The Catalans are therefore prevented from signing any players at both national and international level for two consecutive transfer windows, starting with the next registration period (January 2015).
Barca's appeal, though, temporarily suspended the sanction, enabling them to recruit the likes of Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Thomas Vermaelen, Jeremy Matthieu, Claudio Bravo and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
The club, which was also fined CHF 450,000, was punished due to irregularities with their recruiting of U-18 players for their academy, La Masia.