2023 Birth Date Requirements

Age Groups for 2023 NSFA Season

Under 6 Born on or after 1st January 2017 or 2018* (Preschool/Kindergarten)
Under 7 Born on or after 1st January 2016* (Year 1)
Under 8 Born on or after 1st January 2015* (Year 2)
Under 9 Born on or after 1st January 2014* (Year 3)
Under 10 Born on or after 1st January 2013* (Year 4)
Under 11 Born on or after 1st January 2012* (Year 5)
Under 12 Born on or after 1st January 2011* (Year 6)
Under 13 Born on or after 1st January 2010* (Year 7)
Under 14 Born on or after 1st January 2009* (Year 8)
Under 15 Born on or after 1st January 2008* (Year 9)
Under 16 Born on or after 1st January 2007* (Year 10)
Under 17 Born on or after 1st January 2006* (Year 11)
Under 18 Born on or after 1st January 2005 (Year 12)
Over 35 Born on or before 31st December 1988
Over 45 Born on or before 31st December 1978

*Can apply for dispensation under the Relative Age Effect (RAE) Rule.

a) Players may only register in Mixed SSF if they are four (4) years of age or older as at midnight on the 31st December of the year prior.

b) No player should play in an age group more than two (2) years higher than they are qualified for, unless they have been granted dispensation by the relevant committee.

c) The Relative Age Effect (RAE) allows for players born in last thee (3) months (between the 1st of October and 31st of December), to offset any physical disadvantage to players born in the earlier months of a year by playing down an age group.