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FIFA Regulations remove

Please find below the link to the latest versions of FIFA regulations that are relevant to TMS.


Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players - July 2025

FIFA Clearing House Regulations - January 2026

Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal  - January 2026

FIFA Football Agent Regulations - January 2025


Please find below the link to the different explanatory notes and other supporting documents that are relevant to TMS.


FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - FAQ General Regulatory Matters

Guide to Submitting a Minor Application - February 2026

Explanatory notes on the interim regulatory framework - December 2024

Commentary on the RSTP - November 2023

Interpretative Note to Annexe 7 of the RSTP - May 2023

Explanatory Notes on the New Provisions in the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players Regarding Registration Periods (Transfer Windows) - March 2023

Enclosure 2: Information Concerning the Application of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations - January 2023

Enclosure 1: Explanatory notes on the FIFA Football Agent Regulations - January 2023

Explanatory Notes on the New Provisions in the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players Regarding the International Transfer of Minors - November 2022

Explanatory Notes on the New Loan Provisions in the RSTP - June 2022

COVID-19 Football Regulatory Issues (FAQs and new matters) - June 2020




Templates add

Please find below some editable templates for transfers, minor applications and non-compliance


Proof of last contract end date

Forced Closure Request

Limited exemption report

Non-Compliance Report Form

Request to update an email address

Request to update a club name

Request to cancel a transfer

Bank Account Registration form

Circular letters add

Please find below the link to the main FIFA circular letters relating to TMS (sorted newest to oldest):

For the full list of circular letters, visit www.FIFA.com.


Type

NumberDate
(dd.mm.yyyy)
Title
1955
16.01.2026

Amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations and the Procedural Rules governing the Football Tribunal

1937
31.07.2025

Amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations

1936
16.07.2025

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – categorisation of clubs and registration periods

1919
13.01.2024

Amendments to the FIFA Football Agent Regulations and implementation of an online exam

191813.01.2024

Amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations and the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

1917
23.12.2024

Interim regulatory framework: amendments to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal

1905
04.11.2024

Amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

1892
03.07.2024

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – categorisation of clubs and registration periods

1887
31.05.2024

Amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) concerning provisions regarding female players and coaches, the extension of Annexe 7 and the international transfer process for football

1876
18.01.2024

National Dispute Resolution Chamber: new Recognition Principles and Standard Regulations 

1873
30.12.2023

FIFA Football Agent Regulations: update on implementation

1853
29.07.2023

RSTP – categorisation of clubs and registration periods

1849
22.05.2023

Further regulatory amendments to Annexe 7 to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players to continue addressing the exceptional situation deriving from the war in Ukraine

1843

28.04.2023

Registration bans – Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players / FIFA Disciplinary Code

1839

31.03.2023

Amendments to the RSTP - Registration periods (“transfer windows”) and the entry into force of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations, as well as amendments to the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal

1827

06.01.2023

FIFA Football Agent Regulations (2022 edition) 

1817

08.11.2022

FIFA Clearing House: operations commencing on 16 November 2022

1816

08.11.2022

Amendments to the RSTP – international transfer of minors and the international transfer process for football and futsal players, as well as rules governing the status and transfer of futsal players

180508.07.2022

RSTP – categorisation of clubs and registration periods

180402.07.2022

Administrative application of Annexe 7 to the RSTP

179707.06.2022

Amendments to the FIFA Statutes: new official FIFA languages

179603.05.2022

Amendments to the RSTP – new provisions concerning the loan of players in international football

176910.09.2021

Football regulatory changes and Legal Handbook 2021

176301.07.2021

RSTP – categorisation of clubs, registration periods, and international transfers of minor players

175226.03.2021

Football regulatory matters

174314.12.2020

Amendments RSTP and Procedural Rules

173430.09.2020

Protection of Minors - Guide to Submitting a Minor Application

172630.07.2020

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – categorisation of clubs, registration periods and eligibility

172011.06.2020

COVID-19 Football Regulatory Issues (FAQs and new matters)

171407.04.2020

COVID-19 Football Regulatory Issues

1709
13.02.2020

Amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

169430.10.2019

Amendments to the Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players’ Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber

169324.09.2019

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – registration periods for competitions in which only amateurs participate as well as for professional male and female competitions

167901.07.2019

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – Amendments 2019

167328.05.2019

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players - categorisation of clubs, registration periods and eligibility

165426.11.2018

Implementation of the first Transfer Reform Package

163508.06.2018

International transfer of players 

160908.12.2017

FIFA TMS - Administrative Sanction Procedure - Change of Process

160324.11.2017

Amendments to the Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players' Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber and to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

160131.10.2017

Professional Female Players in ITMS - Amendments to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

158713.06.2017

International transfers of professional minor players

158226.05.2017

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players — Categorisation of clubs, registration periods and eligibility

157610.03.2017

Limited minor exemption (LME)

154201.06.2016

Amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

151911.01.2016

FIFA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries - minimum standards for member associations

150228.09.2015

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players Amendments to Annexe 3 - transfer matching system (TMS)

150004.09.2015

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players - procedure governing claims related to training compensation (article 20) and the solidarity mechanism (article 21)

149226.06.2015

Intermediary Regulations Tool (lRT)

148615.05.2015

FIFA TMS Global Player Exchange

148430.04.2015

Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

147806.03.2015

FIFA TMS - Administrative Sanction Procedure

146823.01.2015

Amendments to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and the Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players' Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber

146422.12.2014

Regulations on the Status of Transfer of Players - Third-party ownership of player's economic rights ("TPO")

141730.04.2014

New Regulations on Working with Intermediaries

140516.01.2014

Transfer Matching System (TMS) - confidentiality and access

132702.11.2012

Amended Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and reviewed Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players Statuts Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber

125907.04.2011

FIFA TMS administrative sanction procedure

123312.07.2010

Amended Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

120930.10.2009

Protection of minors - Limited exemption

120613.10.2009

Revised Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players - Protection of minors

120523.09.2009

FIFA TMS transition phase

119020.05.2009

Revised Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players - Protection of minors

117412.01.2009

FIFA Transfer Matching System - directive from the FIFA Executive Committee