Spanish women's football together for the first time in Las Rozas
The RFEF has brought together all professional women's football clubs together with the F League representatives at the federation's headquarters. Among the issues proposed by the clubs and discussed at the meeting were the possibility of implementing a VAR system as well as the potential for refereeing teams to be mixed, made up of both men and women.
Spanish women's football is moving towards the future together after the working meeting held at the Ciudad del Fútbol at the initiative of the RFEF president Rafael Louzán. Continuing with the idea set out in the first meeting with the professional clubs and LaLiga on 6 February, the meeting between the Liga F clubs and the Royal Spanish Football Federation led to an exchange of information, opinions and proposals for the betterment of Spanish women's football.
Among the proposals on the table was the possibility of implementing a VAR system in Liga F. In addition, with regard to the refereeing issue, the clubs proposed the possibility of mixed refereeing teams.
In his subsequent appearance before the media, Louzán had words of support for this group to whom he conveyed the RFEF's ‘maximum support for these professionals and their families. We will be by their side and we show them our solidarity, respect and affection for their work as referees, while at the same time we ask for understanding and collaboration in their difficult jobs.
The president of the F League and vice-president of the RFEF, Beatriz Álvarez, made ‘a very positive assessment of the day, which is another step towards institutional progress, while the representative of Atlético de Madrid, Lola Romero, and FC Levante Badalona, Josep Bellet, agreed in their appreciation for the initiative for what they described as “a historic milestone from which we must go onwards and work hand in hand to make women's football grow”.
‘From this point onwards, we will work together with all those involved in football’.
Similarly, during the meetings, the imminent creation of working commissions based on areas with the participation of the clubs and the RFEF was decided upon and the possibility was put on the table, supported by the clubs that took the floor, of sending competitions such as the Super Cup abroad, as long as it is to generate income that will have a positive impact on clubs of all categories.
The RFEF's working sessions with the professional football clubs will continue with the creation of working groups with representatives of both men's and women's teams to develop joint actions. According to the RFEF president, ‘from this point onwards, all work in football will be joined together’.
