The results of the meeting of the SAFF

2020-10-08
23:59:00

The Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation held a meeting today, Thursday, October 8, 2020 at the Federation headquarters in the capital, Riyadh, and came up with the following results:
1- Reviewing the report of the participation of Saudi clubs in the AFC Champions League
2- The appointment of the current member of the Discipline and Ethics Committee, Abdulaziz Al-Arifi, as the deputy chairman of the committee, and the appointment of Muhammad Al-Rasheed as a member of the Discipline and Ethics Committee
3- Reviewing the financial report for the period from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
4- Adopting the continuation of the initiative to support and empower the national coach for field work with clubs, presented by the technical committee for the new season
5- Show the offer submitted by the General Supervisor of the youth groups, Dr. Khaled bin Muqrin, regarding the preparations for the upcoming events
6- Adopting the amendments submitted by the Professional League for the new season: as follows:
* The continued application of the five substitutions for each team in the match, according to the new amendments in the football law adopted by the FIFA during the Corona pandemic
* Amending paragraph (3) of Article (21) of the bylaw of the Saudi Professional League competition to read it as follows:
"Each club participating in the competition may include Saudi players from the lists of degrees lower than the first-team rank, in every match of the competition, whether they are professionals or amateurs (without an upper limit), provided they are registered through the electronic system SPLIS."
7- Reviewing the presentation submitted by the Social Responsibility and Public Participation Committee, which includes the vision and goals of the new season
8- Agreeing to extend the agreement signed with the Football Players Friends Association for another year
9- Adopting a plan for the number of clubs in local competitions for the coming seasons
10- The Council commended the report submitted by Bandar Al-Ahmadi on sports training centers and the registration of 109 talents in clubs
11- Creating a department for observers and assigning a member of the council, Moaid Al-Shehri, to supervise it, and that is concerned with monitoring matches that are organized under the SAFF.
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The plan for the number of clubs participating in local competitions during the coming seasons is as follows:
1- Reducing the number of Prince Mohammed bin Salman League for the first division clubs to 18 teams, starting from the next season 2022-2023, so that the number of relegation for the second division will be 5 clubs, and the number of promoters from the second division 3 clubs at the end of the season 2021-2022
2- The number of second-division clubs increased to 32 teams divided into two groups as of the 2022-2023 season, through the rise of 6 clubs from the third division and the relegation of 4 clubs from the second division at the end of the 2021-2022 season
3- The creation of a new league called the Third Division League consisting of 32 teams and divided into 4 regional groups as of the next season 2021-2022
4- Substituting the regions league to the fourth division league