Regulations
Please read the following rules and sign a team disclaimer upon registration
1. Competition Days and Dates
- Competition days and dates for the 2008/9 Summer Competition are as follows:
Week Days
- Junior competition 4pm – 6pm
- Senior Competitions 7pm – 10pm
Saturday
- Junior competition 9am – 4pm
- All trial games will commence the week beginning 4th September 2008 with the competition beginning on the 15th September 2008 or 22nd September 2008
2. ELIGIBILITY
Player registration:
- To be eligible to play in any competition, ALL players must be registered with Community Soccer before the competition commences. Unregistered players cannot play in any competition. Community Soccer fee includes player insurance valid from date of payment until 31st October 2009.
- To register, EACH player must:
- Complete an individual registration form at the centre.
- Provide a passport-sized photo (to be used for Community Soccer I.D cards)
- Players playing in all age Competitions do not need to provide a copy of their birth certificate
If you have played in a competition during the current season and have registered with Community Soccer either in this competition or at other centres, you will not have to register again
ID Cards
- NO CARD, NO PLAY rule will be enforced. Referees are required to sight ALL I.D. cards to start a game.
- Community soccer will retain all ID cards. Player’s who compete elsewhere /require card for representative duties may request to hold their own card. Once in the player’s possession, cards then become the player’s full responsibility to bring the card to every game to be eligible to play. NO CARD, NO PLAY.
Team Sheets
- Team registration sheets including ALL player details must be completed upon registration for any competition. Only players who appear on the team sheet will be eligible to play.
- Teams are to be finalised by the end of Round 10. No players can be added after this time.
- Each team is responsible for updating player details throughout the season.
3. COMPETITION FEES:
Team Deposit:
- Senior teams must pay a two (2) game deposit to secure a place in a competition. The deposit will be returned in full at the end of the season or credited to game fees (last two (2) games, provided that:
- The team has no outstanding game fees;
- The team does not forfeit any games; and
- All teams players and associated spectators abide by the following rules:
- No fighting or aggressive behaviour within Schell Park whatsoever
- No swearing, disrespecting behaviour or comments either indirectly on-court or directly towards players/officials/spectators/Schell Park staff
- No spitting within the Schell Park whatsoeve
- Teams with outstanding game fees will have the equivalent amount deducted from their deposit.
- In the event of a forfeit, the value of x1 game fee amount will be deducted from the forfeiting team’s deposit.
- If any player / associated spectator fails to abide by these rules, the value of x1 game fee will be deducted from the team’s deposit.
Game Fees: Per Team
JUNIOR Team Game Fees = $32 per game
SENIOR Team Game Fees = $40 per game
Payment options are listed below
1. Upfront payment for the season:
Seniors: $520 / 8 Team Competition - $360 / 6 Team Competition
Junior: $400 / 8 Team Competition - $280 / 6 Team Competition
2. Week to week payments:
Seniors: $40 per game including Semis & Finals
Junior: $32 per game including Semis & Finals
Teams will be required to pay the entire game fee before the commencement of the game. One full team payment will be required. If this payment option is used, please be aware that games will not start until the full match payment has been made.
Teams who fail to pay team game fees upfront will forfeit every scheduled game until payment is received. Additionally, the team will lose each game 0-5 and the value of x1 game fee will be deducted from the team deposit for each forfeit ($5 per player)
» If any team chooses to withdraw early or is removed from any competition, ALL game fees owing up until the date of departure are to be paid in full.
» Upon a team’s early departure from or on completion of a competition ALL teams with outstanding game fees will be deemed ‘not financial’.
» All players of ‘not financial’ teams will be refused entry to all future competitions of Community Soccer
4. UNIFORMS:
- All players in each team must wear like coloured shirts. Goalkeepers must wear a different colour to their team.
- All players must wear shin pads and long socks that cover the entire shin pad.
- All court players must wear shorts of the same colour
- All players must wear a permanent shirt numbers on the back of their shirt. Players without shirt numbers will not be allowed to play. This rule is set by the Community Soccer Association and will be strictly enforced by Community Soccer. Temporary numbers such as tape or stickers are not permitted.
- All body jewellery must be removed before the start of any game, without exception.
5. GAMES:
Scoresheets:
- All players must ‘sign on’ on the scoresheet before the start of a game by placing their shirt number next to their name. Late players must sign on before entering the court.
- Captain/manager must sign score-sheets at the end of a game to verify scores
- Games will commence as scheduled.
Scoring:
- During the match, scoring will be the responsibility of the referee. Referee’s are not required by the Complex to display points on the electronic scoreboard.
Win 3 points Loss 0 points
Draw 2 points Win by Forfeit 3 Points, 5 goals for
Loss by Forfeit 0 Points, 5 goals against
Referees:
- One Community Soccer referee will be appointed to all competition games.
