French women's football: €980,000 in additional aid for clubs (61.2% for the D1 Arkema) from 2021-22

The FFF executive committee has decided to allocate €980,000 in additional aid to women's football through two schemes from this 2021-22 season, announced the Federation on 16/03/2022.

"The 12 D1 Arkema clubs will receive a total of €600,000 in exceptional aid before the end of this season. Each club in the elite will be allocated €50,000 on the basis of a call for projects, particularly in the areas of club structuring and the training of young players. This call for projects will be managed by the new federal commission for women's football at the highest level," explained the FFF.

"The FFF executive committee also wished to strengthen the financing of women's clubs by substantially increasing the allocations for the 2021-22 women's Coupe de France (see below). These will total €520,000 (instead of €140,000 previously, i.e. an additional €380,000), from the first federal round to the final," added the body.

• "These measures to support women's football are in addition to the upgrading of female referees in the D1 Arkema and D2 Feminine, already agreed by the executive committee on…