2025 is the year of the infrastructural upgrade in women's football, from toilets to breastfeeding rooms and stadiums across Europe, at the highest level.
Stadiums across Europe at the highest level are upgrading their facilities not just for women, but also for the ever-growing demands of the women's game.
For Barca women, this comes in the form of a dedicated home changing room at the new Camp Nou.
For the first time, the stadium will feature two home dressing rooms made specifically for each gender.
This is a part of the club's commitment to equality and infrastructure investment.
This new renovation aims to ensure equal, modern facilities for all teams, and the club strategy includes gender-inclusive facilities throughout.
The main issue the women's team has when playing at the clubs' main stadiums is that the dressing rooms are built for men, so there are urinals and only two cubicle toilets, which makes it impossible to accommodate an entire squad of players at halftime.
While older stadiums were not originally designed with the needs of women’s football in mind, with the lack of breastfeeding rooms or baby changing areas, this absence of inclusivity can discourage women and girls from participating in or attending football matches. The football foundation funds new facilities and improvements to existing facilities, focusing on women's and girls’ football.
This links perfectly with the announcement at the beginning of the year that Brighton hopes to build a new purpose-built stadium for the women's team by 2027/28. The stadium will also be built to accommodate female players and fans, including a breastfeeding zone, a childcare area, and more female—and gender-neutral bathroom facilities. It will also be built in a “slightly modular” style to expand with the growth of the women's game.
Goodison Park will become home to the Everton women's side, with a capacity of 39,572, it will be the largest dedicated women's football stadium in the country.
"This long-term vision reflects the club's commitment to investing in the women's game and ensuring that Goodison Park continues to play a vital role in football and the community," Everton said.
It has been understood that Everton plan to improve Goodison Park changing room facilities and rebrand the exterior of the stadium to reflect the women’s team history and current squad, while offering their previous home, Walton Hall Park, to grassroots football.
All women will play all levels. Next season, they will play all other competitions at the Emirates pitches at Boreham Wood. As a result of this long-term partnership extension, the ground is being upgraded to meet UEFA requirements. This includes pitch enlargement and relocation of facilities and movements to the East Stand, including spectator facilities and sightlines. Installation of floodlight and development room and development of a new supporters fan zone.
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