The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected King Faisal’s request for a stay of execution on the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) ordinary congress and the resolutions passed during the session.
In a letter to the Division One League side signed on October 1st, 2025, the Swiss-based dispute resolution body added that the ‘‘costs of the present Order shall be determined in the final order, or any other final disposition of this arbitration.
Wednesday’s decision is in response to a formal complaint filed on September 15, 2025, by Evans Adika Law on behalf of their clients, King Faisal.
In the said petition, King Faisal claimed that the GFA should not have held its congress because it was formally served with a notice of injunction.
‘‘The Ghana Football Association (GFA) was formally served with a legal challenge to the alleged Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 12, 2025, and the resolution allegedly passed during that meeting,’’ the club said.
It is this part of the club’s petition that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled on, with the main case yet to be heard.
In the main case, KLing Faisal highlights ‘‘significant governance and procedural irregularities that undermine the legitimacy of the GFA’s actions related to and during the alleged AGM. King Faisal Football Club asserts that the GFA’s inaction and actions render the August 12, 2025, AGM and its outcomes invalid.’’
The club also indicated five reasons as the basis for challenging the constitutionality of Congress:
- Abridged Notice Period without the unanimous consent of members.
- Undisclosed real and potential Conflicts of Interest involving the chairperson of the AGM.
- Improper Bundling of issues voted on and overvoting.
- Denial of Poll after a show of hands.
- Undue Influence.
King Faisal is also seeking the following reliefs from the CAS:
- An injunction restraining the GFA from implementing or enforcing the resolution pending the outcome of this arbitration.
- A declaration that the alleged AGM held on August 12, 2025, and the alleged resolution passed therein are null and void due to conflicts of interest and several procedural breaches.
- An order recusing the GFA Executive Council from participating in the remedial measures.
- An order directing the GFA to amend the Normalization statute to comply with Ghanaian law and for subsequent registration with the ORC in compliance with Ghanaian law.
- An order carving out the current President of the GFA from any future attempts to amend the terms of his office, while he is still in office. – Costs and any other relief the CAS deems fit to grant.
The club also contends that the GFA’s ‘‘inaction and actions, render the August 12, 2025, AGM and its outcomes invalid.’’ ‘‘Specifically, King Faisal Football Club asserts that GFA’s intentional failure to deposit the Normalization Statute with the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC), following the FIFA Normalization Committee’s tenure from August 2018 to October 2019, is the foundation for several procedural missteps that ensued and warrant legal redress.’’