Fifa indicated, on March 29, 2016, that its Disciplinary Commission imposed a sanction on four clubs (Santos, Sevilla, Sint-Truiden and Twente) for "infringement of the rules of influence by third parties and / or the ownership of the economic rights of players by third parties".
Article 18bis of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players
The press release recalls that the prohibition of influence by third parties set out in article 18bis of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players entered into force on January 1, 2008. This article was then amended on May 1, 2015 , date on which the prohibition of third party ownership (TPO) came into force (Article 18ter).
Sanctions pronounced by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee
As a reminder, FC Twente had already been banned from European competition by the Licensing Commission of the Dutch Federation for not respecting the ban on the TPO.