FIFA REGULATIONS ON THE STATUS AND TRANSFER OF PLAYERS AND THE REALISATION OF PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS' STATUS

Ovaj diplomski rad obrađuje temu analize odredbi FIFA Pravilnika o statusu i transferima igrača u kontekstu njegova utjecaja na ostvarivanje statusa profesionalnog nogometaša. Prvi dio rada fokusiran je na razradu članaka FIFA Pravilnika o statusu i transferima igrača koji definiraju sam status nogometaša, razvoj FIFA Pravilnika kroz noviju povijest pod utjecajem revolucionarnog slučaja Bosman te na najnovije izmjene istog pod utjecajem COVID-19 pandemije i ratne situacije u Ukrajini. Također, analiziran je dio u kojem je razrađena ugovorna stabilnost te je u tom kontekstu pažnja skrenuta na relevantne slučajeve sudske prakse koji su ostavili dubok trag na shvaćanje odredbi FIFA Pravilnika i na radni aspekt sportskog prava u cjelini. Drugi dio rada je pored navođenja relevantnih instrumenata pravne zaštite statusa dostupnih nogometašima razradio problematiku koja proizlazi iz radnopravnog statusa nogometaša na području Republike Hrvatske te je pažnju skrenuo i na situaciju u susjednim zemljama, točnije Sloveniji i Srbiji.The following master’s thesis is analyzing the provisions of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players in the context of achieving the status of a professional football player. The first part of the paper is focused on inspecting the articles of FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players that define the status of a football player itself, the development of the FIFA Regulations throughout modern history under the influence of the revolutionary Bosman case and on the newest editions made under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war conflict in Ukraine. Also, it analyzes the part in which the contractual stability is laid out and, in that context, the attention is brought upon relevant case study that left a mark on the understanding of the provisions of the FIFA Regulations and on the labour aspect of sports law. The second part, other than naming the relevant instruments that are made available to football players in the purpose of protecting their status, also lays out the problems that arise from the labour status of professional football players in the Republic of Croatia while also focusing on the situation in the neighbor countries, or to be more precise, Slovenia and Serbia