The FUFA Competitions Committee has this morning released the new electronic players’ licenses to all FSL and FBL effective the second round for both leagues.
Unveiling the new licenses this morning at FUFA house in Mengo, the Acting Competitions Director, Mr. Decolas Kiiza reiterated that through FIFA’s support FUFA had secured equipment with consultancy services of M/S Narsil Technologies of Tunisia for a web based player management system called License Plus.
‘It has taken a year to make the system fully operational and from now on, there is no turning back’ said Kiiza.
It will require clubs to provide a full time personnel to input data on behalf of the club and forward a form duly endorsed by the club officials to the FCC that will then proceed to print the players’ licenses.
The license will detail all the personal information of the player including date of birth, place of birth, age category, contract start and end date (where applicable), among others.
The official handover ceremony was performed by the Deputy FIFA Development Officer for eastern and Southern Africa Mr. Patrick Onyango who handed over players’ licenses to Mr. Topher Musoke the Executive Secretary of Sports Club Villa.
How much do you know about the project?
The installation of the technology that handles FIFA/FUFA local player registration and licensing solution has started bearing fruits. With the kick off the of the second round for FUFA Super League set for this Friday, all players will be required to present their already cards to match officials in the dressing rooms for inspection before stepping foot on the pitch. This project was launched last year at FUFA house in Mengo and saw a server and software installed for scanning and storing all data pertaining FUFA’s 8 regions, districts, clubs, players, referees, match commissioners and club officials. This data is indirectly supervised by FIFA through the Tunisian based consultancy firm Narsil Technology the system designers and support base.
On player Licensing: Club’s role
A club based software called (Secure Data Management System SDMS) will be distributed to each club. The software captures all required player information including the bio data, transfer history and contract status.
The software generates a form which is later printed by the club and signed, the medical doctor who examines player’s health/suitability to play. The player, team official and doctor are required to sign on this form.
The club then submits to the Federation a dully signed and stamped form.
FUFA Competitions (Scanning and processing of licenses)
The submitted forms are scanned to capture all data into database; specific information is then extracted by the system and printed on player licenses.
Mandatory requirements for the clubs
-Each club must have a computer/laptop and a printer (black and white or colored)
-Must assign a person to handle the project and become in charge of using the software and who will attend the training at FUFA
Values of the system
Secure data management for both the clubs and federation
Accurate statistics for the players
Licenses are automatically categorized in age groups of U-17, Junior (U-20), Olympic (U-23) and seniors (Over-23 years). This will eliminate age cheating for various competitions.
Cost of replacement: Each license lost by the club will be replaced at a cost of 30,000UGX. Clubs are hereby cautioned to ensure safe custody of the card license
Training of club staff: A circular for a training course for all club officials will be sent out soon
NOTE: At the moment the federation has taken on a pilot project of printing the cards at no cost for the FUFA Super League and Big League teams.
Photo: (L-R) FUFA’s Decolas Kiiza, FIFA Deputy Development Officer Eastern and Southern Africa Mr. Patrick Onyango and SC Villa Secretary Topher Musoke
Photo credit: John Batanudde
