In a significant turn of events, the global soccer landscape is seeing mounting resistance against FIFA’s increasingly congested match calendar. The latest clash is over the proposed expansion of the Club World Cup in 2025.

A players' union, the European leagues' group and Spain's LaLiga accused FIFA of "abuse" on Monday as they filed a joint complaint about the governing body's international match schedule to European Union antitrust regulators.

Global players’ union FIFPro teamed up with Europe’s domestic leagues to file a formal complaint against FIFA at the European Commission in Brussels on Monday, as the struggle to control football’s calendar intensified.

European football chiefs and the global players' union, FIFPRO, united on Monday to criticise FIFA over the global football calendar as they filed an

European football players and national leagues have filed a complaint against FIFA. The players' union Fifpro, the European Leagues, an association of football leagues across the continent

European Leagues and FIFPRO Europe will formally file a joint complaint about FIFA's international match calendar to EU antitrust regulators on Monday, the sports organisation and players' union said.

Watch live as the European Leagues umbrella body, FIFPRO players' union and Spain's LaLiga appeal to the European Union (EU) on Monday, 14 October, over Fifa's packed football calendar. It comes as elite clubs are increasingly concerned at the impact of ballooning schedules on the wellbeing of players.

Players' union FIFpro and top European leagues have made an official complaint to the European Commission over the "abusive" international match calendar.Stars around the world have been unhappy with