Ahead of the start of the 2015/16 domestic football season, the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has released the club and player licensing and regulations requirements.
The regulations, which were drawn by the FUFA Executive Committee, have been once again released to the media by the Federation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Edgar Watson.
We invite all the stakeholders to get conversant with these regulations ahead of the season start in August 2015
Mr. Watson said.
1 – REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS:
All the Clubs in the 5 division league system for the 2014/15 season are eligible to be registered and issued a certificate of registration.
This is a one time registration and most importantly, for the application of the club to be registered, the club owners in percentages of ownership shall be required to be stated.
Only natural and/or legal persons as defined in the laws of the Republic of Uganda shall be accepted as owners of the club.
The club shall also state its location in terms of the FUFA regions.
Transfer of ownership shall be equally registered and authenticated by FUFA in a procedure defined in the regulations.
The application forms for the club registration are available at FUFA House and at www.fufa.co.ug.
The deadline for submission of the club registration application forms is 20th July 2015 at 1700 Hours.
A club without a certificate of registration shall not be licenced for the 2015/16 FUFA competitions.
2 – CLUB LICENSING:
CAF Licensing:
CAF is in process of sending club licensing inspector to supervise and teach the clubs on the CAF Licensing requirements and the date shall be communicated.
FUFA Licensing:
The FUFA Regulations of club licensing requires amongst others the following minimum requirements:
(i) Certificate of registration
(ii) U-17 team to participate in the FUFA Juniors League
(iii) A coach with a minimum of CAF B certification or equivalent as rated by CAF. The coaches who hold qualifications from other confederations must submit their documents for onward transmission to CAF to determine the equivalence of certification
(iv) The Club Chief Executive Officer who holds the FUFA certificate In club management. FUFA will hold a privately sponsored course for the award of the FUFA certificate in club management at a date and venue to be confirmed in early July 2015
Clubs that do not fulfill the above minimum requirements shall not be issued with a licence to participate in the 2015/16 Azam Uganda Premier League.
3 – NATIONAL PASSPORTS FOR PLAYERS:
The FUFA Executive Committee has also regulated that only players holding national passports issued by the Government of Uganda or respective Government authority for foreign players shall be issued with licences for FUFA competitions for the 2015/16 season.
It is therefore paramount for the clubs and players who do not already hold national passports but intend to play in the Azam Uganda Premier league and the FUFA Big league to immediately embark on the exercise to acquire national passports.
FUFA is glad to offer assistance in our means and bounds.
The player licensing exercise for the primary window will close at 1159 hours on September 21st 2015.
4 – PLAYERS’ CONTRACTS:
FUFA has also issued guidelines on procedures of contracting players effective 1st July 2015 when the FUFA Primary player transfer and registration window opens.
The formatting and wording of the contracts as designed by FIFA and FIFPRO has been established and shall be used as the template for the players’ contracts.
5 – INTERMEDIARIES:
FUFA is aware that these changes will bring long temporary inconveniences but are aimed at professionalizing the premium competitions
MAIN PHOTO (L-R): FUFA Competitions Director, Ali Mwebe, CEO, Edgar Watson, Spokesman – Ahmed Hussein and Uganda Cranes head coach, Milutin Sredojevic at the weekly press conference held on Wednesday, 24th June 2015 at FUFA House in Mengo.
PHOTO CREDITS: FUFA Communications Department
