limit for the challenge, and who decides it?
Answer: Within five calendar days from notification of the chamber's composition; decided by the chairperson of the Football Tribunal
A challenge must be filed within five calendar days from notification of the composition of the chamber. The chairperson of the Football Tribunal decides it.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, January 2026 edition (FIFA Football Agent Exam Study Materials, January 2026 edition) – Article 5 paragraph 3
An agent wins a claim before the Football Tribunal and asks for the other party to reimburse the fees of the agent's lawyer. What do the Procedural Rules provide?
Answer: No legal costs are awarded; each party bears its own costs
The Football Tribunal does not award legal costs. Each party pays its own costs of the procedure, whatever the outcome.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, January 2026 edition (FIFA Football Agent Exam Study Materials, January 2026 edition) – Article 25 paragraph 8
Under the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, in which circumstances may a single-entity league be a party before a chamber?
Answer: Only for the purposes of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations
Article 9 paragraph 1 e) lists single-entity leagues as possible parties, but only for the purposes of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Article 9 paragraph 1 e)
Which time limits can be extended under the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal?
Answer: Time limits set by the FIFA general secretariat, on a substantiated request made before the time limit expires
Under Article 11 paragraph 6, regulatory time limits fixed in the Rules are never extended. Time limits set by the FIFA general secretariat may be extended on a substantiated request submitted before they expire.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Article 11 paragraph 6
Under the Procedural Rules, which Football Tribunal decisions are always communicated with grounds rather than only the operative part?
Answer: Decisions that immediately impose sporting sanctions against a party
Article 15 paragraph 4 says parties are generally notified only of the operative part. Decisions that immediately impose sporting sanctions are communicated with grounds only.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Article 15 paragraph 4
A Football Tribunal decision contains confidential information about an agent's business. By when may the agent ask FIFA to publish an anonymised or redacted version?
Answer: Within five days of notification of the grounds of the decision
Article 17 paragraph 2 allows a party to request an anonymised or redacted version within five days of notification of the grounds of the decision.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Article 17 paragraph 2
A club is the respondent in a case brought by an agent. The club then lodges a separate new claim against the agent related to the same matter. How is the new claim treated?
Answer: It is joined with the existing case and treated as a counterclaim
Article 21 paragraph 3 says a new related claim by a respondent is joined with the existing case and treated as a counterclaim.
Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal (January 2026 edition) – Article 21 paragraph 3
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