2023-09-14 13:41:03
This past midnight the Professional Women’s Soccer League (League F) and the different unions (FUTPRO, AFE, Futbolistas ON, UGT and CC.OO.) that represent the players reached an agreement to call off the strike.
The players demanded better conditions and negotiated their Collective Agreement to return to the playing fields. After negotiations between employers, union and SIMA, a figure has been reached that allows the competition to return this Friday.
A collective agreement of 16,000 euros
The main demand on this occasion has been the minimum wage. «It all starts because the footballers have had a collective agreement since 2019 with a minimum salary of 16,000 euros that can be lowered to 12,000», stressed Amanda Gutiérrez, president of Futpro, during an interview on Cadena Ser.
In addition, he pointed out that, with the data managed by the union, there are 91 footballers who currently earn less than 23,000 annually, the figure they initially claimed. However, the amount that has allowed the ball to roll again is somewhat lower.
2023/2024 season (current): 21,000 euros
2024/2025 season: 22,500
2025/2026 season: 23,500
Futpro points out in a statement that, in addition to these minimums, the figures could increase “based on the profits obtained from commercial assets and other sources of commercial income proposed by the unions, such as matches played by a selection of first division players.
2023/2024 season (current): from 21,000 to 23,000 euros
2024/2025 season: from 22,500 to 25,000 euros
2025/2026 season: from 23,500 to 28,000 euros
The intervention of SIMA
To reach this agreement, long and arduous negotiations between both parties have been needed, which ultimately have lasted up to nine and a half hours. Nobody seemed willing to give in since the employers closed at 20,000, while the unions demanded 23,000. To resolve the conflict, the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA) had to intervene with a proposal that finally closed the agreement.
The strike by the footballers has prevented the F League from starting on its scheduled date and the competition will begin on the second day. As reported by League F, the first day will be recovered in the future on a date yet to be determined and in coordination with the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
Salaries in men’s football
The struggle of the F League players has always been to improve their professional conditions such as achieving professionalization or a minimum salary to be able to dedicate themselves exclusively to their activity regardless of what their salaries earn. LaLiga teammatesalthough there are notable differences apart from other debates such as the profitability or production of each competition.
In April of this year, the collective agreement for men’s first and second division players was also reviewed. The agreement reached between LaLiga and AFE places the minimum salary in 186,000 for the current season, while for the 2025/2026 season it will be 195,000 euros, as published by Relevo.
On the other hand, according to this same agreement, in the second division the Minimum salary for players is 93,000 euross in the current season until reaching 98,000 euros in the 2025/2026 season. Likewise, players in both the first and second divisions have a series of seniority bonuses.
In the case of the First RFEF, according to the regulatory rules and competition bases of the Federation, in this category the clubs must guarantee a minimum salary of 35,000 euros per year for all players over 23 years of age with full dedication and who have a professional license, provided that the television rights are a minimum of 500,000 euros on average per team, a minimum salary of 28,000 euros per year when the average income per team for the centralized sale is greater than €350,000 and €20,000 in any other circumstance and time.
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