This season we are looking for a long overdue shrinking of the league.

The league has expanded to its fullest last season (31 teams in the league, 32 teams in the Cup, 6 teams in the Masters league), and with such, resources were spread thin. Pitches are always scarce, referees even more scarce. The only thing in abundance is teams wanting to join the league but unfortunately we simply cannot accommodate every team that wants to join.

Season 23 concluded with fewer forfeits compared to the past (about 7 forfeits this season) so thankfully captains have been trying hard to avoid forfeiting and ensuring they try to field a team.

We hope captains ensure that they stay on top of their teams schedule for next season and minimize any forfeits in the future!

We will be imposing some big changes for next season, many of them revolving admin work. Teams must register online, and players will be also registered online so that information is clear and transparent. This will also stream line into a potential app where stats of players would be tracked and captains would be able to do team sheets online. Various quality of life changes that we hope to roll out for the next two seasons

The new season will start August 22/23. Captains who haven't registered their teams need to be in touch with me!

Lastly, but also very important, the rules to this beautiful game have changed once again. Below is the link of law changes. There is also a video (English and Japanese) demonstrating the rule changes! 

https://www.theifab.com/law-changes/latest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58egxDMTnP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO8bCEvV2tM