The same victory bonuses for Denmark's women: a milestone in football!

The same victory bonuses for Denmark's women: a milestone in football!

Dänemark - big news from Denmark! The Danish Football Association (DBU) has adjusted the victory premiums for the women's national team with the men. The players will now receive 27,249 Danish crowns for their services in the National League games and the World Cup qualification, the equivalent of around 3,600 euros. This is the same fee as for the male colleagues. This decisive regulation comes into force immediately and applies until 2029, as the DBU explained on February 5, 2025. As early as 2024, the men's team had agreed to avoid increasing their own premiums to enable the payments equality, reported laola1.at .

increasing premiums for Denmark's footballers

In a new framework agreement that the Danish player association Spillerforingen has negotiated with the DBU, the conditions for women have improved significantly. In addition to the adjustment of the winning bonuses, a proportionate distribution of the audience revenue in home games is also introduced. This shows how important equality is in Danish football. Pernille Harder, the captain of the national team, emphasized that this new contract is a step in the right direction and that they maintain a "good and constructive dialogue". Nevertheless, she calls for further adjustments for the future, such as sportschau.de reported.

However, there are still differences in the premiums for away games. For example, the players receive 35,583 DKK (around 4,800 euros) for an away win in the EM and World Cup qualification, which is still about 500 euros less than their male colleagues. In addition, in the event of a successful qualification, the men earn significantly more. The Danish Football Association has confirmed that the alignment of the premiums will now be bound to the marketing proceeds, which indicates that equality continues to depend on the financial development of women's football.