RSTP Article 21 and Annexe 5

Solidarity contribution calculator

Works out the 5% solidarity contribution due to a player's training clubs on an international transfer, apportioned to the day across each calendar year of training.

Player date of birth

Sets the calendar-year buckets.

Transfer compensation

The amount payable to the former club.

Registration periods

Enter each club and the exact dates the player was registered with them. Only time inside the calendar years of the 12th to 23rd birthdays counts, so you can enter full registration periods and let the calculator trim them.

Club

Registered from

Registered to

Club

Registered from

Registered to

Total solidarity contribution payable

€608,333

3.0417% of €20,000,000  ·  maximum 5% = €1,000,000

1.9583% (€391,667) is unallocated because those training years are not covered by the periods entered. Where a training club cannot be identified, that share is not simply kept by the new club: it goes to the FIFA Clearing House process for distribution or retention under the applicable rules.

Working

Training club A

AGE YEAR	MONTHS	RATE	SHARE	AMOUNT
12 (2015)	12/12	0.25%	0.25%	€50,000
13 (2016)	12/12	0.25%	0.25%	€50,000
14 (2017)	12/12	0.25%	0.25%	€50,000
15 (2018)	12/12	0.25%	0.25%	€50,000
16 (2019)	6/12	0.5%	0.25%	€50,000
Due to this club				€250,000

Training club B

AGE YEAR	MONTHS	RATE	SHARE	AMOUNT
16 (2019)	6/12	0.5%	0.25%	€50,000
17 (2020)	12/12	0.5%	0.5%	€100,000
18 (2021)	12/12	0.5%	0.5%	€100,000
19 (2022)	12/12	0.5%	0.5%	€100,000
20 (2023)	1/12	0.5%	0.0417%	€8,333
Due to this club				€358,333

How the 5% is split

Annexe 5 distributes the 5% across twelve calendar years. The calendar year of the 12th through 15th birthdays each carry 5% of the 5%, which is 0.25% of the transfer compensation per year. The calendar year of the 16th through 23rd birthdays each carry 10% of the 5%, which is 0.5% per year. Four years at 0.25% plus eight years at 0.5% is the full 5%.

Assumptions built in

Part years are apportioned on whole months. Months are derived from the registration dates and rounded to the nearest month. FIFA's own system apportions to the nearest day, so a part year can differ slightly.
An age-year bucket runs 1 January to 31 December of the calendar year in which the player turns that age, not a playing season.
The base is the compensation payable to the former club. Training compensation is not part of that base.
Whether contingent sums such as sell-on fees, and compensation for breach under Article 17, attract solidarity has been litigated and turns on the facts. Enter only the figure you are confident forms transfer compensation.
Solidarity arises on an international transfer before the expiry of the player's contract. Domestic transfers are governed by national association rules.

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