UEFA

Also known as: UEFA

Jurisdiction: International

European football confederation; opened then froze a Negreira-related disciplinary procedure. It has not sanctioned Barcelona for Negreira.

Timeline appearances

  1. 2001-03-05Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Confirmed fact
    Article 19 RSTP chronology: the EU/FIFA/UEFA agreement of 5 March 2001 and FIFA Circular 769 of 24 August 2001
  2. 2001-08-24Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Analytical inference
    Applicability of Article 19 RSTP to Messi's own 2000-01 registration — analytical inference that the rule postdated his arrival
  3. 2002-02-15Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Not independently verified
    RFEF registration dated 15 February 2002 — unverified; no primary federation document located
  4. 2004-12-07Barcelona formationClassification: Confirmed fact
    Champions League debut, 7 December 2004, and first Champions League goal, 2 November 2005
  5. 2005-09-26Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Confirmed fact
    Spanish nationality acquired on 26 September 2005 by residence
  6. 2005-11-19Barcelona formationClassification: Confirmed fact
    The 2005-06 season: first Clasico, the Chelsea tie, and the injury that ended his season
  7. 2023-03Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    UEFA opens then freezes disciplinary procedure
  8. 2024-10Club World Cup host berthClassification: Confirmed fact
    FIFA Club World Cup 2025 host-slot regulation — citation corrected to official FIFA document
  9. 2026-06-04Negreira & refereeingClassification: Disputed interpretation
    Media report describes unnamed analysis alleging Barcelona-favourable anomaly

Claims

Relationships

Sources

Independent sources:
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Total references:
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Governing-body regulation or decision

UEFA statement opening and later freezing the Negreira disciplinary procedure (Art. 31(4))

UEFA (Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body) · 2023-03-23

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Supports

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Held in the research record only through reporting (TUDN, Milenio, iusport); the UEFA statement itself was not primary-retrieved.

Retrieved 2026-07-17

Explicit limitations

  • Can the full text of the 2001 RSTP be retrieved?
  • Does any primary RFEF or Federacio Catalana registration document for 15 February 2002 exist?
  • Whether/when UEFA reopens.
  • Veracity of the reported €500,000 figure.
  • Phase 7 recorded the verbatim Art. 11.1/11.4 host-row wording as INACCESSIBLE (PDF blocks automated retrieval) and the "2024-10-03" Council date as unconfirmed. Phase 8 SUPERSEDES both: Annex B C-04 and C-05 record that the official PDF was retrieved, that Article 49 states the regulations "were approved by the FIFA Council on 3 October 2024 and came into force immediately," and that Article 11.4 reads "Host (club TBC) | 1 | One club (access for the club occupying this slot will be determined by FIFA at a later stage)."
  • Phase 8 §23: no retrieved FIFA primary document dated before 2 October 2024 states the berth would go to the Supporters' Shield winner; no published FIFA Council vote, minute or circular naming Inter Miami was retrieved — an evidence gap, not proof that no such internal act existed.
  • Author identity.
  • Peer review.
  • Full data and method.