East of Scotland Soccer Development Association

ESSDA & SYFA registration is in calendar years.
You can now pay for your ESSDA application using PayPal - see the PayPal Payments page.

Applications for 2025 are now open and are due by 15th February 2025.

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

To pay for teams for which you have already submitted applications, use the Bulk Payment page.

All players should be registered with SYFA at SFA Comet before the start of the season.

NOTE:  ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED TO THE AGE GROUP THEY ARE PLAYING, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THEIR BIRTH AGE GROUP.
eg A 2015 child playing in a 2014 team must be registered to the 2014 age group and thereafter cannot play in a 2015 team.

Teams playing other winter football or futsal must be registered with SYFA to play and must apply for permission from ESSDA/SYFA.