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Women’s football analysis: a continuous growth

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With a new final phase of the FIFA World Cup to come, women’s football continues its
development worldwide.

The June’s CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report analyses the composition of squads of the
eight clubs having reached the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 UEFA Women’s Champions League.
Footballers under 23 years of age only accounted for 16.8% of minutes played by the UEFA
Champions League quarterfinalists.

This finding reflects the difficulty for young talents in establishing themselves in the top European
clubs. The highest level was recorded for the unfortunate finalists, Wolfsburg (26.3%), which
indicates a bright future for the German club.

Almost half of the minutes in the quarter-finalists were played by expatriate footballers.
Particularly high levels were recorded for the two English teams present at this stage: Arsenal
(83.2%) and Chelsea (74.5%).

However, the two finalists, Wolfsburg (30.9%) and Barcelona (35.5%), are at the opposite, which
shows that it is still possible to achieve the highest results with a majority of national players.
With 77 expatriates, the double World Cup title holders of the United States are the top exporting
country for players active abroad in the ten principal women’s leagues, ahead of Sweden (48
expatriates), Denmark (45) and Canada (44).

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About the CIES Football Observatory
The CIES Football Observatory is a research group created in 2005 within the Swiss-based
Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES). It specialises in the statistical analysis of football,
in particular in the areas of demographics, transfer values and performance.
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About the CIES
The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) is an independent study centre located in
Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was created in 1995 as a joint venture between the Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the University of Neuchâtel, the City and State of
Neuchatel.
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