Women's Football History
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Women's football (women's soccer, in Mexico) is the football played among women, and it is the
the most practiced team sport by women around the world. This variant has become
popular in various countries, and it is one of the few women's sports disciplines with leagues
professionals in that field.
History
Carmen Pomiès and Florrie Redford on the cover of the Argentine magazine El Gráfico from June 13th
1925.
Women have participated in the development and evolution of football up to the present day.
The first evidence seems to come from China during the Han dynasty where a practice was carried out.
an ancient variant in which women could participate, called Tsu Chu, which is documented apart
from 2500 BC. The goal of Tsu Chu was to kick the ball through a small open net and it
could score with any part of the body, except the hands. There are other sports that
It is indicated that in 12th century Europe it was common for women to play ball games.
especially in France and Scotland.
During the Middle Ages, in Great Britain, it was prohibited.
After centuries of persecution and prohibitions against football for its 'violent nature', in 1863 in
Great Britain, standards were defined to prevent violence in the game as long as it was
socially acceptable for women.
While some argue that the first official women's football match took place in
Glasgow (Scotland) in 1892, there is no clear evidence to confirm it. Several encounters had
took place during the 1880s, but none that can be classified as officially
organized.4
In 1894, Nete Honeyball, a women's rights activist, founded the first club
female, called 'British Ladies Football Club.3 Honeyball, stated that with this she wanted to
to demonstrate that women could emancipate themselves and have an important place in society and
representation in Parliament.
The first match considered official by most sources took place in London on the 23rd of
March 1895, organized by the British Ladies Football Club. It was a match between the teams
North and South in the field of Crouch End Athletic, in front of about 10,000 people, which ended with the
victory 7 to 1 against the North, captained by Nete Honeyball.
In 1902, the English Football Federation banned women's football and playing against teams.
feminine.6
In 1921, he denied the clubs the use of their stadiums to hold public matches for
female football players.78
World War I was key in the popularization of women's football in the United Kingdom.
Because many men were recruited by the British armed forces and became part of
battlefield, women entered the workforce en masse and therefore into the
football tournaments that were popular among male workers of the time. Many factories
they had their own football teams which until then were a privilege of boys. The most
successful of these teams was Dick, Kerr's Ladies of Preston (England). That team was
successful, achieving results like that of a match against a Scottish team in which they won
by 22-0.
However, at the end of the war, the FA did not recognize women's football despite its success.
popularity it reached. This led to the formation of the English Ladies Football Association, whose
The beginnings were difficult due to the FA boycott, which even led them to play on rugby fields.
in other facilities not affiliated with the FA. Similarly, FIFA banned women's football in its
official fields. This prohibition lasted until 1971.
After the 1966 World Cup and the gradual massification of football, the interest of the
the enthusiasts grew to such an extent that the FA decided to reintegrate them in 1969 after the creation of the branch
women's FA. In 1971, UEFA entrusted its respective associations with the management and promotion of
women's soccer became established in the following years. Thus, countries like Italy, States
In the United States or Japan, they managed to establish competitive professional women's soccer leagues, whose
popularity does not envy that achieved by its male counterparts.
In August 2020, the Dutch Football Federation KNVB authorized for the first time in history.
a woman to compete in a men's football team. It is about Ellen Fokkema who at the age of 19
In years, she will be the first female player in a men's league. The Dutch player will compete in the fourth division.
from the Netherlands. He has played his entire career at Foarút because in the Netherlands mixing is allowed.
boys and girls up to 18 years old.11
