Black Leopards chairperson questions PSL decision after Fifa ban row

Black Leopards chairperson David Thidiela says the club will not play in the ABC Motsepe League after being relegated from the professional game, as he continues his challenge against the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Speaking to the media in Johannesburg on Thursday, Thidiela said Black Leopards believed the Premier Soccer League acted prematurely by withholding registration cards for the club’s new players at the beginning of last season.

The decision followed concerns over a supposed Fifa transfer ban. Black Leopards were later relegated from the Motsepe Foundation Championship, before their attempt through Safa arbitration to have their opening four matches replayed was dismissed.

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Thidiela insists the club should not have been punished in the first place and says its professional status now depends on the outcome of the CAS case.

“I was demoted two years ago unlawfully,” Thidiela said. “The question today is: who banned Leopards and for what?

“I’m not relegated and I’m not going to play in the ABC Motsepe League.

“The case is with CAS [the international Court of Arbitration for Sport] to decide it isn’t for the PSL to have decided already. Fifa said there is no ban for us.”

Black Leopards bought the league status of All Stars in 2023. According to Thidiela, the club did not realise at the time that it would also take on financial liabilities connected to the transaction, which subsequently led to a Fifa transfer ban being imposed.

At the start of the following season, the PSL withheld the registration cards of Black Leopards’ new signings. The club was therefore forced to contest its first four matches with a severely weakened squad.

That sequence of events is at the centre of the club’s legal dispute. Black Leopards first took the matter to Safa arbitration, where advocate Hilton Epstein SC rejected their application for the four fixtures to be replayed and ordered the club to pay the legal costs.

After losing that appeal, Thidiela referred the matter to CAS. He is seeking to overturn the relegation and retain Black Leopards’ place in professional football. The case remains ongoing.

Thidiela said Black Leopards had attempted to find a temporary solution by asking whether players from their academy could be registered, but claimed that the PSL’s legal representatives refused the request.

“[After that] the league gave me the [registration] cards the same day we received the letter on September 30 from Fifa. Before that, we wrote a letter to ask if we can register the young players from our academy and they [PSL legal] refused,” he said.

He said the club received confirmation from Fifa on 30 September that it was not subject to a ban, after which the PSL immediately made the registration cards available.

“And on September 30 they [Fifa] said Black Leopards are not banned immediately the same day when I got a letter from Fifa, the league called us to say come and collect the cards.

“The ban was over after we played four games.”

Until CAS rules on the matter, Black Leopards remain involved in a dispute over whether their relegation was valid and whether they should take part in the ABC Motsepe League.