Special cases
Transfers in women's football: what exceptions apply to women players?
Last checked on 18 October 2026
Short answer
Women players follow the same basic rules as men, with some more flexible exceptions. After an ordinary transfer between 1 September and 31 December you may play for a first team in the provincial divisions from 1 January. The same applies after an administrative transfer completed by 1 February. For first teams in the national and interprovincial divisions, the usual restriction still applies.
The basic rule
For women players too, 31 August is the deadline: after an ordinary transfer or registration after that date you normally cannot play official matches for your new club's first team. You can play for youth teams. There are, however, several exceptions for women players.
The exceptions for women players
- Ordinary transfer between 1 September and 31 December: eligible for a provincial first team from 1 January. Not in the national and interprovincial divisions.
- Administrative transfer: eligible for a provincial first team from 1 January, provided the transfer is fully completed by 1 February.
- Joining after resigning in April: if you join during the winter period (early January to early February), you may also play for the first team.
- Deregistered by your club: eligible for a provincial first team from 7 January.
- Returning early from a loan: if you return to a provincial club by 31 December, you may play for the first team from 1 January.
Moving to the Super League
During the winter transfer window (2 January to 3 February) a player from any club can transfer to a Super League club, provided her paid-sportsperson contract (at least until the end of the season) is registered with the RBFA. She then cannot play for the club's first teams in other divisions that season.
Training compensation for a first Super League contract
If a player who is under 23 before 1 January of the season signs her first paid-sportsperson contract with a Super League club, that club pays training compensation: €500 per training year from the season she turns 12 to the season she turns 15, and €1,000 per training year from 16 to 21.
The amount is halved if the paying club trained her for at least three seasons between her 8th and 18th birthdays. Because direct payments between clubs are banned in Flanders, the money goes to the Pro League, Voetbal Vlaanderen and the ACFF, which spend it entirely on developing girls' and women's football.
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