The Austrian players’ association VdF has vowed to establish a period-of-rest rule in the collective bargaining agreement, to prevent footballers from an overload of matches, as the players of Rapid Wien are experiencing.

For the second time, the Transnational Steering Group Education organized a workshop concerning the establishment of the FIFPro Online Academy. This time, there was a two-day meeting in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

The FIFPro Tournament 2010, for professional players searching for a new contract, has been won by France. The Team UNFP beat Spain in the final in Rijnsburg.

Italy beat Slovenia and secured the third place in the 2010 FIFPro Tournament. The Danish survived a penalty shoot-out with Portugal, and Switzerland trashed The Netherlands.

France moved a step closer to a back to back FIFPro Tournament title by clinching a birth in the final. Just like their Spanish opponents in the final, the French association’s Team UNFP also had to qualify themselves from the penalty spot.