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<\/p>\nJapan Football Association (JFA) plans to establish a new women’s football league, known as Women’s Empowerment League (WE League) ahead of 2023 Women’s World Cup.<\/p>\n
The WE League will begin in 2021 and there will be between 6-10 teams competing but no relegation will take place for several years but there will be promotion from lower league, Nadeshiko League.<\/p>\n
“The purpose of the launch of the new league is not just the development of women’s football in Japan,” JFA President Kozo Tashima said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Our aim is to contribute to build a sustainable society through promoting female social participation and enhancing diversities and choices.”<\/p>\n
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“How we contribute to the society through sports is an important mission for all of us in the sports world.<\/p>\n
“We will work on to establish the career of women’s professional football, which is the dream of many girls, and further promote women’s empowerment and solve social issues.”<\/p>\n
The league also ordered every team to appoint at least one woman as club executive, and at least half the employees must be female within three years.<\/p>\n
Japan is bidding to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup, but face competition from Australia\/New Zealand bid, Brazil bid and Colombia bid, as FIFA will announce the tournament hosts on June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"