It was after a report last year that DO began an investigation into whether the girls in the women's national team were discriminated against because the compensation they received from the Swedish Football Association for games during the 2019 World Cup was so much less than what the boys had in their World Cup 2018.
Different models
Now the DO believes that even though there are large differences in compensation, the union has not violated the Discrimination Act.
The association has different compensation models for the two national teams.
The models are based, among other things, on revenue.
90 percent of the football association's income from television comes from the men's international matches, and roughly the same figures apply to income from Fifa, sponsorship and events.
- The chosen remuneration model means that the principle of equal pay for equal work regardless of gender is not maintained in national team football.
This is obviously unsatisfactory from a gender equality perspective, but the basis for the DO's assessment must always be the Discrimination Act, writes DO Agneta Broberg in a press release.