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Malta FA to introduce new data management system

Published: 23-05-2018 10:55
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The Malta Football Association is introducing a new football management system which will significantly change and facilitate the way the Association and the major stakeholders in local football input and manage data.  COMET is an integrated application system that aggregates the principal business processes and data of sports organisations. At the Malta FA Council meeting held on Tuesday, General Secretary Dr Angelo Chetcuti gave a detailed overview of the features and benefits of COMET.  The first phase of implementation of this new system is scheduled to begin at the start of season 2018-19. Processes like the registration of players, coaches, referees, management of competitions, disciplinary matters, player records, fixtures, line-ups and accreditations will all be managed through COMET. Dr Chetcuti explained that, for the past few months, COMET representatives have been adapting certain features of the system to cater for the needs and realities of Maltese football. Furthermore, the existing data on the Malta FA’s current system is being migrated to the new platform while informative sessions with a number of stakeholders, including representatives of the Maltese clubs competing in the 2018-19 UEFA competitions, have already been held.OTHER MATTERS • FIFA’s revised regulations on the transfer and status of players will come into force on June 1, 2018. Contractual stability is at the centre of these amendments as professional players who are not paid their salary for two months will be deemed to have just cause to terminate their contract, provided that they give the club 15 days’ notice to settle the issue. • UEFA have carried out an inspection of the Centenary Stadium as the preliminary round matches of Gżira United and Birkirkara in the 2018-19 Europa League will be played at this venue. Works to improve some of the facilities at the Centenary Stadium have already started. The matches from the second qualifying rounds of both the Champions League and Europa League will be played at the National Stadium. • The ‘homegrown player’ rule has been extended to women’s football. The Malta FA Council ratified an amendment to the Competitions Rules whereby a non-Maltese female player who has been part of the local youth sector for a period of four seasons will be considered as a homegrown player in women’s competitions.