Women's Player Workload Monitoring Platform
What you should know
Analysis
The Women's Player Workload Monitoring Platform allows multi-level analysis with the purpose of improving the integrated management of match calendars and player workload.
Data-driven
It includes metrics such as general match schedules, basic player match load information, a break-down of competition formats, season-by-season analysis, accumulated duration of international travel, as well as the duration of rest and recovery periods.
Reactive
The tool is an ongoing and cutting-edge monitoring platform that is scalable, open and able to address the entire match schedule and related workload of players across competitions at a global level.
Why rest and recovery periods are needed in the women’s international match calendar
FIFA has just announced a new international calendar for women's football for 2026-2029. Whilst positive changes have been made, there will still be schedule pressure on high-usage international players, and regulated safeguards for in-season and off-season breaks have not been included.
Bonmati, Bronze and Walsh among players with highest workload for 2023/24
Workload data released by FIFPRO and Football Benchmark shows that Bonmati and Walsh, along with team-mates Lucy Bronze and Caroline Graham Hansen, are among the Barcelona players who have endured high workload, with each playing over 40 competitive matches since the beginning of the 2023/24 season.
About Women's Player Workload Monitoring Platform
The monitoring tool provides transparent and regular player workload updates to the football industry, covering a global sample of women's professional footballers.