FAI Player Registration Window Opens 1st July 2025
The Player Registration & Re-Registration window for the Cork Business League opens from 1st July – 23rd September 2025.
Current Player Registration Regulations – FAI Handbook January 2024 Section 6
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CBL SHORT SEASON 2025 – WE ARE STILL PLAYING IN THE STANDARD WINTER SEASON
Regulation 2. 3
- Players may be registered for a maximum of three (3) clubs during the current season.
- During this period, the Player is only eligible to play in Official Matches for two (2) clubs.
- As an exception to this rule, a Player moving between two (2) clubs belonging to Associations with overlapping seasons (i.e. start of the season in summer/autumn as opposed to winter/spring) may be eligible to play in official matches for a third club during the relevant season, provided he or she has fully complied with his or her obligations towards his previous club.
Regulation 11
Club Registration Periods
Standard/Winter Season
a) The first Club registration period is from 1st July to 23rd September (where a player registered with a Club is registering with a different club).
Regulation 11
Periods for the Assignment of Players to a Competition
Standard/Winter Season
- Players that are not assigned to a Competition may only be assigned to a Competition during the period from 1st July to 31st March (inclusive).
The FAI has introduced Self Registration for all players, coaches and officials:
User Guides here
- FAI Connect Self Registration: Club Preparation
- FAI Connect Self Registration: Creating & Using Club Registration Link
- FAI Connect Self Registration: How to Create a Player Profile and Self Register to a New Club
For full guidance, please see below:
Clubs can also continue to Register players as before, however this process has been upgraded and moved into MyComet. For step by step instructions on this please see the User Guide below:
