FFF: 200,000 licensees, 50 years after the official recognition of women's football on 29/03/1970

"On 29/03/1970, the FFF recognised women's football, making it accessible to women in France. 50 years later, the 200,000 women's football licensees mark has just been passed. The dramatic context of the health crisis that France is going through, like the rest of the world, makes this anniversary special, but it was difficult to conceal it," said the French Football Federation on 29/03/2020.

"Several stages have enabled the discipline to develop, such as the establishment of the French championship in 1974, the setting up of European (European Championship from 1984) and international competitions (Women's World Cup officially launched in 1991), the structuring of French clubs (ASJ Soyaux, VGA Saint-Maur, FCF Juvisy, FC Lyon...) and the consequent investment of some of them (Montpellier, Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain...)," recalled the FFF.

"The women's strategy launched in 2012 at the instigation of Noël Le Graët, president of the FFF, entrusted to Brigitte Henriques, then general secretary and now deputy vice-president of the Federation, has been decisive in recent…