Battling Relegation and Promotion Off-Field

Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol, 27 December 2013, no. 320/2013; STJD, 7 May 2013, no. 26/2014; STJD, 26 December 2013, no. 319/2013

Date of the decision: 2013-12-26

Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol, 27 December 2013, no. 320/2013, Associação Portuguesa De Desportos

Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol, 7 May 2013, no. 26/2014

Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol, 26 December 2013, no. 319/2013, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

This article was finished on 5 May 2014, when the situation of the cases involved with Flamengo, Portuguesa, and Icasa was as described, pending further developments.

Brazilian football has on-going cases at civil courts with teams trying to battle relegation and promotion off the field. This may create problematic situations where the...

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