How much is training compensation in Swedish football?

40,000 kronor in Allsvenskan, 15,000 in OBOS Damallsvenskan, 20,000 in Superettan and 10,000 in Ettan, per contract. The amount is shared among the clubs the player was registered with from the year the player turned 12.

Do we get training compensation when a youth player changes clubs?

No. The compensation is only paid when the player signs their first or second professional contract in one of the four leagues, before the end of the year the player turns 22. Amateur transfers give nothing.

Who pays the training compensation?

The club that signs the professional contract pays the Swedish FA, which distributes the money to the training clubs according to Fogis. You send no invoice.

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Training compensation is paid at the professional contract, not at the club change

By Gustav, founder of Breakout · 4 min read

Training compensation in Swedish football is paid when a player you trained signs their first or second professional contract in Allsvenskan, OBOS Damallsvenskan, Superettan or Ettan – not when the player changes clubs as a youth. The amount is fixed, the Swedish FA handles the distribution, and the only thing you have to do is have the player registered in Fogis.

What it is and what it is not

Training compensation is a fixed amount paid when a player signs their first and their second professional contract before the end of the calendar year in which the player turns 22 (the Swedish FA’s registration regulations, RB 2026 chapter 7, section 1). Professional in the RB means the player is paid at least 10,000 kronor a year (chapter 1).

No compensation is paid on amateur transfers, whatever the player’s age, and none on the third contract. A 15-year-old changing clubs therefore triggers no money. That misunderstanding is the most common one, and it stems from the old system, which ended for contracts registered from 1 January 2025.

The amounts

The amount is set by the contracting club’s league in the year the contract is registered (chapter 7, section 1).

Elitettan is missing from the list. A professional contract in Elitettan therefore gives no training compensation under RB 2026. The amounts apply per contract, and it is the whole sum that is distributed among the training clubs.

Allsvenskan: 40,000 kronor
OBOS Damallsvenskan: 15,000 kronor
Superettan: 20,000 kronor
Ettan: 10,000 kronor
All other levels: no training compensation

Who gets a share

The compensation is divided proportionally among the clubs the player was registered with from the calendar year the player turned 12, and the division follows the registrations in Fogis (chapter 7, section 3). There is no other evidence. A season in which the player trained and played with you but was not registered gives no share.

A training club at a higher level than the paying club receives nothing; that share goes instead to the clubs at lower levels (chapter 7, section 1). The system is built so that the money ends up with grassroots clubs.

How the payment works

The contracting club pays the Swedish FA, which distributes the money onwards (chapter 7, section 4). Clubs never invoice each other. Payments are normally made twice a season – the footnote in the RB says that is what is “expected initially”, so do not count on it as a fixed rule.

The compensation cannot be negotiated away and cannot be folded into any other payment (chapter 7, section 2). No compensation is paid on loans (section 5). The rules apply to contracts registered from 1 January 2025 (section 6), and a club that fails to pay risks a fine and a registration ban (section 13).

In the first year the Swedish FA invoiced around four million kronor, distributed to around 220 clubs. No changes were made for 2026.

Solidarity payments – the other stream

A solidarity payment is something else and is often confused with training compensation. It is only paid when a player moves clubs during a running contract for an actual transfer fee. Five per cent of the fee goes to the clubs that trained the player between the ages of 12 and 23: of those five per cent, five per cent goes to each year between 12 and 15 and ten per cent to each year between 16 and 23 (chapter 7, sections 7–9).

The new club pays within 30 days, and the claim lapses after five years. No transfer fee means no money – a player leaving at the end of a contract triggers no solidarity payment.

When the player leaves Sweden

If the player joins a foreign club, FIFA’s rules apply instead. Training compensation under FIFA RSTP article 20 is paid for the years 12–21 on the player’s first registration as a professional and on every transfer up to and including the year the player turns 23, but only between associations. UEFA’s 2025 training costs run from 90,000 euros a year in category I down to 10,000 euros in category IV, and the years 12–15 always count as category IV (FIFA Circular 1936).

In the women’s game there is no international training compensation – article 20 does not apply to women’s football. The national training compensation for OBOS Damallsvenskan does exist, however.

Checklist for the small club

Everything in this system depends on registration. What you can do is simple but has to be done every season.

Last checked against RB 2026; RB 2027 takes effect at the end of November 2026.

Register every player from the age of 9 in Fogis every season. It has been a requirement since 1 January 2026, and for players aged 9–14 a signed consent form must be on file.
Keep the consent forms. They are your documentation if anything is questioned.
Keep track of the Swedish FA’s payments and reconcile them against your registrations. Questions go to transfer@svenskfotboll.se.
In a dispute: the Competition Committee, then the Appeals Committee, then the Swedish Sports Confederation’s tribunal, with two weeks per step (the Swedish FA’s statutes, sections 51 and 54).

Common follow-up questions

How much is training compensation in Swedish football?: 40,000 kronor in Allsvenskan, 15,000 in OBOS Damallsvenskan, 20,000 in Superettan and 10,000 in Ettan, per contract. The amount is shared among the clubs the player was registered with from the year the player turned 12.
Do we get training compensation when a youth player changes clubs?: No. The compensation is only paid when the player signs their first or second professional contract in one of the four leagues, before the end of the year the player turns 22. Amateur transfers give nothing.
Who pays the training compensation?: The club that signs the professional contract pays the Swedish FA, which distributes the money to the training clubs according to Fogis. You send no invoice.