José María Enríquez Negreira

Also known as: Enríquez Negreira · Negreira

Jurisdiction: Spain

Vice-president of the RFEF refereeing committee (CTA) from 1994 to 2018 and the person after whom the Negreira matter is named. Investigado; the bribery charge against him was later revoked and the case remains unresolved.

Roles

  • Vice-president, RFEF Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) — from 1994 to 2018-05

Legal and procedural status

Legal status: Investigado · Spain

Investigado in the Negreira proceedings. The cohecho (bribery) charge against him was revoked on 23 May 2024 (his CTA functions were held not to be delegated public functions). The case remains in instrucción — no trial, no verdict.

Timeline appearances

  1. 1994Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Enríquez Negreira serves as CTA vice-president

    Role at the time: Vice-president, RFEF Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) from 1994 to 2018-05

  2. 2001Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Payments recorded from FC Barcelona to Negreira-linked companies

    Role at the time: Vice-president, RFEF Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) from 1994 to 2018-05

  3. 2022-03Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    AEAT inspection refers Negreira payments to prosecutors
  4. 2023-02-15Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Cadena SER reveals investigation of Negreira payments
  5. 2023-03Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    UEFA opens then freezes disciplinary procedure
  6. 2023-03-10Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Prosecutors file complaint over Negreira payments
  7. 2024-05-23Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Audiencia Provincial dismisses bribery charge
  8. 2024-08-06Negreira & refereeingClassification: Credible reported allegation
    Guardia Civil reports instrumental companies and raises total
  9. 2026-05Negreira & refereeingClassification: Credible reported allegation
    Forensic report finds Negreira's dementia worsened
  10. 2026-06-04Negreira & refereeingClassification: Disputed interpretation
    Media report describes unnamed analysis alleging Barcelona-favourable anomaly

Claims

Relationships

Sources

Independent sources:
5
Total references:
5

Corporate or financial record

DASNIL 95 SL — registry extract (Registro Mercantil de Barcelona data)

Registro Mercantil de Barcelona · 1995-08-02

RetrievedLanguage: esIndependent source
La fecha de constitución de DASNIL 95 SL es el 02/08/1995
TranslationThe incorporation date of DASNIL 95 SL is 02/08/1995[Claude translation]

Supports

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Court or judicial record

La Audiencia de Barcelona desestima el delito de cohecho en el caso Negreira (auto ECLI:ES:APB:2024:1372A + CGPJ press note)

Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona, Sección 21ª (via CGPJ) · 2024-05-23

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no… funciones… ejercidas por delegación… no podría atribuírsele la condición de funcionario público
Translationnot functions exercised by delegation… he could not be attributed the status of public official[Claude translation]

Supports

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Also the source of the "entre 1993 a 2018" tenure formulation that conflicts with the consensus 1994 start.

Established wire or investigative reporting

Evolución del caso Negreira desde su aparición en escena

EFE (via Yahoo Noticias) · 2023-02-22

RetrievedLanguage: esIndependent source
vicepresidente del Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) entre 1994 y 2018
Translationvice-president of the CTA between 1994 and 2018[Claude translation]

Supports

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Also carries the early chronology and the final-year payment figures.

Prosecutor or government record

Fiscalía denuncia — corrupción entre particulares en el ámbito deportivo, administración desleal, falsedad en documento mercantil

Fiscalía Provincial de Barcelona / Fiscalía Anticorrupción · 2023-03-10

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Supports

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Not indexed/online; only fragments reproduced by El País, Libertad Digital and Maldita.es. The full querella text was never retrieved.

Retrieved 2026-07-17

Prosecutor or government record

Guardia Civil (UOPJ) reports on the FC Barcelona–Negreira transfers (25 conclusions; 136/162-page transfer report; 168-page Rufas report)

Guardia Civil, Unidad Orgánica de Policía Judicial · 2024-08-06

InaccessibleLanguage: esIndependent source

Supports

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Leaked in part only, via El Español and Libertad Digital. The complete reports were never retrieved; the year-by-year payment table remains blocked.

Retrieved 2026-07-17

Explicit limitations

  • Exact appointment day.
  • Exact figures 2006–2011.
  • The competing totals do not reconcile: Fiscalía €7.3M/€7.5M, revised €7.6M; Guardia Civil €8,389,599.73; El Mundo €6,659,488 since 2001; InfoLibre/Football Leaks €6.2M (2001–2017, IVA incl.).
  • A complete, primary-sourced exact year-by-year 17-year table does not exist in retrievable journalism.
  • Full AEAT report not retrieved.
  • Whether/when UEFA reopens.
  • Veracity of the reported €500,000 figure.
  • Full querella text not retrieved.
  • Whether cassation pursued (none established).
  • Whether instrumentality proves corruption vs tax evasion.
  • Whether the judge archives in whole or part.
  • Author identity.
  • Peer review.
  • Full data and method.