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    Home - Football - Osasuna appeal, say Barcelona player was ineligible for match
    Football Updated:March 30, 2025

    Osasuna appeal, say Barcelona player was ineligible for match

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    Cliff Notes – Osasuna appeal, say Barcelona player was ineligible for match

    • Osasuna has lodged an appeal with the RFEF, claiming that Barcelona’s Iñigo Martínez should not have played due to a medical leave from the national team.
    • The club argues that FIFA regulations prohibit players who withdraw for medical reasons from participating in club matches for five days following the international period.
    • If the RFEF rules in favour of Osasuna, Barcelona could face forfeiting the match, which would impact their position in LaLiga.

    Osasuna appeal, say Barcelona player was ineligible for match

    Osasuna filed an appeal with the Spanish football federation (RFEF) on Friday stating Barcelona should not have fielded defender Iñigo Martínez in their LaLiga game over a technicality as he sat out Spain’s matches with an injury.

    Martínez, who withdrew from the Spain squad for their Nations League games due to a swollen right knee, played the full 90 minutes in Barcelona’s 3-0 win on Thursday which moved the league leaders three points clear in LaLiga.

    “The club understands that the participation of Iñigo Martínez in yesterday’s match violated article 5 of Annex I of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players,” Osasuna said in a statement.

    Osasuna are not happy with Iñigo Martínez’s inclusion in Barcelona’s team during the Catalan club’s victory on Thursday.

    “[It] specifies that a player who does not join or leaves his national team for medical reasons may not play matches for his club during the five calendar days following the end of the international period.

    “Osasuna believes that Iñigo Martínez, whose absence from the Spanish national team was due to a medical leave, was not eligible to play in yesterday’s match in accordance with FIFA regulations.”

    The result left Osasuna 14th in the table, six points clear of the relegation zone.

    Forced the game to be rescheduled

    Barcelona were originally meant to play Osasuna on March 8 but the death of Barcelona club doctor Carles Miñarro García forced the game to be rescheduled to March 27, just four days after Spain’s match as there was no other date available.

    Both clubs had appeals for the fixture to be postponed rejected, with Barça unable to field some of their players such as one of their top scorers Raphinha, who had just returned from international duty.

    RFEF regulations state in the instance of a club fielding a player who does “not meet the requirements to participate” the club shall forfeit the match and the opposition will be declared the winner.

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