Overview Categorisation of clubs pursuant FIFA Circular no. 1582, 26 May 2017

TC System intro

Basics.

The categorization of clubs:

• per confederation the FIFA has set the amount of compensation per training year for each category.
• per confederation the amount per category differs
• national football associations have to categorize clubs
• the tables hereunder are guidelines for categorization.
• the highest category in a country indicates the category for clubs playing in the highest tier. The second highest category in a country should be for the second tier clubs, etc.
• a football association is categorize allowed to move a club up or down the available categories, hoever only if such a move can be motivated. The FA’s in well developped football countries such as England for instance use this freedom to deviate from the guideline.

Uncertainty.

Because:

• the TC system allows FA’s to deviate from the guidelines
• FA’s (or FIFA) do not publish how they have categorized clubs
• FA’s in general leave requests for info regarding categorization of their clubs unanswered
• a players passport (club history) is most times unconfirmed until the final stages of a transfer
• the TC system knows several exemption rules. (It is beyond the scope of this overview to discuss al these exemptions and related case law here.)
• only judicial bodies have a final if there is a dispute regarding the calculation, categorization and or applicablility of exemptions,
  it is often hard to predict what a player TC actually will be.

For that reason it is advised to assume the worst posible outcome when estimating training compensation.

Category (amounts) per confederation table

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.

TABLE 1 -AFC

TABLE 2 -CAF

TABLE 3 -CONCACAF

TABLE 4 -CONMEBOL

TABLE 5 -OFC

TABLE 6 -UEFA