Morocco Football Federation Gives Buses To 16 Teams In The Women's League

  Morocco Football Federation Gives Buses To 16 Teams In The Women's League By Niyi Busari The Royal Morocco Football Federation (FRMF) has given minibusses to all the 16 clubs campaigning in the Morrocan Women's National League. The Morocco football governing body made.this known via their verified twitter where it wrote. "‏🚌الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم منحت لكافة فرق البطولة الوطنية الإحترافية لكرة القدم النسوية حافلات صغيرة جديدة لضمان التنقل الآمن لجميع الفرق "The ‎@FRMFOFFICIEL offered each club in LNFF a new minibus to ensure the transport of the women's teams in good safety conditions." https://twitter.com/lnff_maroc/status/1364639585964355596?s=19 The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced the launch of women’s first and second division professional league in October 2020 and the maiden league will kickoff this season after signing a new convention with the National Women’s League to take women’s football to a new level. Apart from the two tiers of women’s league football, FRMF also establish a national U-17 championship in addition to regional championships for different youth categories across the country. The announcement comes barely few weeks after the launch of the first ever CAF Women's Football Strategy, a plan to take the women's game to the next level in Africa. "Our objective is to develop women's football and spread its practice in all the regions of the kingdom,” said FRMF president Fouzi Lekjaa during the presentation of the convention. “This is an important step to allow female talents to practice this popular sport in good conditions and to give them the opportunity to start and pursue their professional career.” he added. Also, the new plan aims at supporting the management of clubs on the administrative and financial level through training and support provided by the Technical Directorate and the FRMF's Department of Finance. The federation also doled out funds to support the newly registered clubs. "Women's football will be entitled to funding of up to $130,000 for the top flight league clubs and $86,000 for the second division to support the remuneration of players and technical staff on a monthly basis. FRMF women's football director and head coach of the national team, Kelly Lindsey, describes this plan as a revolution that is taken place to promote the female game “We are excited to take on the biggest challenges, especially to ensure girls and women have an equal opportunity to develop and grow within the game, and to take the time to educate and empower great leaders of the female game, for now and for the future,” Lindsey said. The convention aims to increase the number of female football practitioners to 90,000 by 2024, train 10,000 technical executives in women's football clubs and promote the level of the National Pro Championship, Regional League Championship and Youth Championship.