[Penelitian dilakukan untuk mengetahui status hukum pemain sepakbola diIndonesia, bentuk pengaturan apa yang mengatur pemain sepakbola, danperlindungan hukum macam apa yang berhak diterima pemain sepakbola disaatpemain terkena masalah dalam perjanjian kerjanya.Penelitian dilakukan denganmetode yuridis normatif, yaitu dengan memperhatikan status hukum pemainsepakbola, pengaturan yang mengatur pemain sepakbola, dan perlindunganmacam apa yang berhak diterima berdasarkan peraturan peraturan yang berlaku didalam dunia olahraga sepakbola, peraturan FIFA, PSSI,dan juga peraturan Liga.Dilakukan juga analisis terhadap UU Ketenagakerjaan dan UU SistemKeolahragaan Nasional. Hasil Penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa status hukumpemain sepakbola tidaklah termasuk dalam buruh, namun seorang pemainsepakbola. Bentuk pengaturan yang mengatur pemain sepakbola adalah LexSportiva, dan pemain sepakbola berhak mendapatkan perlindungan hukum dariPSSI dan penyelenggara liga berdasarkan peraturan yang ada. Dibutuhkan jugaNDRC sebagai lembaga penyelesaian sengketa yang efektif di Indonesia., This research is conducted to further obtain the legal status of football players inIndonesia, form of regulation regulate football players, and kind of legalprotection deserved by football players when having issues with their employmentagreement. This research is conducted with normative juridical method, which isa method that concerns with legal status of football players, regulation regardingfootball players, and legal protections deserved by football players according tothe prevailing laws and regulations of sports world of football such as FIFAregulation, PSSI regulation, as well as rules of League. Further analysis of LaborLaw and National Sports System Law is also conducted in order to achievecomprehensive understanding of this research. The result of this researchindicates that legal status of football players are not categorized as labor, but asa football player (professional). The form of regulation that regulate footballplayer is Lex Sportiva. Furthermore, football players deserve a legal protectionfrom PSSI and League Organizer in accordance with the prevailing law andregulation. The existence of National Dispute Resolution Center (NDRC) as aneffective dispute resolution institution is also necessarily required.]