--- description: "He is fully preparing himself to go ahead with his fight against his 90-day suspension," a spokesperson said title: Suspended FIFA Head Sepp Blatter in Hospital After Stress Concerns image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf54fbb03317bc0b4/69887085cd1bbacbd06fe0dc/sepp-blatter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suspended FIFA Head Sepp Blatter Hospitalized After Stress Concerns  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 3:37 PM CUT  Stepp Blatter attends a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on July 20, 2015. Stepp Blatter attends a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on July 20, 2015.Philipp Schmidli—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 3:37 PM CUT Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter [has been hospitalized for stress](http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/11/sepp-blatter-hospital-fifa?CMP=twt%5Fgu "undefined") amid a corruption investigation into the governing soccer organization. “He is now, at this moment, in hospital,” his spokesperson, Klaus Stoehlker, told AFP. “He is preparing to leave on Monday and will be back on the job on Tuesday.” Doctors told Blatter to take time off from work last week following a stress evaluation, but Stoehlker says the hospitalization won’t deter Blatter from fighting the 90-day suspension FIFA’s ethics committee imposed on him last month. In September, the Swiss attorney general began criminal proceedings against Blatter over alleged financial misconduct, which Blatter has denied. “His most important message is that he is fully preparing himself to go ahead with his fight against his 90-day suspension,” Stoehlker said. “He is deeply convinced that the ethics commission cannot force him out.” \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/11/sepp-blatter-hospital-fifa?CMP=twt%5Fgu "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/"},"headline":"Suspended FIFA Head Sepp Blatter Hospitalized After Stress Concerns","datePublished":"2015-11-11T15:37:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:31:00.473Z","description":"\"He is fully preparing himself to go ahead with his fight against his 90-day suspension,\" a spokesperson said","url":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/","keywords":["Soccer","FIFA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf54fbb03317bc0b4/69887085cd1bbacbd06fe0dc/sepp-blatter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf54fbb03317bc0b4/69887085cd1bbacbd06fe0dc/sepp-blatter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting","caption":"Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting","creditText":"Philipp Schmidli—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/","name":"Suspended FIFA Head Sepp Blatter Hospitalized After Stress Concerns"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: FIFA Investigates World Cup Scandal","description":"Know Right Now: FIFA Investigates World Cup Scandal","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/iD2McKyG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-16T21:43:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iD2McKyG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4108102/sepp-blatter-hospitalized-stress/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```