Lazio have launched an announcement after dropping the landmark case for unfairly terminating the employment of participant Maja Gothberg as a result of her being pregnant, but it surely solely made the followers angrier.
that Lazio Ladies should pay former participant Gothberg over €69,000 in compensation.
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She had already agreed a brand new contract in 2024 and was able to signal it when she knowledgeable the membership of her being pregnant, however the paperwork was by no means registered.
When she didn’t journey for pre-season coaching as a result of nausea, claimed this meant she had withdrawn from the proposed contract and it was now not binding.
this afternoon within the wake of the landmark case, the primary of its variety in Ladies’s Soccer.
Lazio assertion on Gothberg case
ROME, ITALY – MAY 05: Maja Eva Gothberg of SS Lazio ladies rejoice the opening purpose with group mates throughout the Serie B match between SS Lazio ladies and Ternana ladies on the Formello sport centre on Might 05, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photos)
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“S.S. Lazio Ladies 2015 A.R.L. acknowledges the award rendered by the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within the proceedings introduced by participant Maja Gothberg.
“Whereas totally respecting the findings of the Arbitral Panel, the Membership believes you will need to underline a variety of parts inside the award that verify the distinctive and extremely particular nature of this case.
“The Panel expressly acknowledged that the matter was characterised by a novel set of factual circumstances, distinguishing it from extraordinary employment-related disputes in skilled soccer. Amongst these circumstances was the truth that the participant disclosed her being pregnant earlier than the graduation of the sporting season, previous to becoming a member of the Membership, and earlier than the formal execution of the employment settlement.
“In mild of those explicit circumstances, CAS didn’t impose the extra sporting sanctions supplied beneath FIFA rules for circumstances involving discriminatory conduct or contract termination associated to maternity. The award acknowledges that S.S. Lazio Ladies 2015 A.R.L. didn’t act in dangerous religion and that the Membership proceeded on the premise of a authorized interpretation which, though finally not upheld by the Panel, was thought-about to have been genuinely adopted.
epa11068012 Lazio�s president Claudio Lotito celebrates after successful the Coppa Italia quarter closing soccer match between SS Lazio and , in Rome, Italy, 10 January 2024. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI
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“The award additionally highlights that each one communications between the events have been carried out via the participant’s consultant. At no stage did S.S. Lazio Ladies 2015 A.R.L. obtain direct communication from the participant relating to the continuation of the contractual relationship, nor any request for clarification, nor the return of an executed settlement following the transmission of the contractual documentation ready by the Membership.
“The Panel additional noticed that no direct contact ever occurred between the Membership and the participant and famous that the participant may have sought direct clarification relating to the Membership’s place earlier than initiating formal proceedings.
“In opposition to this background, the factual findings set out within the award point out that the dispute arose inside a very advanced negotiation course of carried out completely via intermediaries. This circumstance contributed considerably to the misunderstandings and differing interpretations that finally led to the proceedings.
“S.S. Lazio Ladies 2015 A.R.L. stays firmly dedicated to safeguarding the rights and welfare of its athletes and to selling the ideas of inclusion, respect, equality, and non-discrimination which are elementary to the continued growth of girls’s soccer.
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“The Membership will proceed to evaluation and strengthen its inner procedures to make sure full alignment with the evolving nationwide and worldwide regulatory framework governing skilled sport and employment relations.”
VERONA, ITALY – JANUARY 11: SS Lazio followers prior the Serie A match between and SS Lazio at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on January 11, 2026 in Verona, . (Picture by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photos)
This angered many Lazio followers, who wrote in response to the assertion on social media that they’d ‘discovered nothing’ and have been nonetheless making an attempt to disclaim there had been any wrongdoing. ‘It’s simply embarrassing.’
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The ultras have lengthy been protesting in opposition to President Claudio Lotito, boycotting the house matches on the Stadio Olimpico, and this was for them additional proof of his difficulties in working the membership.