Barcelona broke their own world record attendance for a women's football match on Friday when more than 91,600 fans packed into the Nou Camp to watch their 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg in the first leg . This is a project with a lot of work behind it, years of it. Real Madrid followed closely behind, with average wages . By then, most clubs already were, Barcelona included. They were the first Spanish club to reach a quarterfinal of the Champions League, the first to reach a semifinal of the Champions League, the first to make it to a Champions League Final, and the first to win it, which they did in 2021. The highest-paid player in the women's game is currently USWNT star Carli Lloyd, who takes home over $518,000 a year from playing in the National Women's Soccer League for NJ/NY Gotham FC - who were known as Sky Blue FC until last year. Throughout most of womens soccer history, and through today, many teams are not professional. Iberdrolas sponsorship of the Primera Divisin was a jump forward, with the company agreeing to fund educational and awareness-raising activities and female football festivals around Spain alongside heavy financial sponsorship of the league. The Messi business of professional salaries. Finally, there is always the prospect of organic growth in the womens game. Sixty of the 248 salaries were less than 1,000 a month. Womens football may be taking enormous strides in terms of popularity and finances but even the highest paid female footballers are far behind their male counterparts when it comes to wages. FC Barcelona Femen belongs to one of the four professional football clubs in Spain whose legal entity is not that of a sports corporation (SAD), as its ownership rests with its memberships, called socis. And, yes, three. It set up a Final against Chelsea, another one of the consistent performers in the Womens Champions League. For context, Barcelona's salary cost limit was 579 million (671m) for the 2019-20 season, and Real Madrid's was 553 million (641m). . [27][28] In response, Corts admitted that a change was indeed necessary, but maintained the rumours were unfounded.[29]. Barcelona's spending limit on salaries for the 2021-22 season has been set at $113 million, about $334 million less than last season due to the club's financial struggles. Get in touch with us now. "And look, most eyes are on the men's team, because of the money it moves, but we have earned a place in society that means that we have to continue to be supported, part of it all. In fact, I didn't even dream of being a [professional] footballer. They still have to work; they're not going to be a historic team overnight, just because the men's team was. Barca can boast phenomenal dribblers in Graham Hansen, who has eight goals and five assists in 14 total games. The [men's] first team did, and Barcelona B, but not us. FC Barcelona [Women] Fixtures & Results 2021/2022. Current FC Barcelona Players Wages 2023. They have built an indestructible and perhaps unmatchable dynasty that may not be knocked off until Putellas and Oshoala leave or retire. Look after ourselves more. The Frenchman's weekly wage is said to be about 231,000 while Martens makes around 180,000 per year. Good conditions, good facilities, fully professional coaching, money -- in these areas, Lyon stole a march on the rest, but the gap is narrowing. The team played their first match on Christmas Day, 1970, winning on penalties against Uni Esportiva Centelles in front of a crowd of around 60,000 people. It was a comprehensive takedown of a powerhouse. Throughout the year, Alicia will be sharing some of her insights and experiences of womens football in Spain and around the world. [43] Finally, Jonatan Girldez's team were league champions, winners of the Copa de la Reina and the Spanish Super Cup (Domestic treble), as well as being runners up to Lyon in the Champions League.[42]. As seen on Forbes, FC Barcelona Femen has reached the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the fourth time in the past five seasons. They are not as utterly dominant as they were in years past. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. In the second part of our She Plays series, Bath University's Alicia Povey looks at the issue of salaries for female players in Spain. By winning the Champions League, FC Barcelona became the first club to win a Champions League title for both its men and women's footballing sections and they became the first Spanish women's team to complete a continental treble by winning the 202021 Copa de la Reina. We have improved physically and tactically, but that idea will always be there underlying it all. Surely they are in a similar situation? In Barcelona, they faced a team who did the exact same, but in a more imposing fashion. The club entered mid-season with zero losses in all competitions, going undefeated both in the league and in the group stages of the Champions League. And those players then help when new ones arrive from outside. Teams like Espanyol and Rayo are