This statistic presents the number of women licensed in each 'Big Five' country of European football (Germany, Spain, Italy, England and France) during the 2016-2017 season. Germany easily took the lead with more than 770,000 registered female soccer players and was followed by the United Kingdom with 147,000 licensed female footballers. In France in 2015, there were 121,520 sports licenses issued to women playing soccer.
Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season
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idealo. (May 30, 2017). Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/
idealo. "Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season." Chart. May 30, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/
idealo. (2017). Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/
idealo. "Number of Women Having a Football Sport License in The 'big Five' Countries of European Football during The 2016-2017 Season." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/
idealo, Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Number of women having a football sport license in the 'Big Five' countries of European football during the 2016-2017 season [Graph], idealo, May 30, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/976386/number-women-licensed-top-five-european-football-countries/