Football:Women’s football gets boost through coaching course |16 August 2014

With women football seeming to have faded out of sight in recent years, it is now looking to get back on track with numerous development programmes being implemented.
 
During the week, the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF), with the help of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa), organised a women’s football coaching course in a bid to take it back to its former heights.

Despite attracting a high number of female coaches, the course also received the participation of a small group of male trainers as well.

Fifa instructor Monika Staab was running the course, which took place from August 11 to 14, with the closing ceremony taking place on Thursday, where the coaches were given the chance to share their concerns regarding women’s football in the presence of Mrs Staab and members of the SFF executive committee.
 
Mrs Staab said she was very happy to have worked with these coaches and heaped special praise on Elsie Ernesta who, as well as taking part in the course, also organised everything related to it.

The coaches were presented with certitficates at the ceremony which took place at the Maison Football, Roche Caïman, before the federation presented a token of appreciation to Mrs Staab as thanks for her work here.

SFF vice-chairman, Roch Henriette said: “The federation will do its utmost to assist the coaches of women’s football and hope that other partners can also aid in its development.”

He thanked Mrs Staab before declaring the course closed.

Mrs Staab is a former German football player and football manager currently in charge of Qatar women's national football team. She was the manager of the women’s Bundesliga side 1 FFC Frankfurt from 1993 to 2004. She was also the chairman of the club.

She won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2002, the German championship in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the German cup in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.