Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)

Also known as: RFEF

Jurisdiction: Spain

Spanish football federation; its refereeing committee (CTA) is central to the Negreira matter, and it issued Messi’s 2005–06 licence.

Timeline appearances

  1. 1994Negreira & refereeingClassification: Confirmed fact
    Enríquez Negreira serves as CTA vice-president
  2. 2001-08-24Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Analytical inference
    Applicability of Article 19 RSTP to Messi's own 2000-01 registration — analytical inference that the rule postdated his arrival
  3. 2002-02-15Origins & GHD eligibilityClassification: Not independently verified
    RFEF registration dated 15 February 2002 — unverified; no primary federation document located
  4. 2005-10-18Barcelona formationClassification: Confirmed fact
    The 2005-06 licence dispute: RFEF, LFP, CSD and CEDD decisions, October 2005 to March 2006

Relationships

Sources

Independent sources:
2
Total references:
2

Established wire or investigative reporting

Evolución del caso Negreira desde su aparición en escena

EFE (via Yahoo Noticias) · 2023-02-22

RetrievedLanguage: esIndependent source
vicepresidente del Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) entre 1994 y 2018
Translationvice-president of the CTA between 1994 and 2018[Claude translation]

Supports

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Also carries the early chronology and the final-year payment figures.

Governing-body regulation or decision

UEFA statement opening and later freezing the Negreira disciplinary procedure (Art. 31(4))

UEFA (Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body) · 2023-03-23

Not foundLanguage: enIndependent source

Supports

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Held in the research record only through reporting (TUDN, Milenio, iusport); the UEFA statement itself was not primary-retrieved.

Retrieved 2026-07-17

Explicit limitations

  • Exact appointment day.
  • Does any primary RFEF or Federacio Catalana registration document for 15 February 2002 exist?
  • Can the verbatim RFEF, LFP, CSD and CEDD decision texts of 2005-06 be independently retrieved?