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US association receives 30 million dollars
A windfall for US football: Michele Kang, entrepreneur and owner of three football clubs (Washington Spirit, Olympique Lyon and London City Lionesses), made a cash gift of 30 million dollars to the US Soccer Federation on Tuesday. This money will be paid out over the...
FC Viktoria Berlin: With Women’s power into the Bundesliga?
What do ex-swimmer Franziska van Almsick, skiing star Maria Höfl-Riesch, dancer Nikeata Thompson and former tennis player Anke Huber have in common? Together with 243 other people, they are all investing in the football club Viktoria Berlin. The football club...
Women’s Football at DFB with Dr. Holger Blask
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdzqSOrmWvI Career path After studying law at the University of Cologne, Dr Blask found his way into the sport industry. With his dissertation on the central marketing of media rights and competition law, he was able to familiarise...
FC Barcelona’s Investment Pays Off
Aitana Bonmatí picked up her second consecutive Ballon d’Or in Paris in October. The top two players next to her in the top 3 were also FC Barcelona players, Caroline Graham Hansen and Salma Paralluelo. Two more blaugrana players finished in the top 10 with Mariona...
Sky and BBC agree record-breaking broadcast deal
The deal is the first broadcast contract negotiated by the newly-formed Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) and has been cautiously welcomed by fans, clubs and administrators alike. It takes the overall commercial value of women's football in the UK to well...
Former England captain Steph Houghton was on £9,000 a year
Even more startling than this top-line figure is the revelation that her playing contract with the Gunners was just £4,000 per annum - the remaining £5,000 of her earnings was earned by coaching sessions that she took outside of training hours and some ambassadorial...
Frauen-Bundesliga clubs commission agency for changeover
DFB measures not considered sustainable enough Until now, the German Football Association (DFB) has been responsible for all decisions relating to the Frauen-Bundesliga. Last year, the association ensured, among other things, that TV revenues increased at the start of...
Bayern München with highest sponsorship income
The women's Bundesliga continues to grow. This can be seen, among other things, in the growing number of spectators: In the 2022/2023 season, 359,000 spectators came to the stadiums; in the following season, this figure was increased by around 20,000 fans. And this...
EUROs 2025: Ticket sales figures promise full stadiums
On 1 October, the Swiss Football Association and the UEFA launched the first ticket sales phase for the tournament next summer. Within 24 hours, 120,000 tickets had already been sold. An impressive figure, which was increased a week later at the start of the second...
Women’s football in Switzerland: Driving investment through the EUROs?
Stade de Geneve, AXA Women s Cup: Maeva Clemaron Servette FC Chenois Feminin celebrating her goal with her teammates. (IMAGO / Just Pictures) The AXA Women's Super League in Switzerland hopes to grow after the Women's EUROs this summer. But at the moment, the league...
Having the courage to do things differently: SGS Essen and Turbine Potsdam
Women-only football clubs have become a rarity in Germany. Many successful clubs such as TSV Siegen, FCR Duisburg and 1. FFC Frankfurt have disappeared from the scene or have been taken over by other clubs. Meanwhile, SGS Essen and Turbine Potsdam have remained in the...
Social Media Is a Key Pillar to the Rise of Women’s Football
There is a direct parallel between the most followed clubs in the world and their successful progression as well as adoration of their players. FC Barcelona femeni is the most followed women's club on Instagram, this putting aside clubs who use a singular account for...
Exciting discussions about the future of women’s football
Around 70 industry experts gathered at NIO House in Frankfurt last Friday evening to celebrate the first meet-up of ‘The Rise of Women's Football’. With exciting talks and masterclasses they enjoyed an informative evening. These days, it's rare to have people in the...
The Top 5 Broadcasting rights of international competitions
The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, arguably the biggest women's football tournament to date, generated less than 10% of the revenue of the FIFA (Men's) World Cup 2022 in Qatar for FIFA. In comparison to the record revenue of EUR 244 million...
Michele Kang, OL Féminin and the business model that could change women’s football
Michele Kang is on a mission. And no one would doubt that the American businesswoman will do everything to see it through. Kang made her fortune in medical technology and venture capital. Now, she is trying to change the landscape of women's football at an astonishing...
Sixth Street’s Game-Changing Investment in Women’s Game
The Bay FC and FC Barcelona investors will replicate the type of multi-club ownership (MCO) model adopted by the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea. The difference with Sixth Street is their primary focus is the women's game; most MCOs with equity in women's...
Spectator analysis of the top five women’s football leagues
While attendance numbers have risen in the last ten years, particularly for international matches, the individual national leagues have also recorded higher demands in recent years. The broadcast effect following the EURO 2022 in England is especially noteworthy, as...
Deloitte: what does Money League mean for women’s game?
Deloitte displayed on a smartphone screen next to a laptop keyboard. Photo IMAGO (xThomasxFullerx/xSOPAxImagesx) Since its inception, clubs in Northern Europe have taken hold. Appearances in the top 30 from South American and Scandinavian teams, as well as those in...
New world record: Chelsea pays a million transfer fee for the first time
Chelsea FC flexed their muscles in the winter transfer window and invested heavily. The Champions League quarter-finalists secured the services of Keira Walsh from FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of EUR 850,000. A few days earlier, they had already signed US defender...
Report: Saudi Arabian women’s game growth continues
The report, "Pioneering Change: Women’s Football in Saudi Arabia", published by the NEOM sport sector in partnership with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), details how female participation in Saudi Arabian football has skyrocketed since the country's Public...
Football fans frustrated further by United’s Ratcliffe
While Manchester United's men's side negotiate inconsistent form, followers of the Red Devils' women's team remain disappointed by a lack of engagement from the Ineos CEO. Fan disillusionment had threatened to boil over into more than just social media grumbling due...