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www.slpc.eu www.lawinsport.com CORONAVIRUS AND ITS IMPACT ON FOOTBALL A SPORTS LAW AND POLICY CENTRE AND LAWINSPORT JOINT SURVEY Version 3.0 (7 June 2020) Edited by Michele Colucci, Alessandro Coni, Sean Cottrell and Rustam Sethna Saleh Alobeidli, Vitor Hugo Almeida, Konstantinos Antoniou, Maciej Bałaziński, Gonzalo Bossart, Rui Botica Santo, Yuliya Bogdanova, Morten Bro, Guo Cai, Salvatore Civale, Martin Cockburn, Alessandro Coni, Ksenija Damjanovic, Ricardo de Buen Rodriguez, Cristina Delgado, Shaun Dong, César Giraldo, Nasr El Din Azzam, Philipp S. Fischinger, Tiran Gunawardena, Anil Gursoy Artan, Loizos Hadjidemetriou, Rafael Hagopjanian, Lars Hilliger, Farid Hagverdiyev, Abdalrahman Hashish, Ignatius Michael “Mickey” D. Ingles, Luis Kanonnikoff Dardano, Boris Kolev, Penny Konitsioti, Laurens Korbee, Francisco A. Larios, Sébastien Ledure, Karolina Letniowska, Marie-Anne Lindhardt, Kai Ludwig, Anthony Lo Surdo S.C., Stefano Malvestio, Jean-Michel Marmayou, Felix Majani, Luka Milanović, Ettore Mazzilli, Andrea Minnicino, John Paul Mowberry, Susanah Ng, Jean Jacques Nouyadjam, Niko Panjaitan, Leanne O’Leary, Deep Ray, Ariel Reck, Vanja Smokvina, Anna Smirnova, Adrian Stângaciu, Elena Todorovska, Henry Tufnell, Josep Francesc Vandellos Alamilla, Kevin van den Oetelaar, Ronny-V. van der Mei, Johan van Gaalen Felipe Vasquez, Takuya Yamazaki, Santiago J. Zambrano. Foreword This independent and open-source initiative is based on a series of questions sent to leading international sports lawyers and academics from 52 countries worldwide (highlighted in light blue in the map below). The aim is to provide an overview of the measures adopted at national level by (i) governments, (ii) national football associations, (iii) leagues, (iv) clubs, and (v) player associations against the Coronavirus pandemic. Map highlighting countries analysed in this survey, in light blue This survey contains an Executive Summary and National Reports based on a questionnaire on the most important issues concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on football. It is divided into the following sections1: 1. The “Big Five” Leagues ( England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) 2. Other European federations (Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine) 3. Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and USA) 4. Africa (Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) 5. Asia and Oceania (Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE) This version of the survey (V.3) also includes a snapshot of the status of professional football championships in each of these 52 jurisdictions. It is up to date to 5 June 20202 3, and will be regularly updated, as the situation continues to develop. Last but not least, we sincerely thank our colleagues and co-authors who have invested their precious time in researching and writing the national reports; valuable contributions which make this survey unique. Special thanks also to Rafael Hagopjanian and Henry Tufnell, J.D. Graduates from Pepperdine Law School, for the linguistic review. Michele Colucci, Alessandro Coni, Sean Cottrell, Rustam Sethna Brussels, Milan, London, Mumbai, 7 June 2020 1 Each section has been arranged in alphabetical order. 2 Version 1.0 was up to date to 20 April 2020 and it is available at http://www.sportslawandpolicycentre.com. 3 Version 2.0 was up to date to 5 May 2020 and is available at both, www.sportslawandpolicycentre.com and www.lawinsport.com. 2 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. 6 Return to Play: A Snapshot .................................................................................................. 21 Section I: The ‘Big Five’ Leagues ......................................................................................... 33 England (by Tiran Gunawardena) ........................................................................................... 33 France (by Jean-Michel Marmayou) ........................................................................................ 41 Germany (by Philipp S. Fischinger) ........................................................................................ 46 Italy (by Salvatore Civale and Alessandro Coni) .................................................................... 52 Spain (by Josep Francesc Vandellos Alamilla) ....................................................................... 59 Section II: Europe (Other UEFA Federations) ................................................................... 66 Azerbaijan (by Farid Hagverdiyev) ......................................................................................... 66 Belgium (by Sébastien Ledure) ................................................................................................ 71 Bulgaria (by Dr. Boris Kolev and Elena Todorovska) ............................................................. 76 Croatia (by Vanja Smokvina) ................................................................................................... 81 Cyprus (by Loizos Hadjidemetriou) ......................................................................................... 87 Denmark (by Lars Hilliger and Morten Bro) .......................................................................... 92 Greece (by Penny Konitsioti) ................................................................................................... 98 The Netherlands (by Laurens Korbee and Kevin van den Oetelaar) ..................................... 105 Norway (by Ronny-V. van der Meij) ...................................................................................... 110 Poland (by Maciej Bałaziński and Karolina Letniowska)...................................................... 118 Portugal (by Rui Botica Santos) ............................................................................................. 125 Romania (by Adrian Stângaciu) ............................................................................................. 130 Russia (by Anna Smirnova) .................................................................................................... 137 Scotland (by John Paul Mowberry) ....................................................................................... 143 Serbia (by Ksenija Damjanovic) ............................................................................................ 146 Slovenia (by Luka Milanović) ................................................................................................ 156 3 Sweden (by Marie-Anne Lindhardt) ...................................................................................... 161 Switzerland (by Kai Ludwig) ................................................................................................. 168 Turkey (by Anil Gursoy Artan) .............................................................................................. 175 Ukraine (by Yuliya Bogdanova) ............................................................................................. 178 Section III: Americas ........................................................................................................... 182 Argentina (by Ariel Reck) ...................................................................................................... 182 Canada (by Paul Champ) ....................................................................................................... 186 Brazil (by Stefano Malvestio and Vitor Hugo Almeida) ........................................................ 190 Chile (by Gonzalo Bossart) .................................................................................................... 196 Colombia (by César Giraldo and Cristina Delgado) ............................................................ 201 Ecuador (by Santiago J. Zambrano) ...................................................................................... 207 Mexico (by Ricardo de Buen Rodríguez)............................................................................... 211 Paraguay (by Luis Kanonnikoff Dardano) ............................................................................. 214 Uruguay (by Felipe Vasquez)................................................................................................. 220 United States of America (by Francisco A. Larios) .............................................................. 224 Section IV: Africa ................................................................................................................ 231 Cameroon (by Jean Jacques Nouyadjam).............................................................................. 231 Egypt (by Nasr El Din Azzam and Abdalrahman Hashish) ................................................... 235 Ghana (by Felix Majani) ........................................................................................................ 240 Kenya (by Felix Majani) ........................................................................................................ 245 Nigeria (by Felix Majani) ...................................................................................................... 249 South Africa (by Johan van Gaalen) ....................................................................................