Key legal question
Whether the CAS had jurisdiction as ordinary arbitration or only as appeal arbitration under UEFA Statutes arts. 61 and 62.
Extracted holding
The CAS was correctly found competent as an ordinary arbitral tribunal; the appeal route under art. 62 did not exclude ordinary jurisdiction in this case.
Extracted reasoning
The Court interpreted the statutes in context and historically, holding that arts. 61 and 62 refer to UEFA judicial bodies and that the disputed Congress decision did not fall within the appeal mechanism as construed by the CAS.