The FAW will not only generate more funding for Welsh football and raise the profile of domestic football, but will also help EFL clubs represent Wales in European competitions, helping the country’s poor We hope that there is a possibility of improving the UEFA coefficient ranking.
Welsh teams tend to struggle in Europe, but this season’s Europa Conference League saw Cymul Premier champions New Saints become the first from the Welsh Pyramid to qualify for the group stage of a major European competition. We became a team that did.
The FAW believes Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham and Newport will improve Wales’ performance in Europe and earn more prize money from UEFA, which will be redistributed to Wales.
Cymru Premier club maintains Wales’ path to Champions League and Europa League qualification The Premier club are “unanimously” backing Prosciect Cymru and hope to benefit from a cup tie-up with their EFL rivals. He would be in a position to receive it.
And for the EFL club itself, it is clear that Wrexham will be playing in Europe again, 30 years after they played in the 1995-96 Cup Winners’ Cup and were the last team to qualify via the domestic route. It will be very attractive.
Welsh EFL clubs have previously qualified via the Welsh Cup and all four clubs have achieved notable results in Europe. Cardiff defeated Real Madrid in the 1971 Cup Winners’ Cup, Wrexham defeated Porto in the same competition in 1984, Newport reached the Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-finals in 1981 and Swansea reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 Europa League. They defeated Valencia in the match.
“This is a huge change for Welsh football,” FAW chief executive Noel Mooney told BBC Sport Wales. “This will really change the bottom line for Welsh football.
“This is about improving Wales and improving Welsh football. I have to thank the top four clubs in England for understanding that we need the resources. We need better grassroots facilities. , we need to invest in the women’s game.”
“I really think if people are against this idea they are holding Wales back. And why would they want to hold Wales back? What is the motivation for holding Wales back as a country that is trying to stand on its own as a nation? “A country of soccer?” ”
