The Football Association wants 30 per cent of the England men’s coaching staff to be from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2028.
The governing body was told earlier this year it needed to "work a lot harder" to create a diverse pool of candidates for the England head coach position by the Black Footballers Partnership. The BFP cited the lack of realistic homegrown options from diverse backgrounds to replace Gareth Southgate when he resigned in the summer.
BFP data published last year found 43 per cent of Premier League players were black, but that has not translated into coaching positions.
The FA has set itself a 'stretch target' of 30 per cent of the England men's coaching staff - covering the senior team down to the under-17s - to be of a Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds.
The minimum target it has set itself is 25 per cent, compared to the current 19 per cent.
The FA is also looking to increase ethnic diversity within the Lionesses coaching staff down to the U17s, and has set a stretch target of 15 per cent compared to the current four per cent.
It also wants 60 per cent of the women's team coaching staff to be female by 2028.
The figures are included in the FA's new four-year equality, diversity and inclusion strategy document, titled 'A Game Free From Discrimination', which was published on Tuesday.
The strategy sets out how the FA intends to improve the diversity of participants and officials at all levels of English football, drive inclusion by ensuring everyone feels welcome, and tackle discrimination by improving education and making it easier to challenge and report.
At the start of the season the FA introduced a rule making the reporting of workforce diversity data mandatory for all professional clubs in the English leagues.
The rule came into effect at the start of this season and clubs will need to provide their first reports next summer, and then every two years after that.
FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: "Tackling discrimination is one of our core ambitions so we will continue to unite the game to confront this societal issue.
"Through our new strategy, we will work with our partners across football to boost representation, drive inclusion and tackle discrimination at all levels of our game.
"We have seen how the power of football can bring communities together and celebrate diversity, and we want to continue to use our influence to deliver positive and lasting change that we can all be proud of."
shisha
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And you say you want to end racism[Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Yourself filling roles based on ethnicity and color instead of talent and capability and hoping to end racism.. Good going🤦♂️🤦♂️
lukikmnrsz
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FA should also include women in men's team and trans in women's team.
Bob_Rogers
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What utter crap. They should be hiring people based on pedigree and capability, not skin colour. After all, isn't this the definition of racism? We're never going to win anything if we're too bothered with filling quotas instead of actually attempting to get a decent coach and staff.
duothTeny
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Unfortunately Blacks aren't good enough when it comes to football. Y'all will come for me but I speak facts 💯and I don't care about what you gonna say! If Blacks were that good how come African country hasn't won Fifa World Cup 🤔??? Blacks can't coach and that's a fact! The Germans, Spanish ,Italians and sometimes Portuguese can coach but not Blacks and I don't wanna talk about Arabians and Indians if it's not the same thing , I mean to them football is like water + electricity
you don't know what to say
emondorock
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what a load of bollocks. the best man woman for job, no wonder the world's fucked
Yucbdepu
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God bless the FA
GunnArs
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and at least 2 women to full fill some quotes 🤦♂️😅 or just take the best ones for the job, whatever their color is. 🤷♂️
akiamo
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Unfortunately Blacks aren't good enough when it comes to football. Y'all will come for me but I speak facts 💯and I don't care about what you gonna say! If Blacks were that good how come African country hasn't won Fifa World Cup 🤔??? Blacks can't coach and that's a fact! The Germans, Spanish ,Italians and sometimes Portuguese can coach but not Blacks and I don't wanna talk about Arabians and Indians if it's not the same thing , I mean to them football is like water + electricity
how come France won things? how about Chelsea, 90% black team.
vohbilmoty
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Too much politics in English football
akiamo
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are we blacks or Africans
of course you are black⚫; check or send a pic📷!
lezelnosuz
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Unfortunately Blacks aren't good enough when it comes to football. Y'all will come for me but I speak facts 💯and I don't care about what you gonna say! If Blacks were that good how come African country hasn't won Fifa World Cup 🤔??? Blacks can't coach and that's a fact! The Germans, Spanish ,Italians and sometimes Portuguese can coach but not Blacks and I don't wanna talk about Arabians and Indians if it's not the same thing , I mean to them football is like water + electricity
arw we blacks or Africans..just like you mention others races
lezelnosuz
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are we blacks or Africans
tedaiklpty
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what is black
Kuadilmru
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Unfortunately Blacks aren't good enough when it comes to football. Y'all will come for me but I speak facts 💯and I don't care about what you gonna say! If Blacks were that good how come African country hasn't won Fifa World Cup 🤔??? Blacks can't coach and that's a fact! The Germans, Spanish ,Italians and sometimes Portuguese can coach but not Blacks and I don't wanna talk about Arabians and Indians if it's not the same thing , I mean to them football is like water + electricity
How many slots are African countries there compared to Europeans or other continents, when did African Nations start competing world cup tournaments, how many countries won the world cup with African players in their squads, how many Top African athletes play for foreign nations. Africans will win the world cup soon and you'll still find reasons to discriminate. The color of your skin doesn't make you better but currently it offers you better opportunities.
Uazii
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people please look things from the bottom to top, we are talking about English football here, the problem is not that teams don't employ blacks , the whole English league don't produce good football managers, all of them from black to white have failed to manage teams in England, most like 50 to 60% of managers in England are from other countries, there was good players in English football, but they can't translate that in teams management's.
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Uazii
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people please look things from the bottom to top, we are talking about English football here, the problem is not that teams don't employ blacks , the whole English league don't produce good football managers, all of them from black to white have failed to manage teams in England, most like 50 to 60% of managers in England are from other countries, there was good players in English football, but they can't translate that in teams management's.
remadimnpy
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wokeness
el_chupacabra
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No aliens? 😱👽
Yumbcnrstu
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Should it be on merit and qualifications not race? What’s next? Making the man’s team wear skirts?
masilnoprt
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DEI starting, go woke get broke 😭😭
ChelseaFC_Addict
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Unfortunately Blacks aren't good enough when it comes to football. Y'all will come for me but I speak facts 💯and I don't care about what you gonna say! If Blacks were that good how come African country hasn't won Fifa World Cup 🤔??? Blacks can't coach and that's a fact! The Germans, Spanish ,Italians and sometimes Portuguese can coach but not Blacks and I don't wanna talk about Arabians and Indians if it's not the same thing , I mean to them football is like water + electricity
Wamiklmsty
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Even if they succeed with this plan it will not make it ‘A game free from discrimination’. It will just be a different kind of discrimination.
Wamiklmsty
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Shouldn’t they simply be 100% the best candidate for the position?