The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Lazio Women illegally ended the employment of Swedish player Maja Gothberg after she revealed she was pregnant. As a result, the court has ordered the club to pay her financial compensation.

體育仲裁法院（CAS）裁定拉齊奧女足在瑞典球員 Maja Gothberg 透露自己懷孕後，非法終止了她的僱傭合約。因此，法院命令球會向她支付財務賠償。

The dispute began in the summer of 2024 after Gothberg helped Lazio reach the Italian top flight. Although a formal written contract for the 2024-25 season had not been signed or registered, CAS decided that a binding agreement existed. The court based this decision on the fact that both parties had agreed on financial terms, draft contracts existed, and the club had already organized Gothberg's return to Rome. Furthermore, the court rejected Lazio's claim that Gothberg had quit because she missed pre-season training due to pregnancy-related illness, noting that her messages showed she did not intend to leave.

這起爭議始於 2024 年夏天，當時 Gothberg 幫助拉齊奧升入義大利頂級聯賽。雖然 2024-25 賽季的正式書面合約尚未簽署或登記，但 CAS 判定雙方存在具約束力的協議。法院將此決定基於於雙方已就財務條款達成一致、存在合約草案，且球會已安排 Gothberg 返回羅馬的事實。此外，法院駁回了拉齊奧聲稱 Gothberg 因懷孕相關疾病錯過季前訓練而辭職的主張，指出她的訊息顯示她並無意離開。

Additionally, the tribunal found that the club violated medical privacy when an assistant coach told teammates about Gothberg's pregnancy without her permission. Consequently, the court ordered Lazio to pay Gothberg €64,000 in lost salary and €5,333 for the breach of her privacy rights, plus 5% interest. While the court agreed that the club's legal interpretation was wrong, it stated that the mistake was not intentional, so no further sporting penalties were given.

此外，法庭發現一名助理教練在未經 Gothberg 同意的情況下，將其懷孕的消息告知隊友，此舉違反了醫療隱私。因此，法院命令拉齊奧向 Gothberg 支付 64,000 歐元的薪資損失，以及 5,333 歐元的隱私權侵害賠償，外加 5% 的利息。雖然法院認同球會的法律解釋有誤，但指出該錯誤並非蓄意，因此未給予進一步的體育處分。

This ruling follows a general trend toward better maternity protections in sports. After a similar case in 2022, FIFA updated its maternity rules in 2024 to include guaranteed paid leave for players and coaches. The players' union, FIFPro, emphasized that this decision is very important because it proves that clubs cannot avoid their maternity obligations by firing players whose contracts were agreed upon but not yet signed.

這一裁決符合體育界加強產假保障的總體趨勢。在 2022 年的一起類似案例後，FIFA 在 2024 年更新了產假規則，包括為球員和教練提供保證有薪假。球員工會 FIFPro 強調，此決定非常重要，因為它證明了球會不能透過解雇那些已達成協議但尚未簽約的球員，來逃避其產假義務。

Lazio Women has accepted the ruling and said they will follow the regulations, although some of the club's fans have criticized the decision.

拉齊奧女足已接受裁決並表示將遵守相關規定，儘管部分球會球迷對此決定表示批評。