The RFEF and the French FFF exchange experiences on UEFA licensing in Las Rozas
The initiative is part of a pilot programme organised by UEFA for the exchange of information and knowledge between national federations.
This Thursday and Friday, 23rd and 24th January, the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas welcomed a delegation from the FFF, the French national football federation, who came here to exchange information and knowledge with their Spanish counterpart delegation from the RFEF. The move is part of a pilot programme, with a special focus on the UEFA Licensing process, run by European football's governing body.
UEFA, through the Licensing and Financial Sustainability department, has created this programme with the aim of enabling the different national associations to exchange information, experiences and knowledge on various topics. After the RFEF joined the programme, UEFA assigned the FFF as a partner for the Spanish federation.
A face-to-face meeting was held this Thursday and Friday, culminating in the exchanging of ideas between the RFEF and the FFF, together with another meeting to be held in Paris. The two-day meeting included, in addition to the opportunity for the French delegation to visit the facilities at the Ciudad del Fútbol, such as the Museum and the VAR room with two working sessions with various topics to be addressed.
Session content
Specifically, Thursday's session focused on women's competitions in Spanish football, providing data on their progression, addressing issues such as the financial fair play system and proposing ideas to be developed in the future in the quest for continuous improvement, such as the implementation of a specific licensing system. As such, representatives from both the RFEF's women's football department and the F League took part in the session.
On Friday, the financial fair play systems in force both in Spain and France (specifically in LaLiga and the RFEF's project for non-professional football) were discussed, and the current situation regarding the transfer of players' was studied, with the domestic regulations in force in each of the countries a matter for conversation.
In the context of this exchange, the RFEF's UEFA Licensing department also organised two further meetings, on Wednesday and Friday, with the two committees that deal with this licence: the First Instance Committee (which decides whether or not to grant the UEFA licence to the teams that apply for it, depending on the documentation submitted and their compliance with UEFA's requirements) and the Second Instance Committee (where clubs that are refused the licence can lodge an appeal).
The assessment of all the meetings held in the framework of this pilot programme has been highly positive for those responsible for UEFA licensing in the Spanish FA.
