FIFA Football Agent Exam Study Materials

FIFAFootballAgentExamStudyMaterials EditionJanuary2024 TableofContents Abbreviations&Definitions3 Introduction4 1.ChapterI:StudyMaterials5 a.FIFAStatutes(2022.ed.)6 b.FIFADisciplinaryCode(2023.ed.)102 c.FIFACodeofEthics(2023.ed.)157 d.FIFARegulationsontheStatusandTransferofPlayers(May2023.ed.)204 e.FIFAProceduralRulesGoverningtheFootballTribunal(March2023ed.)306 f.FIFAClearingHouseRegulations(2022.ed.)339 g.FIFAFootballAgentRegulations(2022.ed.)375 h.FIFAGuardiansTMChildsafeguardingtoolkitforMemberAssociations415 i.FIFAGuardiansTMSafeguardingEssentials:Course1505 2.ChapterII:Supportmaterials590 a.FIFACircularno.1827:FIFAFootballAgentRegulations(2022edition)591 b.FIFACircularno.1853:RegulationsontheStatusandTransferofPlayers–categorisationofclubsandregistrationperiods613 c.FIFACircularno.1867:Failuretorespectsettlementagreements–competenceoftheFIFADisciplinaryCommittee627 d.FIFACircularno.1873:FIFAFootballAgentRegulations:updateonimplementation630 e.FIFAFootballAgentFAQs(March2023ed.)633 f.FIFAFootballAgentExamRules(January2024ed.)689 Abbreviations&Definitions ApprovedCandidate:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRulesCandidate:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRules Exam:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentRegulationsExamFee:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRules ExamRules:asdefinedas‘Rules’intheFIFAFootballAgentExamRules ExamSession:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRulesExamVenue:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRulesFFAR:FIFAFootballAgentRegulations FootballAgent:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentRegulationsHostAssociation:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentExamRulesPlatform:asdefinedintheFIFAFootballAgentRegulations StudyMaterials:asdefinedintheExamRulesandcontainedinthisdocument Introduction On16December2022,theFIFACouncilapprovedthenewFFARreintroducingtheExamtothelicensingprocedureforindividualstobecomeFootballAgentslicensedbyFIFA.On1October2023theFFARcamefullyintoforce. InaccordancewiththeExamRules,CandidatesshallpreparefortheExambystudyingtheStudyMaterialsprovidedbyFIFAandanswer20Platform-generatedquestionsinEnglish,FrenchorSpanish. TheseStudyMaterialsareintendedtohelpCandidatestopreparefortheExamandarecompiledfromtheFIFAresourcesfreelyaccessibleontheFIFAwebsite.AstheExamwillbedeliveredwithanopen-bookconcept,theuseoftheseStudyMaterialswillbeallowedthroughouttheExamSession,eitherinitsdigitalforminthePlatformorasaphysicalprintedcopybroughttotheExamVenue.HostAssociationsshallnotprovideanyprintedcopiesattheExamVenue. Useofunofficial,translatedoramendedversionsoftheStudyMaterialswhicharenotidenticaltotheiroriginalversionsavailableonFIFA.comisnotallowed.HandwrittennotesandhighlightsareallowedonlyinprintedversionsoftheseStudyMaterials. ApartfromtheStudyMaterials,FIFAhasprovidedanumberofsupportmaterialscontainedwithinthisdocumenttobeusedbyCandidatestobetteruseandunderstandtheStudyMaterialsandthenewconceptsintroducedbytheFFARandtohavekeyinformationonhandtoanswercertaintypesofquestions. ThisdocumenthasbeencreatedtoencompassalltherelevantStudyMaterialsinoneplacerequiredtostudyforthe3rdExamscheduledfor22May2024.ShouldanyFIFAregulationschangeorcomeintoforcebetweenthepublicationoftheseStudyMaterialsandthe3rdExam,thosechangesshallnotaffectthecontentsoftheExamandtheStudyMaterials.However,FIFAstronglyrecommendsthatCandidateskeepthemselvesinformedonallFIFAregulatorychangesinordertobepreparedfortheirworkasaFootballAgentincasetheysuccessfullyobtainthelicencefromFIFA. PleasenotethattheExamwillnotbebasedonthesuspendedprovisionsoftheFFARasperFIFACircularno.1873. Fortheavoidanceofanydoubt,FIFAisnotorganisingnorendorsinganypreparatorycoursesfortheExamandtheStudyMaterialsshallremainastheonlysourceofforCandidates’preparation. PleaseconsidertheenvironmentbeforeprintingthisdocumentasitwillbeaccessibleinthePDFformatthroughouttheExam.FIFAencouragestheuseofthisdocumentinadigitalformat. Zurich,January2024 1.ChapterI:StudyMaterials AllquestionsintheExamwillbebasedonthefollowingStudyMaterials: (i)FIFAregulations: a.FIFAStatutes(2022ed.) b.FIFADisciplinaryCode(2023ed.) c.FIFACodeofEthics(2023ed.) d.FIFARegulationsontheStatusandTransferofPlayers(May2023ed.) e.FIFAProceduralRulesGoverningtheFootballTribunal(March2023ed.) f.FIFAClearingHouseRegulations(2022ed.) g.FIFAFootballAgentRegulations(2022ed.) (ii)FIFAmaterials: a.FIFAGuardiansTMChildsafeguardingtoolkitforMemberAssociations b.FIFAGuardians™SafeguardingEssentials:Course1 i.TheseStudyMaterialsincludeatranscriptofCourse1oftheFIFAGuardians™SafeguardingEssentialscourse.Therelevantmodule,i.e.Course1,canbealsotakenonlineasanOpenLearneratsafeguardinginsport.fifa.com/open-learners/.FIFArecommendsthecompletionofthecourseinpreparationfortheExam,butitisnotmandatory.PleasenotethataccessingofthecourseduringtheExamistobeconsideredasabreachoftheExamRules. TherelevantappendicesandenclosuresareequallyimportantastheymaybeusedinsomepracticalcasestudiespresentedintheExam. STATUTES May2022edition FootballAgentExamStudyMaterials–EditionJanuary2024-Page06 FédérationInternationaledeFootballAssociation