Women's football in San Marino has no women's national association football team.
Background and development
editFootball is the fourth most popular women's sport in the country, behind volleyball which is the most popular.[1] In 2006, there were 65 total registered female footballers in the country, 48 of which were senior players over 17 years of age.[1] That year, there were 16 football clubs in the country, only one of which was open to women to play on mixed gender teams.[1]
Women's football is represented in Federazione Sammarinese Gioco Calcio, the national football association, by specific mandate. They do not have a full-time staffer dedicated to women's football.[1] Less than 5% of the national federation's budget is earmarked for women's football compared to 22% for men's competitions and 9% for youth competitions.[2] In 2009, Caesar Biordi was in charge of women's football in the country.[3]
By September 2020, the country has a women's club, San Marino Academy, which competes in the Italian Serie A. Eleonora Cecchini is the only Sammarinese player of the team.[4]
References
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- ^ a b c d FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "San Marino: FIFA Goal Programme". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "::: F S G C :::" (in French). Fsgc.sm. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ Eleonora Cecchini at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
