FIFA presents new guide for women’s licenses

With the aim of accelerating the professionalization and development of women’s football, FIFA published its first FIFA Guide for issuing licenses to women’s football clubs.

As well as recognizing the important role of clubs in the development of women’s football and creating specific tools and programs that support the unique environment of women’s football, the new FIFA Club Licensing Guide to Women’s Football will provide for the first time a specialized resource to enhance women’s football club licensing. This, in turn, will strengthen development paths for female players in club football and raise the overall bar in clubs around the world.

The publication is a comprehensive and practical tool that will help FIFA’s 211 member associations establish and implement a club licensing structure for their respective women’s football competitions. This is a ten-step guide that member associations can follow to create a club licensing system, along with eight additional steps that will allow leagues to maintain their club licensing structures in per season.

Building strong and sustainable leagues where players evolve into a professional and competitive environment is an important aspect for the future development and professionalization of women’s football, ”said Sarai Bareman, Director of Women’s Football at FIFA.

Under the banner of the Women’s Football Development Program, FIFA works with member associations to create club licensing structures for women’s football.

The guide fits in with The Road to Change: FIFA Benchmarking Report on Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s Football Development Program focused on club licensing, which endorses FIFA’s commitment to raise the level of soccer leagues and clubs. women.