10. Club Licensing System

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 2 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 3 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 4 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 2 nd 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)

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 5 Sporting Criteria – main areas  Youth development programme  Player & head coach contracts  Insurances  At least one more women’s team  Two girls’ teams

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 6 Personnel & Admin Criteria – main areas  Educated coaches (e.g. in Germany: TD A- License; 2 Div. 1st year C-License, 2 nd 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 7 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 8 Legal Criteria – main areas  Statutes of the club  Extract from the public registry and an official application

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 9 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 10 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 11 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)

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 12 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 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

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 13  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)

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 14  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)

UEFA Women’s Football Committee, page 15 Club Licensing System Next Steps?