All Romanian top-flight clubs to have women's teams by 2021

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - All Romania's top division clubs have been told by the country's football federation to get licences to participate in the domestic championship by 2021.





The decision, however, was strongly criticised by Gigi Becali, the owner of FCSB, formerly known as Steaua Bucharest, who said on Thursday he would "never finance a women's club" and would challenge the FRF instruction in court.

"I do not want money from women," said Becali, a well-known opponent of women's soccer. "If you give me a billion from a female football, I will not take it."

Romania's women's national team have never reached the World Cup or European Championship finals despite participating in all the qualifying tournaments since 1993.





(Reporting by Angel Krasimirov, editing by Ed Osmond)


Share
1 min read

Published

Source: Reuters

Tags

Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world