FIFPRO Europe stresses that collective bans should be avoided wherever possible and that resources should be directed towards improving surveillance, reporting, and sanctioning mechanisms in football stadia.

In a further display of the reinforced spirit of cooperation between FIFPRO Europe and UEFA, the FIFPRO Europe board led by President David Terrier met with a delegation of UEFA led by President Aleksander Ceferin yesterday in Stuttgart.

Under the accord, signed by the leaders of both organisations in Paris, a FIFPRO Europe representative will join the UEFA executive committee from May 2025. Meanwhile, UEFA has committed to involving FIFPRO Europe in any decision that could affect players’ employment conditions, or any potential competition reform that could impact players’ workload.

Members of FIFPRO Europe met in Stockholm, Sweden, for their General Assembly on 11-12 June, where they confirmed the make-up of the board for the next four years and re-elected David Terrier as the division’s president.

UEFA has announced the launch of a new UEFA initiative, supported by the European Club Association, European Leagues and FIFPRO Europe, aimed at further defining the concept of ‘load’ in elite European men’s and women’s football, as well as understanding its associated impact where needed.

FIFPRO Division Europe discussed its strategy for the upcoming years during its two-day general assembly in Budva, Montenegro. Approximately 70 representatives of 34 member unions participated in the meetings that took part between 24-25 May 2022.   

Terrier, a vice president of French player union UNFP and FIFPRO global board member, is a former professional footballer who played for the likes of Metz, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Nice.

After receiving numerous, often shocking complaints from professional footballers in Eastern Europe, we, FIFPRO decided to launch a research in 2011 and examine the following issues in 15 countries in Eastern Europe:

FIFPRO General Secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann was among sports industry leaders to speak at the opening session of the 16th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sports on 5 November 2020.

FIFPRO Europe President David Terrier explains why the complaint to the European Commission against FIFA is being made by FIFPRO Europe and European Leagues, together with LaLiga, as well as the timeline that has led to this decision.

Player unions and professional leagues gathered last week in Brussels for a European Employers and Employees Roundtable for the professional football sector, organised by FIFPRO Europe and the European Leagues and hosted at the headquarters of the Belgium Pro League.

Following their written contributions to the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the ‘Role of EU Policies in Shaping the European Sport Model’ and the contributions at the European Commission’s EU Sport Forum in Krakow, European Leagues and FIFPRO Europe underline their commitment for a transformative industrial agenda that prioritises the European Sectoral Social Dialogue between the social partners, collective bargaining, and inclusive governance.