The Executive Council has approved a new League Regulations for the Ghana Premier League, the Division One League and the Malta Guiness Women’s Premier League.
The updated Premier League Regulations will come into effect for the 2025/26 season, bringing more clarity to key rules.
The approval of the regulations follows a review of the previous rules, aimed at improving the game, standardizing practices, promoting fair competition, and ensuring strict compliance.
The regulations cover key areas such as match rules, league structure, competition organization, player eligibility, disciplinary procedures and takes due cognisance of the new GFA Registered Academies Licensing Regulations 2025.
Similar regulations have been approved for the Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League and the Division One League. These regulations aim to ensure fairness, consistency, competitive balance, and clarity, while promoting player and team promotion and accountability.
The Ghana Football Association in the coming days will hold a meeting with the 18 Ghana Premier League clubs to discuss the promotion and all related matters to the league. Similar meetings will be held with the 48 Division One League clubs and another with the 20 Women’s Premier League clubs.
The 2025/26 Ghana Premier League season is scheduled to kick off on the weekend of September 12 to15, 2025.
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