Barracas Central made an important request to the AFA for the 2026 season and with the aim of its men's team being able to play the Sudamericana.
Club Atlético Barracas Central announced that it has officially requested the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to incorporate its women's football team into the First Division C for the 2026 season.
The main objective of the request is that Guapo meets the requirements demanded by Conmebol for those men's teams that compete in Confederation competitions. One of those demands of the South American entity is that, in order to compete in the official continental tournaments, the club must have a women's team.
Given Barracas' classification to the Sudamericana, the institution made the formal request to incorporate its women's team into the Primera C. In addition, they reported that they also want to participate in the Under-19 Tournament, another of the requirements of the Conmebol Club License Regulations.
The statement from Barracas Central
Club Atlético Barracas Central informs its members and supporters that within the framework of the development of women's soccer that began this year with the incorporation and dispute of the official First Division and Youth Futsal tournaments, we have requested the Argentine Soccer Association to include our 11-a-side soccer team for the 2026 season in Divisional C.
Likewise, in compliance with the requirements of the CONMEBOL Club Licensing Regulations, we also ask to participate in the U-19 tournament of the discipline. In this way, Barracas Central will comply with all the requirements demanded by the regulations in order to be able to participate in an international cup next year.
What does the Conmebol Club License Regulation establish?
Article D.04 of Chapter IV "Criteria and Requirements" of the Conmebol regulations establishes that "the applicant must have a women's first team or be associated with a club that has one. In addition, they must have at least one women's youth category or be associated with a club that has the same." Then, the regulation adds: “In both cases the applicant must provide technical support and all the equipment and infrastructure (playing field for the dispute). of matches and training) necessary for the development of both teams in adequate conditions. Finally, both teams are required to participate in national and/or regional competitions authorized by the respective Member Association.”
The background of the Board of Trustees to play the Libertadores 2023
In order to play in Libertadores 2023, which it qualified for after winning the Argentine Cup, Patronato merged with Don Bosco, an existing team in the province of Entre Ríos, to have a women's Paranaense League team. This agreement also included a team in the youth category.
“This noon the signing of the agreement between our institution and the Don Bosco Club of Paraná was carried out with the objective of developing, supporting and promoting the intervention of our Club in the first team and in the youth category of Women's Soccer of the Salesian entity during the 2023 season, in the championship organized by the Paranaense Soccer League,” the club officially reported.