Wednesday, 2nd April, 2014



Barcelona have been hit with a transfer ban by FIFA after being found guilty of breaching rules over the registration and transfer of players under the age of 18.

FIFA has now banned Barcelona from signing any players over the course of the next two transfer windows, effectively putting the Blaugrana out of the summer window and the 2015 winter window.



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FIFA announced in a statement: "The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) and Spanish club FC Barcelona for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.

"The sanctions follow investigations initially conducted by FIFA Transfer Matching System GmbH over the course of last year and subsequently by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee as part of disciplinary proceedings.

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"The RFEF and FC Barcelona were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of non-Spanish minors with the club, as well as other relevant regulations with regard to the registration and participation of certain players in national competitions. The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013."

The result is that Barcelona are banned from signing players for the next two transfer windows as well as being hit with a fine.

"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."

And the Spanish FA has been slapped with a fine too, FIFA confirming that "the RFEF was sanctioned with a fine of CHF 500,000 and granted a period of one year in which to regularise their regulatory framework and existing system concerning the international transfer of minors in football."

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