Which rules govern our club's league?

SAFA Competitions Uniform Rules (approved by SAFA's NEC on 25 June 2016) bind every affiliated club, its officials and representatives, and registered amateur players in SAFA's amateur leagues:

• Men's Provincial (Promotional) League and Men's Regional League
• Women's Provincial League (the Sasol Women's League) and Women's Regional League
• SAFA Junior Football Leagues (U13 and U15)

Each league is played in streams within each province, SAFA region and LFA. Competition-specific regulations, such as the Sasol League Regulations, apply alongside the Uniform Rules.

Seasons: August to May for men's football and February to November for women's football (Rule 4.1.1).

LFA-level leagues: under the SAFA Statutes, regional members recognise their Local Football Associations and set out their powers in their constitutions, and a member's rules have no force until SAFA's NEC ratifies them. So an LFA's own local league rules apply within that framework and can't conflict with SAFA's.

Order of rules: where the Uniform Rules are silent, the SAFA Statutes and other SAFA rules apply, then CAF and then FIFA regulations. All matches are played under the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition from 1 July 2026). SAFA's Competitions Committee can amend the Uniform Rules during a season, subject to ratification.