Fifa Rules Women's Teams Must Have Female Coaches

At nan 2023 Women's World Cup, 12 of nan 32 caput coaches were female, including England head Sarina Wiegman.

"There are simply not capable women successful coaching today. We must do much to accelerate alteration by creating clearer pathways, expanding opportunities, and expanding nan visibility for women connected our sidelines," said Fifa's main shot serviceman Jill Ellis.

"The caller Fifa regulations, mixed pinch targeted improvement programmes, people an important finance successful nan existent and early procreation of female coaches."

Fifa hopes these caller regulations will spot a accelerated summation successful female representation, including astatine nan 2027 Women's World Cup successful Brazil.

Among immoderate of nan astir high-profile female coaches is London-born Emma Hayes, who is joined by adjunct Denise Reddy astatine nan United States.

In 2024, Hayes told BBC Sport that a deficiency of female coaches successful English shot is "a monolithic issue" and urged nan game's administrators to "come up pinch much imaginative ways" to reside it.

Other female English coaches astatine world level see Gemma Grainger astatine Norway, Casey Stoney astatine Canada and Carla Ward astatine nan Republic of Ireland.

Canadian Rhian Wilkinson led Wales to their first awesome tourney astatine Euro 2025 past summer, while Dutchwoman Wiegman has guided England to back-to-back European titles and has been named nan Fifa champion women's coach of nan twelvemonth connected 4 occasions.

Wiegman was nan only female coach successful nan quarter-final shape of nan 2023 Women's World Cup.

Speaking astatine that time, she said: "Of people what we dream is to get much female coaches astatine nan apical level and that nan equilibrium gets amended than it is correct now.

"Males are invited excessively but if nan equilibrium is amended than hopefully that will animate much women to get progressive successful coaching."