Registration and Reporting of Minors at Academies
1. Clubs that operate an academy (within their own structure and/or through a separate entity with legal, financial or de facto links to the club) are obliged to report all minors who attend the academy (registered with the club or not) to the association with which the club concerned is affiliated. When an academy is operated outside the territory of the club’s respective association, the reporting shall be made by the club to the association on whose territory the academy operates
2. Each association shall request all academies without legal, financial or de facto links to a club (private academies) operating on its territory to report all minors who attend the academy to the association. Each association shall report any wrongdoing occurring at private academies of which it becomes aware to the relevant authorities, taking all necessary measures to protect and safeguard minors from potential abuse.
3. Each association shall keep a register of players, comprising at least the following information: full name (first, middle and last names), nationality, date of birth, country of origin (or previous country of domicile), agent (if any) and club operating the respective academy, regarding the minors who have been reported to it by clubs or academies.
4. A club that wishes to collaborate with a private academy shall:
- i. report such collaboration to the association with which the club is affiliated; ii. ensure that the private academy reports its players to the association where the academy operates; iii. before entering into a contract with a private academy, ensure that the private academy takes proper measures to protect and safeguard minors; and iv. report any wrongdoing of which it may become aware to the relevant authorities, taking all necessary measures to protect and safeguard minors from potential abuse.
5. Through the act of reporting, academies and players undertake to practise football in accordance with the FIFA Statutes, and to respect and promote the ethical principles of organised football.
6. Associations shall report to FIFA each minor that attends an academy within the territory they govern where the minor:
- i. is not a national of the country where the association is domiciled; and ii. has not lived continuously for at least the last five years in that country. Such reports shall contain a prima facie assessment of whether the minor meets the requirements of article 19.
7. Any violations of this provision will be sanctioned by the Disciplinary Committee in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code.