Female Referees Go on Strike in Spain

After several meetings between representatives of the female referees’ Association and the President of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (High Sports Council - CSD), Mr José Manuel Franco, the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Mr Luis Rubiales, and the President of the Spanish Women’s League, Ms Beatriz Álvarez, on 14 September 2022, an agreement was reached in which the female main referees will receive EUR 35,000 gross and their assistants EUR 18,000.

The current situation in the Spanish Women’s Professional Football League is worrying. The women’s refereeing association was on strike until mid-September 2022. The reason for the strike was the demand for conditions in line with the growing evolution of women’s...

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