FIFA Bans Hapoel Haifa From Transfers for One Year
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
FIFA has issued a one-year transfer ban against Hapoel Haifa and ordered the club to pay 350,000 euros in compensation to Polissya Zhytomyr. The ban is due to allegations that Hapoel Haifa induced player Ofek Biton to break his contract. Hapoel Haifa has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, hoping to overturn the sanctions.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- FIFA has banned Hapoel Haifa from player transfers for one year.
- The ban is linked to allegations of inducing player Ofek Biton to breach his contract.
- Hapoel Haifa must also pay 350,000 euros in compensation to Polissya Zhytomyr.
- The club has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
- Hapoel Haifa plans to cite the Lassana Diarra case in its appeal.
FIFA has imposed a one-year transfer ban on Israeli soccer club Hapoel Haifa. The ban stems from allegations that the club induced player Ofek Biton to breach his contract with Ukrainian team Polissya Zhytomyr. In addition to the transfer ban, Hapoel Haifa was ordered to pay 350,000 euros in compensation to the Ukrainian club.
Hapoel Haifa denies the allegations and has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the ban and the financial penalty. The club plans to use the precedent set by the case of Lassana Diarra, where the European Court of Justice ruled in October 2024 that certain FIFA transfer regulations conflicted with European law.
The club, owned by Yoav Katz, is awaiting the outcome of its appeal. According to the agreement between Biton and Hapoel Haifa, the player is responsible for covering the costs associated with the legal proceedings, including the appeal to CAS.
