UEFA Approves New Women’s Football Strategy 2024–30
The UEFA Executive Committee has approved a new UEFA women’s football strategy for the period 2024-30.
The new strategy, of which full details will be published in the coming weeks, will see a significant increase in the distribution of solidarity for clubs not participating in UEFA’s men’s club competitions for the 2024-27 cycle.
This will see the share allocated to non-participating clubs rise from 4% to 7% of the projected revenue threshold of €4.4bn. This translates to €308mn – an increase of nearly 80% compared to the previous cycle.
At the meeting, the Executive Committee approved the criteria for the distribution of the new amounts, developed in close collaboration with the European Club Association and European Leagues.
A cap to the distribution to the top five federations (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France) has been confirmed, as they will receive €10m each.
The funds available to the remaining 50 associations will therefore increase from the current €135m to a total of €258m.
70% of these amounts will be distributed based on their position in the UEFA access list, while 30% will be proportional to the amounts received by the top earning club of each association, an innovative concept expressly targeting competitive balance in domestic leagues.
The core principles are as follows:
The funds are reserved for top division clubs not competing in the league phases of the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League.
Such funds are meant to support competitive balance across Europe’s top division leagues, where some clubs benefit from additional revenue streams due to European competition participation.
A portion of the funds may be cascaded to second division clubs, with the agreement of top division clubs.
The funds shall improve or strengthen clubs’ structures and governance standards, thereby enhancing the healthy development of European club football.
To be eligible they shall therefore have to fulfil certain UEFA club licensing criteria, with youth training criteria still being a defining element.
