Created in 1998 at the initiative of Aimé Jacquet,[1] training center invites around 20 of the best prospects of French women's football every year.
Toward this end, the French Football Federation involved the CNFE in the first division between 2002 and 2007.
[2] Since 2008, players from the CNFE academy have been sent to their home clubs for the matches during the weekends.
This had the notable advantage of allowing the women to train eight times a week, instead of five when they were at Clairefontaine.
In addition, whereas they previously had to attend classes in a public high school in Rambouillet, 8 kilometers from the Clairefontaine grounds, INSEP has all services on site including studies, training, meals.