Womens Competition Landscape

Domestic league and cup competitions are the fundamental building block of professional and semi-professional Womens’ football. UEFA club competitions add another important layer to the context of Womens’ football in Europe, with cross border competition offering another dimension to players, coaching staff, supporters and investors. Womens’ football has been growing at extraordinary levels in recent years, and national team competition, at junior and senior level, is the most long-standing area of womesn football with decades of success and interest. It provides a further goal for players and a level of attendances and TV coverage that club football still aspires to.

Supporting Data

The Intelligence Centre Domestic Cup Competition Landscape brings together real-time on-pitch results with off-pitch data on the structure of competitions from across Europe. This topic combines data from a range of sources including national association submitted data (SGS audits), UEFA feeds (FAME), OPTA match results, and reviewed web feeds. Some of the key data sets utilised for this type of project include:

Domestic league structures and formats
Domestic cup structures and formats
National team competition performances
UEFA Club competition performances
Sporting results & Competitive Balance
European league pyramids & promotion/ relegation
Competition timings