For the first time it has been decided by the Highest Administrative Court of the Czech Republic that the contract between a sportsman and his club might be a labour contract. The Court advised a change in Czech labour law.

FIFPro and the Swiss Association of Football Players (SAFP) regard FIFA’s threat to suspend the Swiss Football Association (SFV) as unacceptable and absolutely disproportionate.

The Romanian professional footballers association AFAN organized a successful demonstration. Many players from the country's first division participated in the fight for more respect from the League and the Federation.

Publications in the Swiss press seem to indicate that FIFPro is supporting the actions of the club FC Sion. This is a misinterpretation of the statement FIFPro published on its website on 25 October.

FIFPro calls upon FIFA to enforce its own regulations and to not apply their own regulations selectively on the wrong parties. Whilst a club went unpunished to a civil court, 6 players have been suspended for referring to a civil court.