The global objectives of the Club Licensing Procedure were defined by FIFA during its Congress which was held in Munich in 2006.
The FIFA Executive Committee adopted the FIFA Club Licensing Regulations on 29 October 2007 and it came into force on 1 January 2008.
On July 2016, Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Competition Director, Chris Kemp who is also Manager for OFC Club Licensing and FIFA Consultant, Robbie Middleby, himself a former Socceroo, introduced what FIFA Club Licensing is all about and the 5 Pillars, that make up FIFA Club Licensing in Port Vila.
National Club Structure
In 2018, VFF Secretariate presented the National Club Structure criteria at the 28th Congress on North Efate adapted from the FIFA Club Licensing Regulation at was to guide our MA League Clubs and National League Clubs on how to structure themselves to achieve the objectives of the FIFA Club Licensing.
Criteria | National League Club | MA League Club |
1 .Legal Entity with a registered name | √ | √ |
2 .Registered with VFF with Valid License | √ | √ |
3 .Fully Responsible to participate in national and international and games | √ | √ |
4 .Must have Match Venue to meet OFC Club Competition | √ | √ |
5.Must have training venue | √ | √ |
6 .Must have registered Coaches with VFF | √ | √ |
7 .Must have registered Goalkeeper Coaches | √ | √ |
8 .All Players must be registered with VFF | √ | √ |
9 .Must have registered Goalkeeper Coach | √ | √ |
10 .Must have at least 2 womens GategoryTeams | √ | √ |
11 .Must have Youth Coach | √ | √ |
12 .Must have 3 Referees | √ | √ |
13 .Players with medical and have a Medic Officer | √ | √ |
14 .Club administrator | √ | √ |
15 .Club Registered Executive | √ | √ |
16. Media Officer | √ | √ |
17. Marketing Officer | √ | √ |
18.Security Officer | √ | √ |
19. Team Liason Officer | √ | √ |
20. Must Prepare and submit budget | √ | √ |
21. Complete a finance Form | √ | √ |
21. Financial Statement* | √ | √ |
22. Legal statute and Legal Declatration | √ | √ |
23. Declare ownership and control of Club | √ | √ |
24. provide social responsibility | √ | √ |
25. Language of Communication English and / or French | √ | √ |