Play-Ups / Guest Players - Winter Season

Boardless Program

Men’s Open (Major to Div 5/Men's U23)

• Can only play up for their club if they are registered in a lower division club team of the same name. Lowest division is the U23 division/Division 5.
• Examples of this rule:
  • Foothills FC Div 5 player plays up for a higher division Foothills team - ALLOWED.
  • Foothills FC Div 5 player plays up for a higher division non-Foothills team - NOT ALLOWED.
  • U23 Calgary West player plays up for a higher division non-Calgary West team - NOT ALLOWED.
  • Div 4 player plays up for a team with a different name in Div 2 - NOT ALLOWED.
• Players who are allowed to play up can play up a maximum of 6 games per team in total per season.

Master’s Elite/Competitive

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

• Eligible to play up for Men's Open - Division 3 and above ONLY. 
• Can play up a maximum of 6 games per team in total per season.

Master’s Premier (NOT APPLICABLE TO INDOOR SEASON)

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

• Eligible for Master’s Elite, Men's Open.
• Can guest a maximum of 6 games per team in a season.
• The Master’s players who are over 45 years of age may play down into O45 A.
• No more than 2 Master’s Premier players per O45A game.

Master’s 1 & lower

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

• Eligible to play up for any team in Master’s Elite/Comp, Men's Open.
• Can guest play a maximum of 6 games per team in a season.
• Master's players who are 45 years of age and older:
  • can guest play for any O45 team for an unlimited number of games
  • no more than 2 Masters’ players may play down per game per team.
  • Exception: those registered in the lowest Master’s divisions (Masters 3) may play unlimited into O45 and up to 4 may play down into any O45 division.

Over 45

Age Category:  O45 prior to registration 

• Can play up unlimited per team with any Master’s, Men's Open or higher Over 45 division team.
• Can play down into O55 unlimited per team if at least 53 years of age.
• Can also play for same division i.e. O45C-1 player can guest play for a team in O45C-2. (NOT APPLICABLE FOR INDOOR SEASON)

Over 55

Age Category:  O55 prior to registration

• Can play up unlimited per team with any O45, Master’s or Open division team.
• May guest play on any O55 team within their program. 

Boarded Program

• Open - Competitive (highest division), Intermediate, Recreational (lowest division) - can only play up for teams in a higher division, a maximum of 6 times per team. 
• Masters O35 - can play up to Open, a maximum of 6 times per team.
  • Master's players who are 45 years of age and older:
    • can guest play for any O45 team for an unlimited number of games
    • no more than 2 Masters’ players may play down per game per team.
• Over 45 - O45B are eligible to play up unlimited for any team in Open, Masters Boarded, and O45A. O45A players are NOT allowed to play down for O45B. 
  • O45B registered players are allowed to guest play for any other team in O45B.

Coed Program

• Teams are eligible to have up to 4 guest players in a match
• Guest players are ONLY permitted from other teams in their same competitive grouping i.e. Recreational or Ultra Recreational. 
• The team and the player are responsible to ensure that he or she is eligible to play as a guest player.
• Players may be a guest player 6 times per team only in a season.

Futsal Program

• No guest players allowed - players must be registered with the team to play with the team.