Division Europe

FIFPro Division Europe consists of 31 member associations. The Division Europe board is led by president Bobby Barnes. > Read more

World Champions Spain play charity match for union

For the second consecutive year, the national team of Spain will be playing a charity match, the takings of which will benefit AFE Read more

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Prestigious prize for Balls To Poverty charity

FIFPro congratulates the Balls To Poverty charity sport program which has been named as a winner in the Queen's Anniversary Prizes Read more

Barcelona’s youngsters also voted for World XI

It was a special match for Barcelona, as the Spanish and European champions beat BATE Borisov 4-0 while playing almost their entir Read more

Swiss talent Shaqiri picks up 3 Golden Player Awards

The Swiss professional footballers’ association SAFP handed out its Swiss Golden Player Awards 2011. Xherdan Shaqiri is the youn Read more

Spain: simplified procedure of contract termination

In Spain, the expedited contract termination procedure approved by AFE and LPF enters into force on 15 December.This is one of the Read more

FIFPro to show FIFA, UEFA video of Gogniev abuse

FIFPro strongly urges FIFA and UEFA to take a stand regarding the physical abuse on Spartak Gogniev and the Russian Football Feder Read more

‘Violence against players is unacceptable’

‘Now that we have seen this video, we are totally baffled’, says FIFPro Division Europe president Philippe Piat after having s Read more

2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI: one day to go...

One day to go before FIFPro reveals the 55 players on the shortlist for the 2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI. Currently, FIFPro is counti Read more

FIFPro Online Academy begins with full classroom

More students than expected started the FIFPro Online Academy, a cooperation of FIFPro union with the University College of Northe Read more

Romanian players demand respect from authorities

The Romanian professional footballers association AFAN organized a successful demonstration. Many players from the country's first Read more

FIFPro Winter Tournament: 120 Irish seek new club

On Friday December 16th, FIFPro will organize its second consecutive FIFPro Winter Tournament for out of contract footballers. Tea Read more

FIFPro backs Croatian players who refused to play

FIFPro gives its full support to the professional footballers of FC Karlovac and the players' association of Croatia. On Sunday, t Read more

Spanish teams participate in World XI vote

Nine days to go before FIFPro reveals the 55 footballers on the shortlist of the 2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI. The World Players’ U Read more

FIFPro proposes changes to Whereabouts system

FIFPro proposes changes to the Whereabouts system of WADA. FIFPro is of the opinion that the system is an example of inequality un Read more

FIFPro helps establish World Athletes Association

Representatives of 150,000 athletes (including professional footballers) from across the globe voted unanimously to establish a fe Read more

FIFPro wants to cooperate more closely with FIFA

FIFPro calls upon FIFA to come to a closer cooperation in its fight against racism. FIFPro was surprised to learn of the statement Read more

Russian FA shows lack of respect for footballers

FIFPro is very disappointed with the Russian FA, which again failed to act decisively against a club that has displayed serious mi Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal pick their World XI

Three weeks to go before FIFPro reveal the shortlist of the 2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the latest play Read more

Russian national team stands by abused Gogniev

The players of the Russian national football team showed their support for Spartak Gogniev, the player who last week was physicall Read more

Croatian players, Olympic Committee sign agreement

The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Croatian Association Football Union (HUNS) signed on Monday, 7th of November 2011, at Read more

World XI: French league leaders PSG vote

Paris Saint-Germain is the current leader in France’s Ligue 1, with a three-point lead after 13 matches. Recently players of the Read more

FIFPro supports Palestine football players

On the invitation of the Palestine football players a delegation of FIFPro (vice-president Piat and secretary general Van Seggelen Read more

FIFPro demands safety guarantees after new assault

FIFPro is urging the Russian football authorities and the national government to guarantee the safety of professional footballers. Read more

Attack on Gogniev: Russian players want protection

Russian Premier League players have appealed to the country's FA to take sanctions against Chechen club Terek Grozny after an FC K Read more

Three new members in the FIFPro family

The FIFPro family has three new members. Morocco, Serbia and (under reservation) Costa Rica are official members of FIFPro. Four o Read more

