José Mourinho files European court complaint over sanctions at Fenerbahce

José Mourinho filed a complaint with the European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) against Türkiye regarding how the disciplinary sanctions were handed down by the country's football federation while he was in charge of Fenerbahce. The complaint, lodged in March 2025 while he was still coach of Fenerbahce and published earlier this week, claimed Mourinho's right to freedom of expression was infringed when in November 2024 when he was given  a one-match ban and fined 900,000 Turkish lira ($26,200) by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for questioning the impartiality of referees and other match officials. Mourinho was additionally fined 58,500 lira for unsportsmanlike conduct toward opposing fans. In his application to the European court , Mourinho, 63, claims those sanctions given by the Disciplinary Committee and the Arbitration Committee of the TFF were not determined by an independe