Unofficial Registration Types

Unofficial Registrations are used to enable players to participate in matches of specific non-regulated competitions, and such registrations are not visible on the Player Passport. They are not submitted to any FIFA API/Services.

Additionally, a player can have more unofficial registrations in the same discipline; there are no constraints, unlike official registrations, which are subject to FIFA RSTP. Also, unofficial registrations do not generate transfer requests or notifications.

Mark Registration Type as Unofficial

• Access the COMET Admin App (by adding /app admin to your Comet homepage address). Access to the Admin App is available to authorized users.

• Select Configurations → Registration Roles on the left nav-bar

• Once you open this screen, you will notice several tabs that correspond to the Registration categories (or Person categories) that are available in COMET in your specific Comet instance.

• Access the Players Tab

• Click on a Registration Role that needs to be marked as Unofficial from the list to open a dialog for editing the existing registration role.

  • Enable the Unofficial Switch Button

  • Once you have entered all the data, press 💾 the Save button.

The “Official Registration Required” switch

If Unofficial is switched on, then the Official Registration Required switch appears. This is used to determine if official CONFIRMED registration should exist to create a new unofficial one.

For example, “Double registration” or “Eligibility” are unofficial registration types, and registration of such a type may be created only when an official CONFIRMED player registration in the same discipline exists.

Admin mode fields appear in orange color for unofficial registration and in blue color for official registration.

Limit Registration Types to Club Types

There is an option to limit certain Registration Types to specific Organizations or Club Types. For example, when there are Grassroots Organizations, such as Schools, you can prevent official registrations from being made for these types of organizations.

To configure a Registration Type to specific Club Types:

1. Go to the Admin App

2. Expand the Registration Menu and select Registration Roles.

3. Click the Add button to create a new registration type, or choose an existing type from the list.

4. In the "Limit to club types" field, select the Club Types to associate with the Registration Type. For example, you might link a Youth registration type to a School Football Club type.

Once configured, that Registration Type will be available only to clubs/organizations of this type

In the example below:

• The Youth registration type is available for a Club Type = School Football.

• the Youth registration type is not available for a Club Type = Senior Football Club.

This feature is available only to Associations that have migrated to our new Standard Club Registration (SCR) workflow and can be configured by superusers in the Admin App.