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The AXA Women’s Super League in Switzerland hopes to grow after the Women’s EUROs this summer. But at the moment, the league is still facing some major problems. How to increase investment and ensure the tournament has a lasting impact? The countdown is on. In July 2025, Switzerland will host the UEFA Women’s EUROs, and the ambitions for this project could not be higher. The tournament aims to be the first-ever sold-out Women’s EUROs, to welcome fans from all over the world, to deliver the best football there is – and to transform Swiss women’s football as a whole. No mean feat for a five-week tournament. The EUROs 2022 in England showed how a few weeks of euphoria can change everything and drive investment. But Switzerland is not England. “In England, there was already a strong foundation with the FA WSL and high club engagement,” says Richard Feuz, former CEO of top team Servette Chênois and current general manager of Chicago Stars FC, speaking to The Rise of Women’s Football. Swiss League is still far from being professional Women’s football in Switzerland is currently facing some serious challenges. The ten-team league includes big clubs like Young Boys Bern and FC […]

Even though the broadcasting rights for women’s football have risen steadily in recent years, the sums involved are still only a fraction of those paid for the men’s competition. However, the aim is not to reach the level of men’s football, but to establish the true value of women’s football, which experts believe is currently underestimated.

Since 1998, Deloitte have been publishing their annual assessment of the world’s football finances. The most tantalising aspect of the report was always the league table that ranked the clubs by order of wealth.

SGS Essen and Turbine Potsdam are the only all-women’s football clubs in the German Bundesliga. These clubs used to exist more often, but currently the big names from the men’s Bundesliga are striving for the top. How can Essen and Potsdam stay in the Bundesliga?

American businesswoman Michele Kang aims to change women’s football business for good, creating the first multi-club group in the game. At OL Féminin, Kang aims to fundamentally change the way of thinking about women’s football, and has pioneered a new business model.

Chelsea FC made major investments in the winter transfer window. The million mark fell for the first time with the transfer of Naomi Girma. We take a look at how the transfer sums have developed in recent years.