Timekeeping:
- Timekeeping will be the responsibility of the referee and Community Soccer staff.
- There are no time outs or stopping of the clock in any game unless time wasting is ruled by the referee.
- Official games durations are: Senior 2x18 min; Juniors 2x13 min halves
Match Balls:
- Senior/Junior games use a size 4 Futsal ball; Mini games use a size 3 Futsal ball. ONLY match balls will be provided by the Community Soccer. Teams are to bring their own soccer balls for training / warm up prior to their scheduled game.
Forfeits:
- A minimum of 4 players are required to start play / avoid a forfeit.
- Any team who cannot make a scheduled match on the fixture will forfeit. Games will not be rescheduled, except in unforeseen circumstances, e.g. power failure.
- Teams running late for a game will forfeit after 10 minutes of start time. If the game is started between the 7th and 10th minute, the late arriving team will be penalised x2 goals against and the clock will continue to run.
- Borrowing players: To avoid a forfeit, teams can borrow registered players. Only enough players can be borrowed to start a play. Players cannot be borrowed as a substitute player. Players can only be borrowed from your own division or lower - Div 2 teams cannot borrow players from a Div 1 team.
- If x3 original players are present, ONLY x1 player can be borrowed to avoid a forfeit. If 4 original players are present, NO players can be borrowed.
- In the event of a forfeit, the value of x1 game fee ($40 seniors/$32 juniors) will be deducted from the forfeiting team’s deposit. In addition the forfeiting team will lose the game 0-5.
- Teams forfeited against will be able to use the Indoor soccer court for their scheduled time as a training session or friendly game if they pay their game fees.
Final Series
- Finals for all competitions will be played in a ‘knockout’ format as follows:
Semi Final Game A 1st place V 3rd place
Semi Final Game B 2nd place V 4th place
3rd Place playoff Losing team Game A V Losing Team Game B
Grand Final Winning Team Game A V Winning Team Game B
- To be eligible to play in the finals, players must play with their team for a minimum of 3 of the last 5 games of the season. (Scoresheets will be checked for players signing-on)
- Players cannot be borrowed for finals; only registered players who appear on the team sheet are eligible to play.
- Teams with outstanding fees will not be permitted to play in the final series.
- At the end of normal game time, if scores are tied, extra time (Snrs 2x5min) will be played with golden goal. At the end of extra time, if scores are tied a penalty shoot out will be played. Each team will have x7 attempts; the best of 7 wins. X 1 attempt is permitted for each of the 7 players; all 7 players must have participated during normal game time.
6. Player / Coach, Manager / Spectator Conduct
- At no time will aggressive, insulting or dangerous behaviour be tolerated.
- No fighting or aggressive behaviour within centre whatsoever
- No swearing, disrespecting behaviour or comments indirectly on court, or directly towards players/officials/spectators/centre staff
- No spitting within Schell Park whatsoever
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ALL Player/Coach/Manager/Spectators who fail to abide by Competition Rules will receive a team fine of a minimum value of x1 game fee being deducted from the team’s deposit, and may face suspension from participating in any competition and / or attending the Schell Park.
- ALL players who receive a total of x3 YELLOW CARDS throughout a single competition automatically receive a x2 consecutive week suspension.
- All players who receive x1 RED CARD or x2 BLUE CARDS will automatically receive a minimum x1 week suspension, subject to an additional suspension imposed by Community Soccer following decision of Community Soccer Disciplinary Committee. Any additional suspension imposed by Community Soccer will include consecutive week/s.
- A red card suspension includes all other divisions the player is registered in, suspended players cannot be borrowed by other teams to avoid forfeit.
- During play, a red or blue-carded player cannot be replaced by a substitute player for minimum 2 minutes; or upon referee’s signal following the scoring of a gaol —whichever occurs first. A substitute player cannot be a borrowed player.
- All players who receive x3 or more RED CARDS in a single season will be suspended immediately from ALL competitions at the Community Soccer for the remainder of the season. Further suspension may be imposed by the Community Soccer.
- Community Soccer staff will record all infringements and notify players involved should this occur.
If any of the above stated rules are not adhered to, the Community Soccer Club reserves the right to remove all parties involved from the competition with the deposit paid being forfeited.
Competition Rule
(Team Captain/Manager to sign and return Disclaimer to Complex Staff upon Registration)
As Captain/Manager of (team) ___________________________________
I (name) _________________________________________ confirm that our team has received and read the attached Community Soccer ‘Competition Rules’.
Our team agrees to abide by the terms and conditions as set by Community Soccer Australia, and understand that failing to abide by these rules may result in a deduction from our team’s deposit refund, or a player (s) or team suspension from the competition.
Team Captain/Manager Name (please print)_________________________________
Team Captain/Manager Signature_________________________________________
Date _______________________
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