FIFA Agent Exam Questions: RSTP (Status and Transfer of Players)

Practice questions on the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players: registration periods, contract stability, minors, training compensation and the solidarity mechanism. Try 5 questions below; every answer shows the rule and where it is in FIFA's study materials. A free account unlocks all 59 questions on this topic and timed mock exams.

Based on: Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) · FIFA circulars amending the RSTP (January 2026 study materials). Exam dates 2027 →

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Under the general rule in the RSTP, with how many clubs may a player be registered during one season, and for how many of them may he play official matches?

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  • Under the cross-border exception for international transfers of minors, what is the maximum distance allowed between the player's home and the new club's headquarters?

    Answer: 100km

    Under article 19 paragraph 2 c), the player and the club must each be within 50km of the border, and the player's home and the club's headquarters may be at most 100km apart. The player must also keep living at home.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 19 paragraph 2 c)

  • A professional signs a new contract at age 25. How long is the protected period for this contract?

    Answer: Three entire seasons or three years, whichever comes first, from the contract's entry into force

    For a contract concluded before the professional's 28th birthday, the protected period is three entire seasons or three years, whichever comes first. The two-season/two-year period applies only to contracts concluded after the 28th birthday.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Definitions, point 7

  • A player registered as a professional wants to re-register as an amateur. When is the earliest this is allowed?

    Answer: At least 30 days after his last match as a professional

    Article 3 requires a waiting period of at least 30 days after the player's last match as a professional before he can re-register as an amateur.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 3 paragraph 1

  • A professional is on loan at a new club. That club wants to loan him on to a third club. What does the RSTP say?

    Answer: It is prohibited; the new club may neither sub-loan nor permanently transfer him to a third club

    Article 10 paragraph 1 f) prohibits the new club from sub-loaning or permanently transferring a loaned professional to a third club.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 10 paragraph 1 f)

  • A club wants to make the validity of a player's employment contract conditional on him passing a medical and obtaining a work permit. Is this allowed?

    Answer: No, the validity of a contract may not be made subject to a medical examination and/or a work permit

    Article 18 paragraph 4 forbids making the validity of a contract subject to a successful medical examination and/or the grant of a work permit.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 18 paragraph 4

  • For a minor aged between 16 and 18, which situation falls under the exception allowing an international transfer?

    Answer: The transfer takes place within the territory of the EU/EEA (or between two associations in the same country) and the new club fulfils minimum obligations

    Article 19 paragraph 2 b) allows transfers of 16-18-year-olds within the EU/EEA or between two associations in the same country. The new club must meet minimum obligations on football education, schooling and care.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 19 paragraph 2 b)

  • Where article 24 consequences are included in a decision, within what time must the debtor pay the full amount (including interest) to the creditor?

    Answer: Within 45 days of notification of the decision

    Article 24 paragraph 4 gives the debtor 45 days from notification of the decision. The time limit is paused by a valid request for the grounds or by an appeal to CAS.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Article 24 paragraph 4

  • What is the highest fine the FIFA general secretariat may impose through the administrative sanction procedure (ASP) under Annexe 3?

    Answer: CHF 30,000

    Annexe 3 Article 17 paragraph 4 limits ASP sanctions to a warning, a reprimand or a fine of up to CHF 30,000, without prejudice to further sanctions by the Disciplinary Committee.

    FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (July 2025 edition) – Annexe 3 Article 17 paragraph 4

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