Section 5 - Circular Provisions
Whenever training compensation is due, it is calculated as follows. Compensation will be
based on the training and education costs of clubs. For transfers within the EU/EEA, the
costs taken into account shall be the costs in the country of the National Association of the
former club . For all other transfers, the costs taken into account shall be the costs of the
National Association of the new club .
In order to render the system manageable and to ensure predictability as to the amount of
training compensation due, the training and education costs to be compensated will not be
calculated for each individual club. Instead, all clubs will be classified into categories (four
categories in the EU/EEA) as indicated above, and the training and compensation costs will
be determined nationally per category, as follows.
Within the EU/EEA, National Associations will determine the relevant training compensation
cost criteria, having heard the views of club and player representatives. That is to say, the
National Associations will thus determine for each of the four categories of clubs within their
association the training and education compensation costs per category of clubs, taking into
account a player factor, i.e. the ratio between the number of players who need to be trained
to produce one professional player. These amounts may be reviewed after 24 months or 4
registration periods.
Outside the EU/EEA, National Associations may define the relevant training compensation
costs according to different methods. Such compensation costs may be reviewed from time
to time, as the need arises.
FIFA will acknowledge the training and education criteria defined by National Associations,
subject to their proportionality. FIFA will communicate the applicable training and
compensation cost criteria by mid-season at the latest every year to each National
Association, and publish them on FIFA’s internet site as well.
On the basis of experience with the assessments of training and education costs by National
Associations, FIFA will set out from time to time guidelines for assessing such costs in a
Circular.
Once the training and education costs of a club category have been established, the
compensation amount which is due in an actual case can be calculated as follows: by
multiplying the amount corresponding to the category of the training club for which the
player was registered by the number of years of training which the player effectively
received from this particular club. The maximum number of years of training to be taken into
See Art. 7.4 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 7.3 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 6.5 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 6.3 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 6.4 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 6.5 of the Application Regulations.
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