After almost four decades of prohibition in Brazil (1941-1979), women’s football has grown significantly in the country in recent years, becoming a Latin American leader and a rival of respect worldwide.
The achievements obtained inside and outside the country, the visibility of the players abroad and the regulations have been key in this process.
However, challenges for the category persist, which continues in the search for equal conditions in a discipline in which men still enjoy greater support, better salaries and more sponsorships.
The women’s team has made notable advances. He classified all the editions of the Women’s World Cup, in which he was runner -up in 2007, in addition to hanging the Olympic silver in 2004, 2008 and 2024.
The results reflect the quality of the players, many of which shine today in international clubs, such as Debinha (Kansas City Current); Adriana (Orlando Pride) or Bruninha (Gotham).
And of course, Marta, currently in the Orlando Pride, although already outside the national team, a living legend of women’s football and six times winner of the FIFA Award for Best Soccer player in the world.
As for the National League, the Brazilian Women’s Championship began to acquire strength and real recognition in 2013, when the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) decided to start it again, with 20 teams, after being suspended in 2001.
Today, with 16 teams in the First Division, the maximum power is currently Corinthians, which in 2024 conquered the Brazilian championship, the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Super Cup, followed by Ferroviaria and Palmeiras.
The fact that the matches of the Brazilian League and other countries can now be seen on television, for social networks and by the ‘streaming’ channels has helped a lot of women’s football in the country, the former coach of the sub-20 Rosana Dos Santos Augusto team told Efe.
This has been strengthened after the arrival of the national team in the Olympic final in Paris and the designation of Brazil as the headquarters of the 2027 World Cup.
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In addition, the popular ticket prices have favored good stadium assistance, and even for some games the ticket is free.
For the former soccer player, who played 18 years with the Canarinha, “to have a greater amount of information about women’s soccer”, and that the players have more visibility, are among the factors that have helped boost the growth of the modality.
Olympique’s former player of Lyon and PSG points out that, although women’s football has been present in the policies of the Ministry of Sports and on the agenda of some regional and municipal governments, this “could have a greater transformation” because sport also represents health and progress.
However, it emphasizes that the regulations governing football in the country have been a key engine in that process, since since 2019 all adult male clubs that are in the First Division are obliged to have one equal feminine in that series and another base.
The law, which arose 40 years after football was prohibited for women in Brazil because it is considered a sport “incompatible with their nature”, gave more opportunities when creating more quotas.
Last year, the CBF said that this measure will be extended for second, third and fourth division clubs, which will have until 2027 to form their female peers.
“Everything is a cycle. If there are more girls playing, there are more information reaching televisions, the new generations that have that awareness that the sport is for everyone,” said the former selecting.
To this is added the comparison made by the CBF of the per diem and the awards of men and women in international calls, applied since 2020, and the readjustment of 4.1 million dollars made in 2024 for the Brazilian women’s championship.
In recent years, the central government, together with regional and municipal authorities, the CBF, clubs and players have begun to implement public policies and programs for promoting women’s football, promoting equal opportunities.
Among the actions promoted in the so -called National Strategy for Women’s Soccer are anti -discrimination campaigns, tax incentives, tournament impulse and implementation of training centers.
With EFE information.
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