historic, league and cup champions, and are lower down the table. Barcelona Femeni's top earner is the Netherlands ' star Lieke Martens. The club was in a position where it was very broken, there was no happiness, but the femen has been there at the forefront, still fighting. March 22, 2023 by . FC Barcelona Players Salaries 2020-21 (Contract Details) Frenkie de Jong whom Barcelona signed from Ajax making (360,000) weekly at club according to sources. At one end of the Liga Iberdrola salary spectrum, there are the teams which pay their players per match or pay expenses. Perhaps, the introduction of a professional league would also attract other top mens clubs, such as Real Madrid, to get involved in the womens game and perhaps lead to new rules relating to minimum pay, but this is something that the Real Federacin Espaola de Ftbol mentions once in a blue moon, and does not appear to be something high on their agenda. The result was two Primera Divisions and four Copa de la Reinas in the six seasons since professionalizing. "You see companies starting to look for role models in women's football here now: icons, women who are fighters, who can promote them; that idea has become attractive. FC Barcelona women's team conquers Europe: By Shekhar Khatri Barcelona can spend up to 671 million ($738 . He is in his second season. That defeat became determination, driving this Barcelona team to where they are now. Alex Morgan, who went on loan to Tottenham Hotspur last season, is third on the list with her fellow World Cup winners, Megan Rapinoe and Julie Ertz making up the top five. Jill Ellis . The stadiums are full, it's more of a show, there's more of a commitment to sport at a cultural level. Bath 9. Lionel Messi ready to accept a low salary to join Barcelona, waiting for an offer. It's the women's football section of FC Barcelona and it competes in the Primera Divisin, the top tier of Spanish women's football. That us gives stability. Umtiti has already earned the Catalans more than 500,000 (443,000; $552,000) by making 15 starts for Lecce, as per the terms of the loan agreement. This is it. Everything I know, everything I have learned comes from football. Luis Suarez with (405,000) weekly wage retains 2nd highest paid in Barcelona squad. Bit by bit, the team adopted the habits of a professional team, routines we weren't really used to still. "Which sounds a bit contradictory," she says, smiling. Vivianne Miedema. [18], On 6 January, 2021, just weeks after the 50th anniversary of the team's formation,[clarification needed] Barcelona played the first professional match at the Camp Nou between women's teams, winning 50 against rivals Espanyol. The title was successfully defended in 2013 with a last matchday away win over leading team Athletic Bilbao, and weeks later they also won the national cup with a 40 win over Prainsa Zaragoza to become the fifth team to win the Spanish double. [4] The team came to fruition and was formed of 17 individuals- Maria Antnia Mnguez, Llera, Gimnez, Pilar Gazulla, Llusa Vilaseca, Aurora Arnau, Anna Jaques, Maite Rodrguez, Immaculada Cabecern, Nria Llans, Alicia Estivill, Blanca Fernndez, Lolita Ortiz, Consuelo Prez, Carme Nieto, Fina Ros and Glria Comas- all of whom were all trained by Barcelona legends Antoni Ramallets and Csar Rodrguez, although the latter left after a few days. People seem to want to retire me but I'm in one of the best moments of my career, and I see football differently now. "Today, the basis of the team, the way we ensure the style doesn't change, are homegrown players, people who have grown up in Barcelona with the Barcelona style. After the past 15 August approved in the Official Bulletin of the State (BOE) the I Collective Agreement of feminine football in Spain to regulate the . [11], Barcelona qualified for the quarterfinals of the Women's Champions League for the first time in the 201314 edition, a season in which they won their third straight title. I started playing at seven. Her arrival at Barcelona coincided with the arrivals of both Lucy Bronze and Walsh from Manchester City. With 24 wins in 24 games, they have scored 101 goals while conceding just five. Here are 10 of the highest paid female footballers right . Barcelona players make up half of the top 10 highest paid male footballers in Spain; with Messi, Iniesta, Rakitic, Neymar and Suarez all making the list at the beginning of 2017. Heres how it works. They achieved this while they had a perfect record in the league, winning all 26 of their games. Ousmane Dembl who so far scored 12 goals for Barcelona in all competitions making (210,000 . This season maybe the [domestic] league hasn't worked in our favour, the standard has dropped a bit and that might take something away from us, but we're working to be at the best level in the Champions League. UEFA via Getty Images. The clubs? Barcelona home kit for 2023/24 to pay homage to Women's team - report. [30] On 27 June, ahead of Barcelona's 91 thrashing of Eibar in their final league game of the season, Corts announced that he