Menlo Park, California and Como, Italy September, 26 2024 – Kitman Labs, the global enterprise SaaS platform providing the only single, centralised operating system for performance intelligence in Sports, has today announced its first partnership in Italian women’s football in a deal with F.C. Como Women, one of the country’s most ambitious and fastest growing clubs.
F.C. Como Women, who play in Italy’s top flight, Serie A Femminile, will utilise the Performance Medicine, Performance Optimization and Coaching and Development Solutions in iP: Intelligence Platform, the only natively designed and developed data and analytics platform that integrates all player medical, performance and development data in single advanced operating system.
The capability and functionality of Kitman Labs’ Intelligence Platform transcends the limitations of a traditional EMR or AMS. All data and data sources collected and utilised by the Club will now be centralised in a singular platform – combining and consolidating data sets and disparate systems into one advanced operating system for coaches, medical staff and practitioners; providing access to an accurate, real-time 360° view of all First Team players.
The deployment of the technology will create a shared source of truth for the Club – driving cross departmental collaboration; supporting more informed, datal-led decision-making related to player welfare, readiness and training; and improving communication with readily available reporting and visualisation capabilities.
“Our goal is the development of a world class football team. In order to do so, we need to equip our players, coaches and practitioners with world class technology. As we lay the foundation for the Club – operationally and culturally – it’s critical that we employ the kinds of systems that generate the evidence-based insights and intelligence needed to unlock the player health, performance and development outcomes that we are striving to achieve,” said Elena Mirandola, F.C. Como Women CEO. “This is yet another expression of the Club’s commitment to laying a foundation and infrastructure to build an elite global football team.”
“F.C. Como Women is setting the standard in the women’s game in Italy. The ownership and leadership teams have a clear mandate to build an exceptional organisation and they are making very strategic decisions around infrastructure and systems. We couldn’t be more excited to support the team in this endeavour, providing the technology necessary to fully exploit the value of their data and providing the actionable analytics and insights to inform decision-making across the Club,” said Stephen Smith, CEO and Founder, Kitman Labs.
Kitman Labs recently launched the Performance Medicine Solution in iP: Intelligence Platform as the League-wide EMR for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Kitman Labs has an established track record of working with top leagues, teams and regulatory bodies across a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, rugby, and American football. The company’s technology is currently being used by leagues and teams within some of the world’s most elite sports organisations, including the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), Major League Soccer (MLS), Premier League, Women’s Super League (WSL) and National Football League (NFL). Kitman Labs has recently announced deals with Angel City FC, Gotham FC and Bay FC.
iP: Intelligence Platform represents the industry’s largest dataset of talent, performance, and medical data for all stages of the athlete lifecycle.
About Kitman Labs:
Kitman Labs is the world’s leading sports science and performance intelligence company. Kitman Labs powers iP: Intelligence Platform, the advanced operating system used by the largest and most innovative leagues, teams and regulatory bodies in elite Sport and Defense. Our software solutions – Performance Medicine, Performance Optimization, Coaching & Development and League Operations – have been designed to optimise human performance; enhance overall health, wellness and longevity; reduce injury risk; and drive operational efficiencies and value. Kitman Labs is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Dublin.
About FC Como Women:
F.C Como Women was founded in 2020 by President Stefano Verga under the sporting title of Riozzese Como. The club secured back-to-back promotions and achieved a historic jump to Serie A, the female Italian first division. This notable achievement coincided with the inaugural season of professionalism in Italian women’s football. In addition to the first team’s success, FC Como Women encompasses a thriving youth academy, including U19, U17, U15, U12, and U11 categories. On the 4th March 2024, FC Como Women were acquired by new multi-club ownership ground Mercury/13.
Media Contacts:
FC Como Women:
Martina Giuliano
FCCW, Press Officer
martina.giuliano@comowomen.it
Kitman Labs
International:
The PHA Group
kitmanlabs@thephagroup.com
