ARTICLE 27: REGISTRATION, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PLAYERS 1. Registration of players (s) for different categories shall be in accordance with the requirement of Art. 26 (2) (a) and (b). Additionally the following procedures shall apply. (a) Old / Retained players:- (Amateur or Professionals) (i) Player’s license (old registration card) after the expiration of contract. (ii) Electronic form duly completed by the three parties (iii) Contract where applicable (iv) Medical Certificate (b) New players (on transfer – Amateur or Professional): (i) Players license from the releasing club (ii) A transfer agreement between the old and the new clubs duly signed by authorized officials. (iii) Electronic form duly completed by the parties (iv) A contract between the player and the club duly signed by both parties where applicable. (v) Medical Certificate (c) New players (players who have never previously registered for any club or those from a nursery club of the registering club). (i) Players license where applicable. (ii) A letter of release addressed to the GFA where applicable with explicit instructions as stated in 1(b) (ii) above. (iii) Electronic form duly completed by the parties. (iv) Contract (Professionals only) (v) Medical Certificate (d) Loan players (Professional): A club that has accepted a player on a loan basis is not entitled to transfer the player to a third club without the written authorization of the club that released the player on loan and of the player concerned. (i) Player’s License from the transferor. (ii) Loan agreement between the old and new clubs duly signed by authorized officials of the two clubs and the player (iii) Electronic form duly completed by the parties (iv) Contract duly signed between the player and the new club. (v) Medical Certificate (e) Juvenile Clubs cannot loan their players to higher division clubs. (f) Foreign Players (i) International Transfer Certificate (ii) Photocopy of passport showing work permit (iii) Photocopy of passport showing resident permit (iv) Contract (where applicable) (v) Electronic form duly completed by the parties. (vi) Medical Certificate (g) Refugee Players (i) Letter from the Refugee Board indicating that the said player is a refugee from a particular country. (ii) The player shall apply to the Players’ Status Committee for issuance a Provisional International Transfer Certificate for his registration. (iii) Electronic form duly completed by the parties. (iv) Refugee Players shall not be registered as Professionals. 2.(a) Under the provisions of these Regulations, the loan of a player by one club to another constitutes a transfer. Clubs may loan a player(s) during the football season based on the following conditions: (i) Club shall register a maximum of five (5) loaned players. (ii) A club may loan a player (s) to another club by mutual agreement for minimum period between two registration periods provided that not more than five (5) players had been loaned to a club within the two registration periods. (iii) A professional may be loaned to another club on the basis of a written agreement between him and the club concerned. Any such loan is subject to the same rules as apply to the transfer of Professional Players, including the provisions on training compensation and solidarity mechanism. (iv) On the expiry of the loan period, the player reverts automatically to its mother club and the GFA is obliged to issue a new registration card upon receipt of the original loan agreement. (v) Subject to Article 26 (3) (d), the minimum loan period shall be the time between two registration periods. (3) A non-Ghanaian player shall only be registered after satisfying the requirements of paragraph (1f) of this Article. A copy of the permit stating the expiry date shall be deposited at the FA. (4a) An amateur player’s registration with a club shall be valid for one (1) football season whilst that of a professional player shall be valid for the duration of the contract which shall be for a minimum period of one (1) season and a maximum period of Five (5) years. b. A player who has not attained his 18th birthday can only register as a professional for a maximum of 3 years. c. A club, which renews or extends the term of a player whose contract with it has expired or retains an amateur player after one (1) league season, shall register the player anew. For the avoidance of doubt there shall be no re-registration of player (s) by validation of player’s license (s). (5) Clubs may register a maximum of five (5) non-Ghanaian nationals but not more than three (3) can participate in any one match. (6) Responsibility for the truthfulness of information on player’s license lies on the clubs and not on the GFA. (7) Clubs that operate an academy with legal, financial or de facto links to the clubs are obliged to report all minors, who attend the academy to the association upon whose territory the academy operates. (8) Each Association is obliged to ensure that all academies without legal, financial or de facto links to a club; (a) run a club that participates in the relevant national championship, all players shall be reported to the association upon whose territory the academy operates, or registered with the club itself, or (b) report all minors who attend the academy, for the purpose of training to the association upon whose territory the academy operates. (9) Each association shall keep a register comprising the names and dates of birth of the minors that have been reported to it by the clubs or academies. (10) Through the act of reporting, academies and players undertake to practice football in accordance with the FIFA Statutes and to respect and promote the ethical principles of organized football. (11) Any violation of the above-mentioned clause will be sanctioned by the Disciplinary Committee in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code. (12) Subject to Article 26 (3) (d), the minimum loan period shall be the time between two registration periods. (13) Article 33(8), (9) and (11) shall also apply to the reporting of all minor players who are not a national of the country in which they wish to be reported.
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