League rules and regulations

Bali Social Football League

Rules and regulation

1. The competition shall be called Bali Social Football League (BSFL). It’s primarily an informal collection of teams that aims to create a football community for amateur football players in Bali and promote friendship and sport among the players and teams of various origin and background.
2. The Ruling Committee of the BSFL should be composed by at least one member of each participating team, with the right to vote limited to one member per team.
3. The Ruling Committee has jurisdiction and power over all matters that concern the BSFL, including but not limited to matters of a disciplinary, punitive (monetary and points deduction) and organizational nature.
4. The formula of the competition is set in a preliminary round robin with home and away matches and a finals phase at the end of the regular season. The regular season will take place in the pitches of Trisakti, Canggu, Jimbaran and Klan whilst the finals will take place at the Canggu Club pitch.
5. At the end of the round robin phase, the finals will take place in this order: the 7^th and 8^th teams in the league will play the final for the 7^th position, the 5^th and 6^th teams will play the final for the 5^th place, the 3^rd and 4^th team, will play the final for the 3^rd place and the 1^st and 2^nd team will play for the grand final for 1^st place.
6. The entry fee for the competition is set at 1.000.000 Rp per team and it will be used primarily to cover the initial expenses of the set up of the league (purchase of trophy, website space, etc).
7. On top of the entry fee, during the round robin phase, each home team will be in charge of finding and paying the game officials. During the finals such cost will be shared by both teams.
8. In case of a withdrawal of a team during the course of the season, a new team shall be found to replace the missing team. All the points and results of the departing team will be awarded to the new coming team.
9. Changes in the Rules and regulation are sole competence of the Ruling Committee, and they may happen at any time during the tournament with unanimous vote from all the committee members.

 Eligibility and registration of players 

1. Prior to the start of the league, each participating team shall register a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 30 players. Each team list of players will be then evaluated by the Ruling Committee to verify that it complies with the standard of the competition.
2. For the season 2007 the deadlines date are set as follows:
   1. Complete list of participating teams by the 7^th of December
   2. First list of proposed teams by 15^th of December. On the same date, the Ruling Committee shall meet to approve the players of each team.
   3. Payment of the entry fee by 15^th December

3. Each registered player should bring a copy of a valid ID papers.
4. League teams shall take full responsibility for ensuring that all of their players are allowed to participate in each game, this means registered and not suspended. If any team is found to have used an unregistered or suspended player in any match, punitive action may be taken by the Ruling Committee (Game lose by 3-0 and deduction of 1 or 2 points from the table).
5. Players registered with one team cannot be registered with another team until the end of the league.
6. The list of the each team can be updated with new players at any time, prior approval of the majority of the Ruling Committee, provided that the new players fulfill the general requirement of the League.
7. Each approved team member will receive a BSFL ID card that will have to be presented at each game prior to kick off time and any time upon request of the opposing team captain. (The Ruling Committee suggest that the team captains should keep such ID in a folder and bring it to the games, in order to avoid that players forget to carry them along)
8. Eligible to play in the BSFL are players from any nationality without restriction of provenience.
9. As the BSFL is a social league, only one professional player per team can be present on the pitch at any given time. A player is considered professional if he has been playing in a professional team or league worldwide in the six months prior to the game.
10. Players and teams shall sign a waiver of responsibility prior the start of the season. Team captains shall ensure that each player sign the waiver. Should a player or a team fail to deliver to the Ruling Committee the signed waiver, they should not be permitted to play official games.

Matches

1. The matches are scheduled at the beginning of the league and the complete calendar shall be given to each team at least two weeks prior to the beginning of the season. A complete and updated calendar will be available on the internet at the official website of the BSFL.
2. A scheduled match can be cancelled prior the agreement between the two participating teams. Any changes should be communicated to the Ruling Committee. The last two games of the league cannot the re-scheduled unless situation of “force majeure” in order to insure the regular end of the season.
3. The kick off time can be re-arranged (on the same day) prior the consent of both teams, without involvement of the Ruling Committee. In the last two games of the league the kick-off time cannot the re-scheduled unless situation of “force majeure” in order to insure the regular end of the season.
4. A participant team that does not turn up for a fixture without any good reason shall be losing the game for 3-0.
5. A participant team that does not turn up for 2 fixtures without a valid reason shall be expulsed from the competition and no money will be returned. All points gained by other participating teams in games against an expulsed team will be deducted from the table.
6. The points to be awarded are: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. If two or more teams have the same number of points then position will be decided in the following order of priority:
   1. goal difference
   2. Higher number of goals scored
   3. The home and away aggregate score between the respective teams
   4. The home and away aggregate score between the respective teams with the away goals counting double
7. The kick off times of each game will be determined by the Ruling Committee. At kick off time each team shall have at least 7 eligible players on the pitch. If that number of players is not reached by kick off time, a further 15 minutes will be allowed for that participant teams to raise the required number of players. If that number cannot be reached the fixture will be forfeited in favor of the other participant who will be awarded the the victory for 3:0 and the relevant points for the victory.
8. Each game will be of a 2 halves of 45 minutes each. The play off phase will have in case of draw 2 extra times of 15 minutes each and eventually a penalty shoot out. The penalty shoot out will be of 5 penalty kicks per team with in case of draw a sudden death shoot out.
9. The rolling substitutions method shall apply and players so substituted shall be permitted to return in play during the same game.
10. During the start of the season technical meeting and prior to each fixture opposing teams should advise the color of their jerseys. In the event of color clash the away team shall be expected to change.
11. The international Fifa rules shall apply unless expressly mentioned in the BSFL rules and regulation.
12. At the end of each match, each home team captain is responsible to let the Ruling Committee have the match report (as will be described during the technical meeting). Should they fail to report so, the team will be fined 100.000 Rp.
13. Each player is strongly advised (as per FIFA Official Rules) to wear shin pads during each game to avoid injuries.
14. A game is considered officially terminated if at least 80 minutes of it has been played. If less than 80 min have been regularly played, the game will have to be re-played.
15. Each player is due to bring a valid ID card (or a clear copy of it) at each game, else he can be asked to leave the pitch.

Discipline

1. The match officials/referees decisions on the field are final. No appeal will be accepted under any circumstances after the end of the match.
2. A player that receives 3 yellow cards for offences committed during the course of the season shall be automatically suspended for one game. After the first suspension, if the same player receives 2 more yellow cards in the league will be suspended for 2 games.
3. A player that receive 2 yellow cards in the same game (and so he is re carded) will be suspended for one game. After the first suspension, if the same player receives 2 more yellow cards in the league will be suspended for 2 games.
4. A player that receives a straight red card during a game will be suspended for 2 games. After the first suspension, if the same player receives 2 more yellow cards in the league will be suspended for 2 games.
5. A player that receive a straight red card will be automatically fined 200.000 Rp. and will not permitted to play in the league shall he not comply with this payment.
6. A player that receive two straight red card during the season shall be judged by the Ruling Committee and his suspension shall be determined and approved unanimously by all members of the committee.
7. Enforcement of suspensions shall be responsibility of each team managers/captains.
8. In case of serious misconducts and act of violence a player can be fined and suspended for the rest of the competition.