The secretary general of the Spanish Football Federation has been sacked after it reached a deal with women players who threatened to boycott the national team.
Andreu Camps has been dismissed in the wake of the Luis Rubiales scandal.
Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish FA, resigned earlier this month after kissing Spanish women’s player Jennifer Hermoso without her consent at the Women’s World Cup final in August.
Rubiales initially refused to quit and only stepped aside after weeks of criticism.
Spain’s women’s players had been boycotting the national side while calling for changes at the federation but a deal was reached to end the walkout on Wednesday.
As part of the deal to end the boycott, between six and nine senior officials of the football federation will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked.
The federation earlier said it would make “immediate and profound changes”, including reshuffling its top management.
The list of officials leaving the federation was drawn up after more than seven hours of meetings involving the players, federation officials, the National Sports Council (CSD) and the women’s players’ union FUTPRO.
“A joint commission will be created between RFEF [Spanish FA], CSD and players to follow up on the agreements, which will be signed tomorrow,” CSD President Victor Francos told reporters.
“The players have expressed their concern about the need for profound changes in the RFEF, which has committed to making these changes immediately.”
Jennifer Hermoso is kissed by president of the RFEF Luis Rubiales during the FIFA Womens World Cup 2023 Final football match
The federation said it will not appoint a new general secretary and the secretary general’s duties will be assumed on an interim basis by Elvira Andrés and Alfredo Olivares until an election can take place.
Another measure as part of the deal was to remove the adjective female from the women’s national team’s official brand to match with the men’s squad.
From now on, both will be known as Spanish national football team.
“Beyond it being a symbolic step, we want it to be a change of concept, and the recognition that football is football, no matter who plays it,” RFEF President Pedro Rocha said.
The remaining changes have yet to be made public though the federation issued another statement on Wednesday evening pledging to give the players a “safe environment”.
Twenty players had threatened to boycott the national team after they were selected for upcoming games.
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They faced sanctions of around £26,000 (€30,000) and suspension of their federation licence for between two to 15 years if they had refused the call-up.
Ms Hermoso, the player at the centre of the kiss scandal, was not in the squad list announced on Monday and accused the federation of trying to divide and manipulate the players.
Spain are set to make their debut in the Women’s Nations League against Sweden in Gothenburg on Friday before playing against Switzerland in Cordoba on 26 September.
The Nations League will determine which teams from Europe qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
