Real Madrid Wins Supreme Court Case

Real Madrid's management has issued an official statement on their website, expressing satisfaction with the Spanish Supreme Court's decision. The magistrates confirmed that the club was unlawfully excluded from meetings concerning the management of audiovisual rights, declaring La Liga President Javier Tebas's decisions null and void.

The conflict arose after La Liga barred Real Madrid and Barcelona from participating in audiovisual rights body meetings in 2022. This exclusion followed the two clubs' announcement of the Super League project. At the time, the league's management stated there was a risk that the two giants might use information from the meetings to their advantage, thereby harming La Liga's collective interests. Initially, the court ruled this to be a violation of the Madrid club's rights, and now the Supreme Court has definitively upheld that decision.

The full text of Real Madrid's statement reads:

“Real Madrid announces that the Supreme Court has definitively confirmed the nullity of decisions taken by the President of La Liga, which prevented our club from participating in various meetings of the Control Body for the Management of La Liga's Audiovisual Rights held in 2022.

On April 10, 2026, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court rejected the appeal filed by La Liga and upheld the judicial decisions that declared these decisions violated Real Madrid's participation rights and were adopted without adhering to the legally established procedure.

Instead of accepting this ruling, La Liga subsequently initiated nullity proceedings with the aim of challenging a judicial decision that had already become final. The Supreme Court decided not to admit these proceedings and expressly rejected the possibility of using this mechanism to reopen a legal debate already settled by the courts.

This new ruling definitively confirms the correctness of the position maintained by Real Madrid throughout the procedure and puts an end to La Liga's persistent attempts to challenge decisions that have been declared unlawful.

Real Madrid expresses its satisfaction with this judicial decision, which reaffirms the principles of legality, legal certainty, and respect for the rights of clubs that constitute the institutions of professional football.”