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Regulations Governing the Application of Statutes
Chapter VIII. Nationality of Players
Art. 18
1. Any player who is a naturalised citizen of a country in virtue of that country's laws shall be eligible to play for a national or representative team of that country.
2. If a player has been included in a national or representative team of a country for which he is eligible to play pursuant to �1, he shall not be permitted to take part in an international match for another country. Accordingly, any player who is qualified to play for more than one national association (i.e. who has dual nationality) will be deemed to have committed himself to one association only when he plays his first international match in an official competition (at any level) for that association.
3. The only players exempt from this provision are those whose nationality has been changed not voluntarily but as the result of an international decree either granting independence to a region or ceding part of one country to another.
Just as an FYI
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
Regulations Governing the Application of Statutes
Chapter VIII. Nationality of Players
Art. 18
1. Any player who is a naturalised citizen of a country in virtue of that country's laws shall be eligible to play for a national or representative team of that country.
2. If a player has been included in a national or representative team of a country for which he is eligible to play pursuant to �1, he shall not be permitted to take part in an international match for another country. Accordingly, any player who is qualified to play for more than one national association (i.e. who has dual nationality) will be deemed to have committed himself to one association only when he plays his first international match in an official competition (at any level) for that association.
3. The only players exempt from this provision are those whose nationality has been changed not voluntarily but as the result of an international decree either granting independence to a region or ceding part of one country to another.
Just as an FYI
a) the player was born on the territory of
the relevant Association;
b) his biological mother or biological father was born on the
territory of the relevant Association;
c) his grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the
relevant Association;
d) he has lived continuously for at least two years on the
territory of the relevant Association.
These conditions ensure that a player has a clear connection with the country in question. As the cases are similar from a factual point of view, the Emergency Committee has applied the same conditions that govern the eligibility of players who are theoretically eligible to play for several Association teams on account of their nationality."
Yeah, the wording in the circular includes the sentence: