10. Club Licensing System

Club Licensing System - Survey

Survey to find out actual situation with regard to Club Licensing System for top division women’s leagues sent to the 44 associations with clubs participating in the 2007/08 UEFA Women’s Cup

26 replies were received

Club Licensing System – Results (No CLS)

14 NAs have no existing Club Licensing System and no other quality standards or minimum criteria for admission to top division women’s league:

AUT, BLR, BEL, BIH, DEN, EST, FAR, GEO, HUN, ISL, ROU, SRB, UKR

Club Licensing System – Results (Yes CLS)

5 NAs have (or will have) an existing Club Licensing System: FIN since 2007: 12 teams in TD GER since 1990: 12 teams in TD and since 2004: 2

x 12 teams 2nd Division (North & South) NOR 2005: 12 teams in TD

(approx. same as men’s Club Licensing V1.0) SCO 2009/10: 12 teams in TD SWE 2005: 12 teams in TD

(currently only financial criteria)

Sporting Criteria – main areas

Youth development programme Player & head coach contracts Insurances At least one more women’s team Two girls’ teams

Personnel & Admin Criteria – main areas

Educated coaches (e.g. in Germany: TD A-License; 2 Div. 1st year C-License, 2nd year B-License, 3rd year A-License)

Doctor, physiotherapist, event and office personnel

Internet pages and clear contact details Structure and organisation of club of top

importance

Infrastructure Criteria – main areas

Stadium: Safe min number of seats (FIN 400 seats;

GER total spectators 2,000: 300 seats, of which 150 covered)

500 lux Services for media & public

Training facilities

Legal Criteria – main areas

Statutes of the club Extract from the public registry and an

official application

Financial Criteria – main areas

Audited financial statements Positive net assets No payables overdue (wages, player

transfers, insurances) Budget and activity plan for coming season Partnerships/Sustainability

Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards)

9 NAs have no existing Club Licensing System but do have other quality standards or minimum criteria for admission to top division women’s league

Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards)

CRO currently « Women’s Team » included in grade C sporting

criteria in men’s CLS Croatia ExCo have taken decision to iniate for top division:

Sporting criteria (at least 1 girls team) Infrastructure criteria (contract with stadium owner fulfilling

min. criteria: 3 dressing rooms with sanitary facilities, 300 spectators, 100 x 64m, doping control room)

Personnel criteria (empl. contract with coach holiding national A-diploma (senior team), empl. Contract with coachin holiding national B-diploma (youth team), medical doctor present at each match)

Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards)

ENG: keep proper book of a/c’s; adhere to min. facility requirements (ground, spectator facilities, dressing rooms)

ISR: min budget required; financial reports twice per season; youth team 12-15 years old

ITA: documentation testifying field of play in accordance with regulations of Italian Amateur League

NED: top league is comprised of licensed Professional Clubs; agreements between these clubs and KNVB – technical (goal & aim of league, division of players, licenses head coach & assistant coach, scouting and player development), finance, organisation/infrastructure

RUS: each club should have a stadium or pitch and training facilities; medical care; work in cooperation with football schools

SVK: infrastructure, personnel, sporting, legal and financial requirements (obligatory application for 1st league by Slovak FA WFC and Sporting and Technical Committee)

ESP: financial guarantees presented to RFEF; each club must have a ground and pitch either natural playing surface or artificial turf meeting RFEF quality standards; head coach must hold second highest coaching license « Titulo: Territorial »

Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards)

SUI: quality label system for national league, sporting criteria (no. of training sessions, etc), personnel criteria (technical director of club, coach licenses), modest infrastructure

Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards)

Club Licensing System

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