PSSI prepares a new regulation to standardize players transfer
PSSI prepares a new regulation to standardize players transfer
JAKARTA (JP): The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has
drafted a new regulation on players' transfers and it will be
effective in the 2001 Bank Mandiri national soccer league early
next year.
PSSI competition director, Iswadi Idris, told reporters on
Thursday the regulation standardizes players transfer procedures
and fees in both amateur and semipro clubs competing in the Liga
Indonesia (Ligina).
"When the amateur and semipro clubs agreed to unite in 1994,
there were no talks about a transfer regulation. The amateur and
semipros clubs had their own rules in the Ligina," Iswadi said on
the sidelines of PSSI's technical meeting with 28 clubs, which
will be taking part in the seventh league, at Sahid Jaya Hotel.
Iswadi said PSSI had allowed the clubs to set the transfer
value. "We are just asking the clubs to notify us if there are
any transfer deals taking place."
He said PSSI would receive five percent of a player's
transfer fee. Another five percent will be given to PSSI's
provincial chapter where the club is based, 10 percent will be
given to the player and 80 percent will be handed to the club
which is "selling" the player.
However, Iswadi said PSSI would not receive anything from
transfer deals between amateur and professional clubs. The five
percent share would be given to the provincial chapter.
The new regulation also clearly defines the status of the
players at the end of their contracts. The players are also
allowed to choose their own clubs.
In the past, a club will only release a player after receiving
payment from a club which was signing on the player, regardless
of his contract period. This practice allowed the club to seek
funds although the contract with the player was not over.
"With this regulation, a player is free to choose any club to
join at the end of his contract," he said, adding that clubs were
free to set contract values and salaries.
Iswadi said a main division club must hire a player for a
minimum of one season. If the player moves to an amateur club
after ending his contract, he would have to wait two seasons
before returning to a semipro club.
Ligina will officially kick off on Jan. 14, 2001 in Makassar
to honor its local club PSM, the 2000 league champion.
Iswadi said that six clubs at the bottom of the main division
standings would be relegated to the first division, while two
clubs at the top of the first division will be promoted. This
year, two clubs will be relegated while two others will be
promoted.
"We hope in 2004, there will only be 16 clubs taking part in
the national league. We want to purely apply the home and away
system," he said. (ivy)