Identifying Best Practice in Women's Football - FIFA/CIES ...

up a huge portion of many football clubs’ income. Additionally, a stadium can also be a fixedasset used to leverage on loans.4.3.1 Training facilitiesUnfortunately, very few clubs analyzed own their stadium fully or can benefit from theabove-mentioned sources of revenue. However, for training, as with the youth teams, manyof the women’s teams within larger clubs, also have access to the exceptional professionaltraining facilities. For example, the women of Olympique Lyonnais have access to the brandnew 4.4 million Euro training centre of the club. The Bayern München women train at theclubs’ headquarters at Säbenerstraße as well as the Olympic training centre.Concerning the training grounds, most clubs have their own training facilities, butalso use alternatives. 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam train at the Olympia base in Potsdam, which isan elite training centre financed by the ministry of interior affairs, who are responsible forsport in Germany. Røa IL often train on a shared field due to demand for the artificial grasssurface, and if an upcoming match is on grass, then the club searches for alternative venues,however this proves to be very challenging. There are still many obstacles in arrangingaccurate training and playing facilities, especially for independent clubs.4.3.2 Match Facilities for Associated ClubsMany of the teams within larger clubs are allowed to play in the main professional stadiumon certain occasions but rarely play there. It simply wouldn’t make financial sense with thecurrent league attendances. Everton Ladies, Arsenal Ladies, Olympique Lyonnais, andBayern Munich all play their league home games at different venues than the professionalmen’s team. While the men’s stadium is often in the city centre, the women play in suburban,out of the way stadiums, holding an average of 3,000 spectators. While space is limited inmany urban areas, the Olympique Lyonnais utilizes a stadium adjacent to the larger stadium,which in the future may assist in increasing fan attendance.4.3.3 Private-Public partnerships for infrastructure creationThe example of the FCR 01 Duisburg is a typical scenario of a successful women’s clubstruggling to expand their infrastructure and seize the opportunity to generate more revenue."$6"