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        "id": 1812835,
        "msgid": "super-leagues-young-player-regulation-not-entirely-scrapped-1781880806",
        "date": "2026-06-19 20:47:47",
        "title": "Super League's Young Player Regulation Not Entirely Scrapped",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Sports",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Super League will retain its requirement for clubs to register a minimum of five young players, despite removing the rule that forced one U-23 player to start for at least 45 minutes. Clubs will instead receive financial incentives for giving youth players sufficient playing time. The league also mandates the inclusion of local coaches in technical staff to safeguard domestic coaching quality.",
        "content": "<p>Competition Director of the I.League, Asep Saputra, has confirmed\nthat the regulation concerning young players in next season\u2019s top-flight\nSuper League has not been completely abolished. He stated that while the\nrule requiring one U-23 player to start and play a minimum of 45 minutes\nor one half will no longer be enforced next season, the requirement for\neach club to register at least five young players remains in place.<\/p>\n<p>\"In the previous two years, we had a regulation mandating U-23\nplayers to play 45 minutes. But we have converted it; it has not\nactually been entirely removed,\" Asep said during a League Talk event\nattended by ANTARA at the I.League office in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This approach was taken by the I.League to ensure that young\nIndonesian talents still receive playing opportunities, even though they\nmust compete fiercely with senior and foreign players. Asep added that\nnext season, clubs that field young players beyond a certain minimum\nduration will receive financial rewards.<\/p>\n<p>He also explained that the coaching structure within each club\u2019s\ntechnical department must include a local coach to maintain the quality\nof domestic coaches amid an influx of foreign trainers. \"For example, as\na simulation, imagine a foreign coaching setup with a foreign head coach\nand two foreign assistants, but no local coaches. Even if there is a\nlocal coach in a very specific role like goalkeeper coach or fitness\ncoach, that does not meet the requirement. There must be a local coach\nin the technical staff, meeting the minimum standard of an AFC A\nDiploma,\" he elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>Asep confirmed that the foreign player regulations remain unchanged,\nwith clubs still permitted to register a maximum of 11 foreign\nplayers\u2014though not obligated to fill all slots\u2014of which nine can be\nnamed in the squad list and seven can play in a single match. The\ncompetition format also remains the same, with the Super League\ncontested by 18 clubs in a double round-robin system, featuring 306\nmatches running from 4 September 2026 to 5 June 2027.<\/p>",
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