FI FA For the Game. For the World. TO THE MEMBERS OF FIFA Circular no. 1142 Zurich, 15 April 2008 SG/mav/nif FIFA Regulations an the Status and Transfer of Players Dear Sir or Madam, We refer to Annexe 4, and in particular art. 4 of the said Annexe of the Regulations an the Status and Transfer of Players (edition 2008 ; hereinafter : the Regulations) as well as to art. 6 par. 1 and 2 of the Regulations, regarding compensating clubs for training, classifying clubs into categories and fixing registration periods in your association. 1. Training compensation With regard to compensation for training, the Regulations stipulate that each association must classify its clubs into different categories based an the extent of each club's expenditure for training young players. The category specified must be reviewed every year. The enclosed table Shows the categories into which the associations in each confederation are required to split their clubs and the amount of compensation applicable to the various club categories in each confederation. Please ensure that, once again, you classify your clubs into the categories shown in the table. If all of your clubs come under category IV, you will not need to classify any. FIFA will publish the compensation for training in the various categories and the club classifications of each association an the FIFA website. If none of your clubs have changed category since last year, you are kindly requested to let us know. Please either inform us by 30 April 2008 of your clubs' new categories or eise confirm that last year's classifications have remained unchanged. We would like to emphasise that in case you do not reply by this deadline, further proceedings in view of imposing appropriate measures against your association will be evaluated. Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20 P.O. Box 8044 Zurich Switzerland Tel. : +41-(0)43-222 7777 Fax : +41-(0)43-222 7878 www.fifa.corn
FIFA For the Game. For the World. 2 Reaistration periods Moreover, each association is requested to notify us by 30 April 2008 of the dates chosen for the two registration periods per year, in accordance with art. 6 of the revised Regulations an the Status and Transfer of Players. lf we do not hear from you by this deadline, FIFA itself will set the dates for your association. Abiding by the registration periods is absolutely essential to implementing the regulations, so no exceptions may be made to this rule. In this connection, we wish to point out that art. 6 par. 2 of the Regulations stipulates that the first registration period begins after completion of the season and normally ends before the beginning of the new season. This registration period is limited to twelve weeks. The second registration period normally occurs in the middle of the season and is limited to four weeks. FIFA does not permit these time limits to be prolonged for organisational or any other reasons. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions in this connection. Yours faithfu1ly, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Jeröme Valcke Secretary General cc : Enc. FIFA Executive Committee Players' Status Committee Dispute Resolution Chamber Confederations as mentioned
100 YEARS F FA 1904 2004 FIFA For the Came. For the World. Training Costs and Categorisation of clubs for the year 2008 The training costs listed hereunder are established an a confederation basis for each category of clubs. In accordance with art. 6 of the Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players, these training costs will be updated at the end of every calendar year. Confederation Category 1 Category 11 Category 111 Category IV AFC USD 40,000 USD 10,000 USD 2,000 CAF USD 30,000 USD 10,000 USD 2,000 CONCACAF USD 40,000 USD 10,000 USD 2,000 CONMEBOL USD 50,000 USD 30,000 USD 10,000 USD 2,000 OFC USD 30,000 USD 10,000 USD 2,000 UEFA EURO 90,000 EURO 60,000 EURO 30,000 EURO 10,000 In continuation, you will find a table for each confederation, setting out the categories in which each association is asked to allocate its clubs. No allocation will be required if all your clubs fall under category 4. Index: Table 1 - AFC Table 2 - CAF Table 3 - CONCACAF Table 4 - CONMEBOL Table 5 - OFC Table 6 - UEFA
TABLE 1 - AFC FIFA For the Game. For the World. National Association Category I Category II Category III Category IV Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China PR China Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macao Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal
~-!s~mild? FIFA For the Game. For the World. National Association Category 1 Category 11 Category 111 Category IV Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudia Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syrla Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
100 YEAKS FIFA 1904 2004 TABLE 2 - CAF FIFA For the Game. Forthe World. National Association Category I Category II Category III Category IV Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Central African Republic Chad Congo Congo DR Cöte d'ivoire Djiboutl Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi
Fr FA For the Game. For the World. National Association Category 1 Category 11 Category III Category IV Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Säo Tome e Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
TABLE 3 - CONCACAF FI FA For the Game. For the Word. National Association Category I Category 11 Category 111 Category IV Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic EI Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent / Grenadines Surinam Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands USA US Virgin Islands
100 YEARS F FA 1904 2004 FI FA TABLE 4 - CONMEBOL For the Game. For the World. National Association Category I Category II Category III Category IV Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela TABLE 5 - OK National Association Category I Category II Category III Category IV American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu I I (
100 YEARS FIFA 1904 004 TABLE 6 - UEFA FI FA For the Game. Forthe World. National Association Category I Category II Category III Category IV Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovlna Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein
FI FA For the Game. For the World. National Association Category 1 Category II Category 111 Category IV Lithuania Luxembourg FYR Macedonla Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales