FOOTBALL RULES AND GUIDELINES (Revised 2023)
A. GENERAL-
- Home teams are named first in the fixture. All matches begin at the time indicated on the fixtures unless otherwise advised in writing by ISSA.
- All players must be duly registered in the school before they can participate and must be registered in the school by September 30, 2023, this year.
- If ISSA believes a player’s eligibility is in question, ISSA reserves the right to consider the said player ineligible to participate, until the player’s eligibility status is confirmed, in accordance with the applicable regulations.
- All players (except the Goalkeeper) from any one team must wear similar jerseys while on the field of play.
- All players are required to have their jerseys tucked in their shorts while entering the field of play.
- Teams are requested to wear their registered colours. Whenever there is a “clash” of colours between two competing teams, the visiting team is required to change (providing the home team is in its registered colours).
- The numbers on the players’ shirts must correspond with the numbers indicated on the start list (numbers 1-40 only). All goalkeepers and the captain must be identified as such; the number 1 shirt must be reserved for one of the goalkeepers.
- Teams must print their Start Lists from the ISSA Portal. This also includes the pictures of the players on the start list.
- Writing in the name(s) of the players on the Start List is not allowed.