Women's association football

Association football played by women under the same basic laws as the men's game. It includes amateur and professional competitions at club and international levels.

FIFA Women's World Cup: The senior international tournament contested by national women's football teams and organized by FIFA. Its global tournament crowns the sport's world champion.
Women's football in England: The development of women's association football in England, from early matches to the modern game. England's early popularity and governing-body ban left a lasting mark on the sport.
Marta: A Brazilian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players in women's football. Her international career made her a defining figure of the modern game.
Men's association football: Association football played by men under the same basic laws as the women's game. The shared rules make differences in investment and coverage especially visible.
Professionalization of women's football: The shift toward paid, full-time careers and professional club structures in women's football. It has changed training, competition, and the terms of players' work.
UEFA Women's Champions League: The annual European club competition for women's football teams organized by UEFA. It brings leading European women's clubs into continental competition.
Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C.: A prominent English women's football team active from the First World War era into the mid-twentieth century. The team drew large crowds before the Football Association's ban on women's matches at affiliated grounds.
Mia Hamm: A former American footballer who helped popularize women's football in the United States. Her success helped draw attention to the sport during its rapid growth in the 1990s.
Gender pay gap in sports: Differences in earnings between women and men participating in sports. Pay disputes in women's football reflect broader inequalities in sport.
Equal pay in association football: The debate and policies concerning equal compensation for men's and women's football teams. National-team pay disputes have made compensation a central public issue.

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