would leave Barcelona following that game amidst reported unrest within the team. But now I feel full of energy, so much enthusiasm to play. Some players received some money, but not enough to live off and on a structural level it was 100% erm ". Often these contracts only mean that the players get a payment per match, which can reach up to around 300 to 500 in the Liga Iberdrola, but in the Segunda is much less. On 26 June, 2002, CF Barcelona was incorporated to FC Barcelona as an official section, and the club rebranded the women's section to its Catalan name, Futbol Club Barcelona Femen. Starting salaries are supposedly around 20,000 and in the past, there. Relentless, too. However, many top female teams (including even Barcelona) remain without a lead shirt sponsor - a valuable source of income which would offer some flexibility for teams to improve wages. In said conservative bet, frame the signings of Ana-Maria Crnogorevi, Caroline Hansen, and the international Jennifer Beautiful, that arrived free pertinent of the Athletic of Madrid, the three incorporated in the summer of 2020. The structure of wages and contracts in Spain for female players is haphazard. [3], The match, played under the name Seleccin Ciudad de Barcelona, was a charity match organised by Rdio Nacional to raise funds for local children's hospitals. La Liga president Javier Tebas has admitted he sees Lionel Messi's potential return to Barcelona from Paris Saint . But first I want to keep playing for as long as my body will let me. FourFourTwo is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. [citation needed]. Frenkie De Jong is currently the highest paid player in FC Barcelona and his earnings per week are about 250,000 more than what Sergio . - Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Barca wowed record audiences with tempo and optimistic football that sought to win through its impressive offense. From the start, Barca dominated Chelsea. Jack Grealish, Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez feed balls to either Erling Haaland or Julian Alvarez. Barcelona is on the verge of advancing to the UEFA Womens Champions League Final again. The Lionesses captain who just a few weeks ago was ruled out of both the Arsenal squad and England for the World Cup after suffering a ruptured ACL, got stuck in behind the bar pre-match on Monday, May 1. He once saw Tyrone Mings at a petrol station in Bournemouth but felt far too short to ask for a photo. Even within the Liga Iberdrola, the top tier of female football in the country, there are players with full time jobs outside of football, so that they are able to live, while others are able to play full-time on a decent wage. In total, Barcelona scored 156 goals and only gave up 11. Champions last season, the title awarded to them after the pandemic brought the campaign to an early end, Barcelona are top again. Its accounts reveal 2.9m in turnover for 2020-21 while its wage bill . Putellas in Barca squad to face Chelsea, Bronze out after operation . The investigation found that current salaries range from as little as 20,000 per annum to as much as 250,000, plus bonuses, across the 12 top clubs. Barcelona have a total of 23 players in their home squad. You bring in players like Lieke [Martens], Asisat [Oshoala], Caroline [Hansen] who give you something extra, but they connect to that idea, they continue the style. They seem unstoppable, which Losada admits may not be a good thing when it comes to their obsession: the Champions League. In spite of the big inequality that still exists in Spain, the approval of the I Collective Agreement of feminine football in Spain has meant a step at the front to be able to some day reach the equality of conditions in the sport king. Stream top leagues, tournaments and teams. Pedri, Garcia start in a 4-3-3: How Barcelona could line up against Rayo Vallecano . For Losada, especially. The 2021-22 season was the 35th season for FC Barcelona Femen.In addition to the domestic league, Barcelona played in that season's editions of the Copa de la Reina and UEFA Women's Champions League.Barcelona were coming off a successful 2020-21 campaign by being the first Spanish women's club to win the continental treble after winning the league, UEFA Women's Champions League, and Copa . Manager Jonatan Girldez has also made use of Barcelonas solid midfield duo of Putellas and Bonmat. The first loss of the season came on the road at Wolfsburg in the Womens Champions League semifinal. [8] Xavi Llorens was hired as manager in 2006 to replace Natalia Astrain, but Llorens was unable to keep the section in the Superliga. His contract at the club runs until 2023. Later Pea Femenina Barcelonistas was named as Club Femen Barcelona. ", "I turned 30 the other day," Losada says, smiling. "Train more," the FC Barcelona Femeni captain says. [citation needed] In the following 201415 season, they became the first team in the Spanish women's league to win four straight league titles. Fridolina Rolf has just joined Barcelona Women prior to participating