FIFPro fights for player rights during Israel congress

FIFPro enjoyed a highly successful congress in Tel Aviv. The world trade union for professional footballers welcomed 54 players’ Read more

Dutch students vote and hope to be the next Thiago

Maybe they will be the stars of the future… They might not be the best Dutch footballers yet, but the talented players who voted Read more

Montenegro: union signs memorandum with FA

The Trade Union of Professional Football Players of Montenegro (SPFCG) took a historical step. The SPFCG signed a Memorandum of Co Read more

Greek union demands insurance for all players

The Greek professional footballers’ association urges the country’s Football authorities to act swiftly and arrange that all p Read more

Tel Aviv hosts FIFPro General Assembly

Next week, FIFPro will be welcoming its members to Tel Aviv, Israel, for the annual general meeting. From Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 Read more

Chelsea’s players eyeing comeback in World XI

In recent history Chelsea had four of its players picked in the FIFPro World XI. This year, the footballers of the English title c Read more

'Footballers' union team in Swiss championship'

Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax has not paid its players' wages for September and faces a genuine risk of bankruptcy. if Xamax goes ba Read more

Irish champions vote for FIFPro World XI

Shamrock Rovers captured the championship of the League of Ireland Tuesday night by beating UCD. Recently, players of this club we Read more

FIFPro respects FIFA Statutes and decisions

Publications in the Swiss press seem to indicate that FIFPro is supporting the actions of the club FC Sion. This is a misinterpret Read more

Sion case: FIFA reacts in an over-simplified way

FIFPro calls upon FIFA to enforce its own regulations and to not apply their own regulations selectively on the wrong parties. Whi Read more

Footballers Xamax: ‘No pay, but they play’

The footballers of Neuchâtel Xamax have resumed their training. Earlier this week the players announced to cancel their training Read more

Mifsud starts first ever Maltese World XI vote

Michael Mifsud, captain of the Maltese National team, is the first ever Maltese player to vote for the FIFA FIFPro World XI. He wa Read more

Non-payment Xamax: players refuse to train

The professional footballers of Neuchâtel Xamax do not train tomorrow, Wednesday 19 October, to protest against non-payment of th Read more

Premier League stars join FIFPro World XI vote

The 2010 FIFA FIFPro World XI was unique as for the first time in its six-year history the World XI did not contain any player fro Read more

Brøndby and Copenhagen players talk about World XI

In Denmark, players of Brøndby IF and FC Copenhagen welcomed the representatives of Spillerforeningen, the Danish professional fo Read more

World XI: Finnish national team players vote

FIFPro received ballots and pictures from Finland, as Finnish professional football players have also joined the vote for the 2011 Read more

Slovenian goalgetter starts Slovenian World XI vote

Dare Vrsic was the first Slovenian footballer to cast a vote for the 2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI. A few days later he helped his cou Read more

Czech players association signs MoU with ministry

The Czech Association of Football Players (CAFH) has made a significant step. It has agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding with Read more

Successful Montenegro join the World XI vote

Montenegro is one of the surprising teams in the current Euro 2012 qualification campaign. Last Friday, Montenegro held England to Read more

National team of Greece discuss their World XI

In Greece players of the national football team and last year’s runner-up Panathinaikos joined the vote for the 2011 FIFA FIFPro Read more

World XI: Moroccan national team and Zerouali vote…

Just as president Mustapha El Hadaoui and his colleagues from the PFA of Morocco (AMF) were preparing to visit the national team o Read more

FIFPro happy with CAS decision about 'Osaka Rule'

To the entire satisfaction of FIFPro, CAS decided to wipe out the so-called Osaka Rule of the IOC. Athletes can no longer be barre Read more

Hungarian national team votes for World XI

In Hungary, players of Vasas Budapest and the Hungarian national football team took part in the vote for the 2011 FIFA FIFPro Worl Read more

‘Often, a decision by the CAS is a matter of chance’

Sporters have far more rights if they appear in a civil court than at a sport tribunal such as the CAS. This is the opinion of dop Read more

World XI: Scottish striker Goodwillie votes

FIFPro is receiving more and more pictures from players filling in their ballots for the 2011 FIFA FIFPro World XI. The Scottish p Read more

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