Belgian Football Union: How to join a football club ?

Affiliation of football players in Belgium

On this informative page of the website webfoot.be, guide to Belgian football, you can find both the information essential to join a football club in 2023 as those for procedure the affiliation of his child .

Here is the list of questions to which webfoot answers:

  • How to join as a player, a football player at the the Belgian football union?
  • How to register your child with RBFA?
  • What is the complete procedure for registering for boys or girls, for men or women?
  • How to register, enter a football club in Belgium ?
  • What are the dates for affiliations

How to join the Belgian football union in 2023?

Want to play soccer? Do you want to join the football club of your choice? Have you decided to take the field and play in a new football team for next season? Here is the internet link for choose your club according to your geographical area t o obtain the complete information of contact to make your registration request to the chosen football club. No more mail, the electronic solution is here!

To carry out this administrative process at the Belgian union here is the list of what you need:

  • An identity card (No need for your eID PIN code).
  • An identity card reader
  • A mobile number, that of the player

Beware of the browser problem! Preferably use as an internet browser: Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft Edge does not support the digital process.

Internet vs paper document

  • It’s much easier.
  • Online registration is processed per second. No waste of time
  • It's completely free. No unnecessary registered fees

You therefore no longer have to send the football club of your choice and the VV or ACFF or RBFA any documents or paper forms.

How to join your child to the Belgian football union in 2023?

Do you want to register your son or daughter in the football club of your choice ? You prefer to see your child evolve in an Academy or a qualified training center for the next season ? Here is the web link for choose your club according to your geographical area to make the request for registration of your child at the chosen club.

To carry out this administrative process, for your boy or your girl, here is the list of what you need:

  • An identity card or a kids-ID
  • An identity card reader
  • The mobile number of one of the parents of the child concerned

Remote reaffiliation

Re-affiliation via the internet: A disaffiliated player can re-affiliate to RBFA via the internet from May 2 following their resignation from the football club of their choice. The re-affiliation must be made by June 30 at the latest so that the player can play the Championship or First Team Cup matches of the following season.

To carry out this administrative process, for you or your son or daughter, here is the list of what you need:

  • An identity card or a kids-ID
  • An identity card reader
  • The mobile number of one of the parents of the child concerned

Date Period

The period: there is no date for the procedure for joining the Belgian union. It is only possible to enroll in the football club affiliated to the Belgian union throughout the year. For reasons of supervision, it is obviously preferable to register before the start of the championship season (before the beginning of August).

The procedure explained in Video

Create an affiliation and sign the document

RBFA contact address

If you do not have an electronic identity card reader, or you are not comfortable with computers, you can always use the post, send registered mail to your current club and to the federation by mentioning your name, your date of birth and the club you wish to leave. In this case, however, please take into account that the processing will be slower due to the rules in force on teleworking.

Royal Belgian Football Association

Avenue Houba de Strooper 145

1020 Brussels

+32.2.477.12.11