Pravo Evropske unije i reprezentativni fudbal

Abstract

Globalization and the development of the global economy have also influenced the development of football in Europe and throughout the world. The paper deals with the relationship of the European Union Law and football. The European Union, as a specific legal structure, has been “eluding” precise definition of its legal nature since its inception, while the nature of football is changing, and in addition to the game, it is also becoming an important economic activity. The attitude of the Union towards football can be divided into two periods. First, before the Bosman case and after it. Both periods are marked by the activity of the European Court of Justice, and the connection of sports and football as a whole with economic activity, which was also confirmed in the Bosman case. However, there is one exception in relation to such a position of the Court, and that is the matches of representative selections. After posing the problem and briefly describing the practice of the Court, the authors try to figure out the motives that led to such reasoning of the Court.