CAS rejects King Faisal FC’s bid to halt GFA third term decision
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed King Faisal FC’s request for a stay of execution filed on 1 September 2025 in the matter of King Faisal FC v Ghana Football Association (GFA), relating to the other reliefs of the Third Term decision of the GFA Congress.
CAS further stated that the costs of the present order will be determined in the final award or any other final disposition of this arbitration.
King Faisal FC filed a Statement of Appeal with CAS against the GFA regarding various decisions adopted by the GFA Annual General Meeting (GFA Congress) on 12 August 2025. Riding on the back of this appeal, King Faisal FC requested a stay of execution of the Appealed Decisions.
In a decision delivered by Mrs Corinne Schmidhauser, President of the CAS Appeals Arbitration Division, CAS emphasised that: “When deciding whether to award preliminary relief, the President of the Division or the Panel, as the case may be, shall consider whether the relief is necessary to protect the applicant from irreparable harm, the likelihood of success on the merits of the claim, and whether the interests of the Applicant outweigh those of the Respondent(s).”
CAS concluded that the Appellant had not even alleged, let alone established, that any of the three cumulative conditions required under Article R37(5) of the CAS Code were fulfilled.
These conditions are: (a) a risk of irreparable harm should the request for a stay of execution be dismissed; (b) the likelihood of success on the merits of the appeal; and (c) that its interests in obtaining the requested stay outweigh those of the Respondent.
The decisions taken by the respected GFA Congress came into effect on 12 August 2025, the day they were adopted at Prampram, and continue to remain effective.
