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CAF Sets Dates for 2020-21 Season Player Registration Windows


Tue 01 Sep 2020 | 06:00 PM
Mohamed Helba

The Confederation of African Football "CAF" has announced one month for the clubs to register their players' names in the CAF's interclubs competitions.

In a statement, Caf said that the first registration window will start from October 21 to November 5, while the second one will between November 6 and 19.

CAF's Statement is as follows:

Registration Window

First window: 21 October – 5 November 2020

Second window: 6 – 19 November 2020

It is worth mentioning that the 2020-21 CAF Champions League season will end on July 17, while the Confederation Cup final will be held in the same month.

CAF announced the 20th October, the deadline for National Associations to confirm club engagements in next year’s continental club championships.

In a statement, the Football’s governing body in Africa that the registration process will start from today till October 20.

CAF urged all affiliated National Associations to submit their club engagements in the CAF Interclubs competitions; Champions League and Confederation Cup for the 2020-21 season according to the announced dates.

The Regulations for the Interclubs registration process are as follows:

Engagement window: 1 September – 20 October 2020

Member Associations (MA) are requested to register their representatives on the CAF Content Management System (CMS) guided by the following scenarios;

– For MA’s that completed the 2019/20 season, the engaged teams shall be the teams qualified from their national competitions for 2019/20 in accordance with the criteria of engagement as stated in Articles 2 and 3 Chapter 4 of the regulations.

– For MAs that did not complete the 2019/20 season but set a criteria to classify the teams or homologate the standings in the national competitions for 2019/20, the engaged teams shall be the teams qualified from the national competitions 2019/20 in accordance with the criteria of engagement as stated in Articles 2 and 3 Chapter 4 of the regulations.

– For MAs that could not complete the 2019/20 season and considered the season canceled, the engaged teams will be the same representatives for the 2019/20 Interclubs season taking into consideration the quota of each association according to their ranking.

– For MAs yet to complete their season or unable to finish before the engagement deadline, they will be requested to choose one of the above-mentioned criteria to determine their representative(s) subject to the approval of CAF