Transgender women banned from playing women’s football in England by FA

The Football Association has said transgender women will be banned from competing in women’s football from June 1 in a decision made following the Supreme Court’s legal definition ruling

13:29, 01 May 2025Updated 13:32, 01 May 2025

The FA have made a decision on transgender women competing in women’s football(Image: Getty Images)

The Football Association has banned transgender women from taking part in women’s football in England.

In a groundbreaking move, the FA has changed it’s rules to introduce a stricter criteria when it comes to transgender women being allowed to play in the female game.

This comes following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. The FA has now scrapped that policy and banned transgender women from participating in women’s football.

English football’s governing body will now contact registered transgender players to explain the decision.

The FA said in a statement: “This is a complex subject, and our position has always been that if there was a material change in law, science, or the operation of the policy in grassroots football then we would review it and change it if necessary.

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“We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love in the gender by which they identify.

“And we are contacting the registered transgender women currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to stay involved in the game.”

The new rules will come into place from June 1, with the Scottish FA set to follow suit and introduce the same ban north of the border.

The FA’s announcement follows the decision of their Scottish counterparts that only players who were female at birth will be allowed to play in women’s football over the age of 13.

No known transgender women are currently playing professionally and recent reports say that there are only 20 currently registered with women’s clubs at grassroots level in England.

The Supreme Court’s ruling said that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex.” Other governing bodies across sport, including cricket, are reviewing their policies following the ruling.

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