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In association football, a player who has appeared for a football club during a knockout cup but subsequently transfers to another club is ineligible to play for the new club in the remainder of that season 's cup competition. Such a player is said to be cup-tied, i.e. tied to their original club for the duration of the cup tournament.
Nov 8, 2019 · Here are everything you need to know about what the cup-tied rule is, which competitions it applies to and previous examples. Almost every domestic cup competition worldwide implements a "cup-tied" rule, which has had a significant influence in the transfer market in past seasons.
Mar 27, 2018 · UEFA announced on Tuesday it had decided to remove the "cup-tied" rule from all European competitions. This means that, for the first time, a player could play for two different...
- Dale Johnson
May 14, 2022 · The FA Cup has adopted different rules in 2022 based on fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Will Savage
Mar 27, 2018 · UEFA announced on Tuesday it had decided to remove the "cup-tied" rule from all European competitions. This means that, for the first time, a player could play for two different clubs...
- Dale Johnson
Feb 20, 2020 · For many years, clubs had been allowed to register a maximum of three new eligible players for the knockout rounds, and the rule change effectively ended the prospect of signings being...
Jan 26, 2015 · UEFA have Introduced a rule that prevents a player from playing for 2 different teams in a Cup competition within the same period. Or, in other words, if a player has played for a team even a minute, he is so called Cup-tied to that particular team for the remaining of the competition even if he has transferred to another team that is competing ...
