The Football Association v Lucas Paquetá

Decision Summary

• Sport: Football
• Issue: Arbitration
• Type: Integrity & Discipline
• Tribunal: His Honour Phillip Sycamore CBE (Chair), Christopher Stoner KC, Stuart Ripley
• Decision date: 14 August 2025
• Outcome: The FA Rule E5.1 charges (Charges 1–4) were not proven and therefore dismissed. However, the FA Rule F3 charges (Charges 5 and 6) were found proven, with sanction and costs to be determined.

A decision in the case of The Football Association against Lucas Paquetá has been issued by the Independent Regulatory Commission following a hearing that took place between 17 March and 4 June 2025.

The Independent Regulatory Commission consisted of His Honour Phillip Sycamore CBE (Chair), Christopher Stoner KC, and Stuart Ripley.

Mr Paquetá was charged with four alleged breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct during the club’s Premier League fixtures against:

• Leicester City on 12 November 2022
• Aston Villa on 12 March 2023
• Leeds United on 21 May 2023
• AFC Bournemouth on 12 August 2023

The Commission found that the FA Rule E5.1 charges (Charges 1–4) were not proven and therefore dismissed. However, the FA Rule F3 charges (Charges 5 and 6) were found proven. A further hearing took place on 17 October 2025 and the Regulatory Commission determined that the appropriate sanction to be imposed on Mr Paquetá, for his failure to comply with the requirements of FA Rule F2, was a reprimand and a warning as to future conduct. The Regulatory Commission also ordered that the FA should pay 90% of the costs of the Regulatory Commission, and Mr Paqueta should pay the remaining 10%.

Sport Resolutions provided independent administrative support to the Independent Regulatory Commission. 

The written decision can be found here.

The decision on sanction and costs can be found here. 

Related Documents

• The FA v Lucas PaquetáDecision
• The FA v Lucas PaquetáSanction and Costs

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