Rwanda's soccer governing physique (FERWAFA) has confirmed that golf equipment competing within the 2026/27 BK Professional League will likely be required to pay Rwf2 million to register every overseas participant.
The measure is a part of a brand new set of laws geared toward standardising participant registration and strengthening compliance throughout the top-flight league.
FERWAFA introduced that participant and coach registration for the upcoming season will likely be performed solely by the FIFA Join Registration System. Registration charges will likely be payable each season and can apply to all gamers and coaches, together with these remaining at their present golf equipment, renewing their contracts, or becoming a member of new groups.
The federation mentioned the annual registration requirement dispels the long-held perception that overseas participant registration was a one-time cost that remained legitimate till a participant left a membership.
Underneath the brand new payment construction, golf equipment pays Rwf5,000 to register every Rwandan participant, Rwf2 million for every overseas participant, Rwf500,000 for every overseas coach, and Rwf100,000 for every Rwandan coach.
Primarily based on their present squads, Rayon Sports activities pays Rwf26 million to register their 13 overseas gamers, whereas APR FC are anticipated to pay at the least Rwf22 million for 11 overseas gamers. That determine may improve if the membership indicators extra overseas gamers earlier than the switch window closes.
Past registration charges, golf equipment should additionally adjust to stricter documentation and participant welfare necessities earlier than registrations are authorised.
Every participant should submit a signed and notarised contract, a medical examination report, and proof of legitimate medical insurance coverage in accordance with FERWAFA laws.
The brand new framework additionally reinforces squad composition guidelines. Golf equipment could register a most of six mortgage gamers, with not more than three arriving from the identical membership. As well as, mortgage agreements should not exceed one yr.
To advertise youth growth, FERWAFA has made it necessary for each membership to area at the least three gamers below the age of 21 in each BK Professional League match all through the 2026/27 season.
The registration home windows for the 2026/27 season will run from June 10 to August 30 for the primary registration interval and January 3 to January 31 for the mid-season switch window.
