East of Scotland Soccer Development Association

Forms must be completed online, but you have a choice of payment methods. See PayPal instruction page for online payment option.
If returning the forms with a cheque, please send to
 - Roger Oglesby, 71 Craigleith Hill Gardens, Edinburgh EH4 2JB

All clubs must have registered their players with SYFA (Football 4s, Super 5s, Soccer 7s and Nines 9s) at SFA Comet

Applications for ESSDA 2025  are due by 15th February 2025

Each age group should be SYFA registered for 2025 before applying to ESSDA. Check your SYFA Registration at the Registration Page.

•   2013 (12s) playing Nines 9s for First Half moving to SERYFA 11v11 after summer
•   2014 (11s) playing Soccer 7s for First Half and then Nines 9s for Second Half after summer
•   2015 (10s) and 2016 (9s) playing Soccer 7s all year

There will be five divisions at each age group Pele > Iniesta > Maradona > Zidane > Beckham
Teams are asked to nominate an alternate division should there be insufficient teams for their chosen division..

•   2017 (8s) playing Super 5s
•   2018 (7s)  playing Football 4s

Please note:
All team officials must be PVG Scheme members with SYFA.
There is no option for supervised coaches who are not PVG Scheme Members with SYFA to coach within ESSDA
PVG Scheme Members with their Club or other organisation are not relevant. PVG Scheme Membership must be through SYFA and recorded on SFA Comet.