The Government of Spain consolidates its support for sports federations with an ordinary grant of EUR 60 million

• This grant will make it possible to optimise the preparation and performance of Spanish athletes and teams, to promote national competitions, to train technicians, judges and arbitrators and to produce audiovisual content that disseminates the activities of the federations

• The government has also approved the Royal Decree for the direct award of a grant of EUR 7.5 million to League F, fulfilling the commitment to support the implementation of the first women’s professional league in our country for three seasons.

• In total, the CSD will have made EUR 20 million available to League F in its first three years of existence, where football has been the spearhead of women’s sport with significant successes at the level of teams and clubs.

• In addition, the Council of Ministers has agreed to the award of two further grants, worth EUR 400,000 each, for the holding of the 2025 World Trail Running Championship in Canfranc and for the organisation of the international competition for horse jumps in Barcelona.

Madrid, 18 March 2025.- On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers authorised the Higher Council of Sports (CSD) to process the regular subsidy for the Spanish sports federations, amounting to EUR 60 million in 2025.

This measure reaffirms the commitment of the Government of Spain to the strengthening of federated sport and its organisational structure, since this financial support is an essential pillar for the functioning of national sports federations. However, the regular grant ensures the sustainability of technical, administrative and operational equipment and the continuity of sports programmes.

Through this investment of EUR 60 million, the CSD will promote in 2025 the preparation and performance of Spanish athletes and national teams, facilitating their participation in world-class international competitions. In addition, it will promote the holding of national competitions and the training of sports technicians, judges and arbitrators, which will contribute to the professionalisation of this sector.

To access these grants, the federations must submit a strategic plan for the 2025-2028 cycle and the sports project for each specialty and age category for the 2024-2025 season.

These aids are designed to improve sports performance in the next cycle, with the priority objective of the Milan Winter Games – Cortina d’Ampezzo 2026 and the Los Angeles Summer Games 2028. They will also contribute to the preparation of the athletes of our country for the World and European Championships that are disputed in this period, financing activities, concentrations and attendance to competitions.

As a novelty, the amount of the ordinary grant increases by EUR 3 million compared to 2024 by including in the same call the production of audiovisual content that allows the promotion and visibility of the federative activity.

In 2025, the CSD is expected to supplement this regular grant with other aid lines, which will raise the level of financial support of the Spanish Government to over EUR 100 million.

The Government completes the impetus for the professionalization of women’s football

The Council of Ministers also approved, at its meeting this Tuesday, the Royal Decree for the direct award of grants to League F, the Spanish Royal Federation of Athletics and the Royal Club de Polo Foundation of Barcelona for the conduct of sports events of public and social interest.

The EUR 7.5 million grant to League F is notable for its size.

With this new injection of resources, the Government of Spain completes its commitment to provide EUR 20 million in the first three years of existence of the first women’s professional league in our country. By no means, the CSD has already granted this entity a grant of EUR 5 million in the 2022/2023 season and EUR 7.5 million in 2023/2024.

This new grant will make it possible to further improve the conditions of professional football players in Spain, consolidate League F as an international benchmark and move forward with the aim of making this strategic project for the CSD the spearhead of women’s sport. In addition, the Government of Spain is working on a new entry route for clubs through the Quiniela.

The Royal Decree approved this Tuesday also includes the award of a grant of 400,000 euros to the Spanish Real Federation of Athletics (RFEA) for the preparation and celebration of the 2025 World Trail Running Championship, which will be held in Canfranc (Huesca).

This first order sports event, which brings together thousands of mountain corridors from all over the world, will contribute to the generation of wealth and to the dynamism of economic, social and demographic activity in the Aragonese Pyrenees.

Finally, the Royal Decree envisages another grant of 400,000 euros to the Fundación Real Club de Polo de Barcelona for the organization of the Barcelona Official International Jumps Competition.

This competition is part of the Barcelona Equestrian Challenge, an ambitious project that integrates the social promotion of the equestrian world and promotes the practice of horse riding and sports values.

The Higher Council of Sports, a body attached to the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, reinforces with the subsidies that the Council of Ministers has today authorised its commitment to the development of sport in all its aspects, guaranteeing the growth of federated sport, the impetus of women’s sport and the promotion of events of national and international impact.