The first professional women’s football league has taken this Monday its most important step to become a reality next season. In fact, there is no turning back, after the approval by the Higher Sports Council of the statutes that will govern the new competition.
In this way, what is now called Primera Iberdrola will join the First and Second masculine and to Liga ACB of basketball like the professional leagues that exist in Spain. A milestone with which the Government considers that “a country project”.
This has been expressed by the president of the CSD, Jose Manuel Francoin an act in which, as reported by ‘El Periódico de España’, a medium that belongs to the same editorial group as this newspaper, the main players in Spanish women’s football were summoned.
wide representation
The president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, those of the two majority unions, have attended the CSD headquarters, Amanda Gutierrez (FootPro) and David Aganzo (AFE), that of the Association of Women’s Soccer Clubs, Ruben Alcaineand representatives of all the clubs in the category, including the president Aitor Elizegi (Athletic), Quico Catalan (Raise) and Alfonso Fernandez de Troconiz (Alavés), in addition to congressmen and senators.
And, of course, soccer players, the great protagonists of this milestone. With the exception of Barça, which was crowned league champion this Sunday, all the clubs were represented, with the spokesperson for Martha Car (Valencia) and Sheila Elorza (Eibar): “It has been a historic dayWe have fought for many years to achieve this and hopefully it will now serve other minority sports.”
approval by “unanimity” of the CSD Board of Directors of these statutes is the end point of nine months of tough negotiations between clubs, with the active participation of CSD and RFEF, to transform the statement of the women’s soccer league as a full-fledged professional competition.
A process that will continue in the coming weeks with the constitution of the league itself, the election of a board of directors and the development of a coordination agreement with the RFEF, which continues to manage the competition during this transition season.
“Historic Debt”
“This is a very important day for Spanish women’s sport as a whole, not just for football,” claimed Franco, who considers that this Monday “a historical debt of Spain with its female athletes, who deserved at least this”.
The president of the CSD has also highlighted the Government’s commitment to this process, with the investment of €31 million from European Funds to improve the infrastructures of the clubs, “so that the players develop all their potential under optimal conditions.”
Rubiales, for her part, has guaranteed the RFEF’s support for the new women’s league, “with loyalty and responsibility” and “provided they comply with the regulations of the RFEF, UEFA and FIFA”, in a clear message addressed to the clubs less aligned with the federation in view of the development of the future coordination agreement.
“We have one Big responsibility, not only with women’s football, but also in the face of what tomorrow may be all women’s sports. I appeal to unity and responsibility, so that we can show that this is useful for something. Starting today we have to show everyone that this has been worth it “, she indicated for her part Lola RomeroCEO of female athleticrepresenting all the clubs.