with the national Swedish team in the Olympic Games and this move will be beneficial for both Rolf and for the Spanish team.. We are talking about a player who has been consistent in form for numerous seasons after she played at Tl, Jitex and Linkping before joining Bayern Munich for two seasons - and lastly . The team later evolved into Penya Femenina Bara, and Ramallets coached them until 1972. Apr 28, 2023. Australian Sam Kerr of Chelsea, however, comes in at second. Wrong. In November, Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas was awarded the Ballon d'Or, the first FCB Femeni player to achieve the honor. By 2019, Barcelona's first team wage bill had escalated out of control. The Frenchman's weekly wage is said to be about 231,000 while Martens makes around 180,000 per year. Barcelona Femen plays its home games at Johan Cruyff Stadium in Sant Joan Desp, and occasionally at the Camp Nou. Messi, for his part, is willing to join on a reduced wage and is waiting for an offer, while not signing the renewal proposal tabled by PSG. . Significantly, it was a turning point in Barcelonas history. "He coached Lionel Messi as a 10-year-old, knows the club, how it works, and lived through all those changes. Regardless of spending, the team thoroughly outplayed each opponent. Women's football in Spain was shifting through various phases, periods of domination by different clubs as levels of investment and development changed. Top 10 best paid players in EuroLeague Basketball Updated 21 July, 2019. Although being closely associated with the club for decades, the team was not established as an official section of FC Barcelona until 2002, when the club definitively incorporated Club Femen Barcelona into its sports structure. ", "Obviously, at a club as big as Barcelona, when the men's team is having a bad time of it, because all the money comes in there, it's not good for us," Losada says. According to Forbes, however, football's highest-paid man - Barcelona's Lionel Messi - earns over 2000% more than Lloyd does. There's a pause. ", "When I came back from the U.S., Barcelona had just turned professional" Losada continues. Even though Barcelona is one of the highest paying womens teams in Spain, this achievement is overshadowed immediately if we look at the difference between their mens wages and their female wages. Research expert covering travel, tourism and hospitality. "They became this opponent that we just couldn't beat; they found a style that counteracted ours, they had really good players, and it turned into a kind of clsico," she says. The Barcelona has still a lot that advance in matter of feminist equality, but the way to conquer it ilusiona to the Bara feminine. Formed in 1970 by 18-year-old Immaculada "Imma" Cabecern with the name Pea Femenina Barcelonista, but without belonging to FC Barcelona, the Pea Femenina Barcelonista was an establishing member of Spain's first recognized women's league, the Primera Divisin (founded as the Liga Nacional). Since the club's professionalization in 2015, Barcelona has become Spain's most successful team in the UEFA Women's Champions League. FOOTBALL SHIRTSFootball Shirt Collective reimagine new shirts with old sponsors, FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUEEverything you need to know about FPL this season, THIS IS ANFIELD5 things to watch out for in Liverpool's pre-season, Thank you for reading 5 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access, Enjoy your first month for just 1 / $1 / 1, *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription. Barcelona is the 'cara bonita' [the acceptable face, the pretty face] of the league, along with teams like Atltico and Levante, but that's not a reality at 100% of the clubs.". Barcelona won four in a row between 2011 and 2015, but just at the point at which they officially turned professional, backed by a deal with hardware firm Stanley signed in 2014, Atltico pulled away, taking the title in 2017, 2018 and 2019, a rivalry emerging between the two teams. They have scored 90 goals and conceded three. Man United end Villa's run, take step towards top-four finish against backdrop of fan protests, How Premier League clubs can qualify for Europe this season, What Wrexham, Reynolds and McElhenney can learn from Salford City's League Two struggles, Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only), ESPN+ viewer's guide: Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, FA Cup and more, Fran Kirby's ultimate battle: How the Chelsea women's star beat heart disease to get back to the top, Women's sports combatting a surprising barrier to entry: gear designed with men in mind. Barcelona Femeni's top earner is the Netherlands' star Lieke Martens. However, despite the usual suspects in Spain, other clubs have taken advantage [], Barcelona have made the decision to shut down Barca TV in attempts to cut costs. ", And still winning. Amandine Henry - 320,540. Barcelona vs. Osasuna (1:30 p.m.) Following last week's 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge . Some have other jobs as well still -- that's the reality. All results (away, home and aggregate) list FC Barcelona's goal tally first. Playing our part to develop a better future for womens football. Discuss best paid players in Europe in our forum! In the summer of 2015, the club made the decision to professionalize the women's section. ", The best team in Spain right now? It took until 2015 for FC Barcelona to officially professionalize the womens team, FCB Femen. I'm in the dressing room and I can see it in the girls; the mentality now is to go out there and win. The club also set an unprecedented milestone of both the men's and women's sections of a European club completing a treble. ", In the quarterfinals, Man City stand before them and after that there are some familiar, powerful faces. They began signing some big names like Lieke Martens and lise Bussaglia. At the other end of the Liga Iberdrola spectrum, we have the players of Barcelona and Atltico Madrid. In the top tiers of the mens game, there are players who are paid millions a year to play football. In the 2018-19 season, Barcelona signed a shirt sponsor deal with Stanley Tools, the first shirt sponsor specific to the women's team.[12]. There are just six games remaining in the domestic schedule, and second-place Real Madrid is 13 points adrift. Although the team was not officially recognized by the club, it was the first match played by a women's team associated with FC Barcelona (then known as CF Barcelona). . The highest paid male footballer in the world is Lionel Messi, who earns $92 million a year at Barcelona, which is 178x more than. After the past 15 August approved in the Official Bulletin of the State (BOE) the I Collective Agreement of feminine football in Spain to regulate the labour conditions of the players of the First Iberdrola, the budget of the FC Barcelona in his feminine category has elevated of face to the present campaign 2020-21 until the six million euros, of which 3,63 millions are to pay the wages of the sportive staff. With these figures, the Barcelona picture cuadriplica what the majority of his rivals in Spain can allocate to this section, in spite of that the Bara feminine precisely opted for this season not modifying the staff during the last summer after the ending anticipated of the competitions by the pandemia. Football Salary: Top-10 Highest-Paid Players 2020. [37][41] In the Champions League final, however, Barcelona were defeated 31 by Lyon. [clarification needed], In 2001, the Spanish League was rebranded into the Superliga Femenina, but Barcelona were not accepted into the top division due to their poor results in the previous season. Its players are the best paid in the world, with average earnings of $12.3 million. You start to see things now that I saw in the U.S. and that were unthinkable here. American fans of Spanish soccer can watch the Copa del Rey on US TV and streaming. With a squad of 30, that equals an average 11.8m per player. But then our salaries are nowhere near theirs. On 31 May, Barcelona defeated Levante 42 in the Copa de la Reina final to win the trophy for the eighth time,[24] becoming the first-ever Spanish women's side (fifth overall) to win the European continental treble. How would you rate Raphinha's spell at Barcelona from 1 to 10? The salary limits for all 20 La Liga teams for the 2019/20 season have been announced, and once again, Barcelona has the highest spending limit. Are big men's clubs co-opting women's football, using their financial muscle to take the plaudits and take control, moving in where they see opportunity and potential benefit, while clubs that have genuinely worked to develop the women's game going back years get pushed aside? with the Catalans. Meanwhile, Barcelona are open to selling Umtiti. 16. The pay gap between different players and different teams, even within the top league, is massive. He played two games as a loanee. On the other hand, Spain did not professionalize early. (MCFC) for a $12M fee 2022-23 Team Leaders Spanish . Barca Femeni have also become the first Spanish side to claim the coveted trophy in its 19-year history. Women's Champions League enters a new era with Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Barcelona, Arsenal final four . On 17 March, 2019, Barcelona defeated Atltico at the Wanda Metropolitano in a match that broke the world record for attendance at a women's club football match with 60,739 attendees. I've spent half my life at the highest level and more than half my life with a ball at my feet. [25] Amidst this success, Barcelona announced manager Llus Corts was set to stay for two more years. A wage that the players of the Bara multiply by nine. Less than two months later, on 13 March 2022, they were again crowned Primera Divisin champions after beating Real Madrid 5-0, with six games to spare. Stuttgart vs. Frankfurt (2:30 p.m.) Sergio Busquets was the best paid FC Barcelona player in early 2023, with an annual salary of .
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