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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.
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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
Club Licensing System – Results (Quality Standards) • 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 Next Steps?