Article 27 of FIFA’s Disciplinary Code became Article 27 in 2023 ; it had previously been Article 26 when the code was updated in 2019.

What that means

  • The numbering changed in the 2023 update, not the underlying idea itself.
  • Recent coverage of Folarin Balogun’s suspension refers to this article because FIFA used it to suspend a one-game ban.

In context

The current attention around “Article 27” comes from FIFA’s 2026 World Cup decision involving Balogun, which pushed the rule back into the spotlight.