Fifa has extended a ban on a former match official and SCR Altach employee to apply worldwide, after he was found guilty of secretly filming members of the club’s women’s team.
In February 2026, a regional court in Feldkirch, Austria, handed the man a seven-month suspended prison sentence, a €1,200 (£1,046) fine, and ordered him to pay €625 (£545) in compensation to each victim. He was found guilty of filming and photographing players, including minors, in the changing room, gym, and showers of Altach’s women’s team between 2018 and 2025.
The Fifa disciplinary committee extended the man's ban from football-related activities globally on 4 August 2026, following requests from the Austrian players’ union (VdF) and the global players’ union Fifpro. The decision has become binding and final as the man did not request a statement of reasons within the prescribed timeframe.
Christos Papadimitriou, women’s football coordinator at the VdF, stated that the worldwide ban sends an important signal that those who seriously violate players’ rights cannot escape consequences by moving abroad.