Togo is ready to set up a professional football league following the Ordinary General Assembly meeting held on Friday, May 6.
The Togolese Football Federation (FTF) members approved the implementation of the Professional Football League (LFPT).
Three texts were adopted and agreed upon: the draft statutes of the Professional Football League, the draft agreement between FTF and LFPT and the criteria for participation in the professional football league.
“The majority of members and actors present at this congress (47/51 votes) approved the adoption and validation of the texts on the professionalisation of football,” read the FTF statement.
“The statutes of the professional football league of Togo (LFPT) generally describe the moral personality of the league, its mode of operation, its organs, its members and their rights and duties, and its sources of financing.
“The framework agreement between FTF and LFPT specifies the conditions under which the two structures will collaborate, the limits of the delegation of power and the procedures for settling any conflicts. The last text adopted sets the conditions to be met by any club aspiring to be a member of the future LFPT.”
The professional championships are set to commence from the 2023/24 campaign.
“They will feature the first and second divisions, and the league will organise them, while the federation will organise the third division, the regional and women’s leagues without forgetting women’s football and that of young people,” noted the FTF.
Meanwhile, Association of Former Footballers of Togo (ASSAFT) membership was done by vote: 42 of the 50 delegates present at the time of the vote gave their approval.
