FC Barcelona: Sentencia España

Amazing presentation, how do you do those table things? They make the updates look so much better. Good luck with this bae. <3

Steve that was utterly disappointing by your standards. Good luck tal, this'll be interesting with Xavi at the helm

I wanted to say good luck, but well...

I'll be following, let's see what Xavi can do!

@TMO - you'll have to wait and see
@Alex - Not gunna tell you
@Aaron - It certainly was, and thank you!
@Glenn - He'll obliterate every manager in his path

Barcelona have today confirmed that they have appealed two bans for a second time – new signing Luis Suarez’s ban from biting a player in the 2014 World Cup, and the transfer embargo that has been placed upon the club following being found guilty of breaching Fifa's rules on the transfer of players aged under 18.

This will be the second time both bans have been appealed, and the issue will be taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who previously rejected both appeals.

A statement on Barca’s website stated that they felt that ‘both bans are unneeded’ and that ‘the club has always complied with Fifa regulations when conducting transfers’.

Barcelona would like to announce an appeal for two separate sanctions opposed on the club and a player of the club respectively. We have decided that this would be the best course of action, as both bans are extreme and unneeded.

The ban placed on Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz is extreme, and this ban should not affect club level, and should only affect international level, as the incident occurred during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, an international tournament. However, this does not mean that FC Barcelona accept a player conducting himself in that manner, it should be stated.

The transfer embargo that is current imposed on the club has been placed on the club for the wrong reason as the club has always complied with Fifa regulations when conducting transfers. We approach every transfer in the same manner and conduct it professionally, so Fifa has no grounds for a ban that potentially could affect the clubs competitiveness in the following seasons.’

Luis Suarez has a history of controversies clouding his name, with the most recent being the biting controversy in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

For Uruguay's final group game against Italy on 24 June, Uruguay needed a win to advance to the knockout stage while Italy only needed a draw. Around the 79th minute with the score at 0–0, Suárez clashed with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini while waiting for a cross. Replays showed that Suárez lunged at Chiellini and bit his shoulder (Chiellini showed bite marks), followed by Suárez falling and clutching his face. The controversial incident made headline news around the world. As the Italian players protested to Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez for not penalising Suárez for the bite, Uruguay won a corner and scored. The game would finish 1–0 to Uruguay as they qualified for the knockout stage and eliminated Italy.

Luis Suarez Controversies

2010: On 20 November 2010, Suárez bit PSV's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder during a 0–0 draw. 2011: After a 1–1 draw against Manchester United on 15 October 2011, Suárez was accused of racially abusing Patrice Evra. 2013: On 21 April 2013, during a 2–2 draw with Chelsea in a Premier League game at Anfield, Suárez bit Branislav Ivanović; this was the second time Suárez had bitten an opponent. 2014: Suarez bit Italian defender Chellini during a group game in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Two days later, on 26 June, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Suárez for nine international matches, effective immediately, meaning he would take no further part in the World Cup. The ban almost certainly rules him out of the 2015 Copa América as well. It was the longest such ban in World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking the nose of Spain's Luis Enrique at USA '94. He was also banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months and fined CHF100,000. The severity of the penalty was due to the fact that it was Suárez's third biting offence, as well as what FIFA saw as a lack of remorse. Soon after the suspension was announced, online gambling firm 888poker cancelled its sponsorship deal with Suárez. With Suárez banned, Uruguay lost their next match 0–2 to Colombia and were knocked out of the World Cup.

On the same day the ban was announced, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) said it would appeal against the decision. Suárez's lawyer said that "we don't have any doubts" of a European-based campaign against Suárez. Various Uruguayan individuals defended Suárez, questioning if he had actually bitten Chiellini, and criticised the severity of his ban.

Six days after the incident, on 30 June, Suárez apologised to Chiellini through Twitter and vowed never to repeat the incident, while writing that the "physical result of a bite" occurred in a collision with Chiellini. Chiellini responded through Twitter indicating that all was forgotten and his hope that FIFA would reduce Suárez's suspension.

On 3 July, the AUF made the appeal against Suárez's ban, but it was rejected by FIFA on 10 July.

The severity of the ban seemed to come from an acculimation of similar instances, having been banned and punished for two previous bites, once while playing for Dutch side Ajax, and once while playing for Liverpool.


In April 2014, FIFA banned the club from buying players for the next two transfer windows following the violation of the FIFA's rules about the transfer of footballers aged under 18. A statement on FIFA's website read:

With regard to the case in question, FC Barcelona has been found to be in breach of art. 19 of the Regulations in the case of ten minor players and to have committed several other concurrent infringements in the context of other players, including under Annexe 2 of the Regulations. The Disciplinary Committee regarded the infringements as serious and decided to sanction the club with a transfer ban at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, together with a fine of CHF 450,000. Additionally, the club was granted a period of 90 days in which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned."

FIFA rejected an appeal in August but the pending appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed Barcelona to sign players during the summer of 2014.

It remains to be seen whether both appeals will be considered by Cas, but it released a statement saying that ‘a decision would be made in the coming days’.

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Ooooh I wonder if the tables will turn? Probably not.

^Aaron plz. Clearly rubbing it in.

Great update, although I can't say I'll be disappointed if the bans stay.

ohhhhh interesting, wonder whats gonna happen here..

cant wait for the next update

Loving this Tallery!

I'm only commenting 'Interesting!' so you can tell me how to make those table things. They are beautiful.

As for the story, interesting!

So not only do I hate Barca, I also have no respect for Xavi after he became a Qatar 2022 follower... this story has to be fricking awesome to make me read mate, no pressure