STAT practice questions

Question 1

Which FIFA organ is the supreme legislative body of the association?

Accepted Answer

The FIFA Congress. The Statutes place Congress at the top of the legislative hierarchy: member associations meet there to adopt and amend the Statutes and to take the association’s supreme decisions. The Council is the strategic and oversight organ between Congresses. The secretariat administers; the Football Tribunal is a judicial body, not the legislature.

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The FIFA Council.

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The FIFA Congress.

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The general secretariat.

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The Football Tribunal.

Question 2

Between ordinary Congresses, which organ is principally responsible for setting FIFA’s strategic direction?

Accepted Answer

The FIFA Council. The Council is the strategic and oversight body that conducts FIFA’s business between Congresses. Judicial chambers, auditors, and licensed agents are not that organ.

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The Dispute Resolution Chamber sitting in plenary.

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The FIFA Council.

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The independent auditors acting alone.

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A simple majority of licensed Football Agents.

Question 3

Why do the Statutes insist that FIFA’s judicial bodies remain independent of the political organs?

Accepted Answer

So disciplinary, ethics, and appeal functions are not directed by the Council or Congress in individual cases. The Statutes separate judicial functions from the political organs so individual cases are not steered by Congress or the Council. That independence is a FIFA-internal requirement as well as a CAS-facing one. Parties do not elect judges per match, and Congress does not sit as a weekly court of revision.

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So Congress can rewrite a disciplinary decision the same week.

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So disciplinary, ethics, and appeal functions are not directed by the Council or Congress in individual cases.

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So clubs can elect the judges for each match they play.

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Independence applies only to CAS, never to FIFA bodies.

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