Football
A SPECIAL REPORT ON FOOTBALL OWNERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
European football has experienced a high influx of investments in the past decade, reaching historic record-breaking numbers. Despite the turmoil in the financial markets in the past couple of years, stakeholders from around the world searching for alternative investments have found football clubs as an attractive investment asset with continuously growing valuations.
This is creating new dynamics around the ways in which football properties are governed and getting access to new ways of funding growth. This was the topic of one of the workshops that took place in WFSEurope 2022 led by Carlos Cantó from SPSG Consulting, where 16 top industry experts shared insights and debated about how these dynamics will evolve in the future.
Monthly Newsletter of Sports Economics : Ekospor – Issue #19 Qatar 2022
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, Qatar’s National Day. A total of 64 matches will be held over 28 days in eight iconic venues. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East.
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By Prof.Dr.Sebahattin Devecioğlu
FOOTBALL CLUBS’ VALUATION: THE EUROPEAN ELITE 2022
THE EUROPEAN ELITE 2022 report confirms the recent upturn in the industry – indeed, after a year when all clubs’ EVs decreased, now 23 clubs have managed to improve on their past valuations. In contrast to last year, when due to the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the aggregate EV of the 32 clubs suffered a historic decrease of 15%, now their total EV has grown again year on year (by 10%), almost the same average growth rate of the years preceding the health crisis.
Find out more details in our summary, or refer to the full report.
Key findings from the 2022 edition and the six previous valuation reports are presented in an interactive dashboard below. The dashboard can be put into full-screen mode by clicking the bottom-right icon and it’s possible to switch between pages by the navigation pane.
The 2022 Football Benchmark Football Clubs’ Valuation report has been published, including the latest enterprise values for Europe’s leading clubs.
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE
UEFA Annual and Financial Reports 2020/21
UEFA’s latest Annual and Financial Reports both offer timely reminders of how the European body applies the values of the European sports model at all levels of the football pyramid.
The European sports model forms the foundations on which most of our continent’s sports institutions, organisations and governing bodies are built. Its pyramid structure works on the premise that revenue generated at the top by professional competition is reinvested back into the game at all levels. It also recognises the sport’s contribution to society beyond the pitch, whether through education, innovation, sustainability or breaking down barriers.The 2020/21 editions of both our Annual and Financial Reports (plus the Financial Report annex) are packed with data, stories and graphics that show how UEFA lives the values of this model in every aspect of its mission.
Football presidents: towards a typology of political cultures
Webinar (Teams) Football presidents: towards a typology of political cultures September 15th and 16th Registration required by mail to jean-michel.de.waele@ulb.be September 15th – 08h Brasilia / 13h Brussels: Introduction by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui and Jean-Michel De Waele – 8h15 Brasilia / 13h15 Brussels: “Roundtable one: Are Football Presidents Symbols of their Communities?“ President: Jean-Michel De Waele Enrico Castro Montes, “Presidents of […]
BRAND FINANCE FOOTBALL 50/2021
The failed European Super League (ESL) project has dented the brand strength of the 12 founding clubs and knocked over €600 million off their total brand value, according to the latest Brand Finance Football 50 report, which ranks the top 50 most valuable and strongest football club brands in the world every year.
The ESL announcement visibly damaged the brand strength of the 12 clubs involved, causing an average decrease in their Brand Strength Index (BSI) score of -3.0 points.
The Brand Strength Index (BSI) is a balanced scorecard of brand metrics used by Brand Finance to benchmark the power of brands to drive success for the business. For football clubs, this scorecard includes market research among fans, rating clubs across a range of attributes, including strong heritage, the club is well run, and the owners care for the fans.
As well as damaging the strength of the 12 founding clubs’ brands, the ESL proposal has also knocked €606 million off the total brand value of the clubs, equating to a 6% year on year decrease. Weaker brands see reduced forecasts for their commercial and sponsorship success.
Before the plans collapsed, Brand Finance calculated that the ESL could have stripped €2.5 billion – or 25% of the total – in brand value from the 12 clubs. Although much of this damage has been averted, the impact on the perceptions of all stakeholders is still significant.
The results can already be seen, with Liverpool losing the sponsorship of Tribus Watches and Manchester United being said to have missed out on a £200 million deal from locally based The Hut Group.
Avrupa Süper Lig Ekonomisi
Sebahattin Devecioğlu- 20 Nisan 2021 Avrupa’nın en büyük futbol kulüpleri (AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham ) Şampiyonlar Ligi ile rekabet edecek ve onun varlığını tehdit edecek yeni bir haftaortası turnuvası olan Avrupa Süper Lig’i (ESL) kurdu.
18 Nisan 2021 tarihinde dünyanın en zengin ve en ünlü futbol kulüpleri Avrupa kulüp yarışması kurduklarını duyurdular. Aylarca süren gizli görüşmelerin ardından, İspanya’da Real Madrid ve Barcelona’nın da aralarında bulunduğu ayrılık ekipleri; İngiltere’de Manchester United ve Liverpool; ve İtalya’da Juventus ve AC Milan planlarını doğruladılar. En az üç kurucu üye daha eklemeyi, ligi mevcut Şampiyonlar Ligi ile doğrudan rekabete sokacak hafta ortası maçları düzenlemeyi ve “mümkün olan en kısa sürede” oyuna başlamayı planladıklarını söylediler.
New FIFA report maps global competitive balance
As FIFA looks back on the 12 months that have passed since the launch of President Gianni Infantino’s vision to make football truly global, the organisation has published a report analysing the level of competitiveness in every country around the world.
The 2020 Global Competitive Balance Report details the competition structures in each of FIFA’s 211 member associations (MAs), grouped by confederation, and gives a data-driven account of how domestic competitions have developed in recent years. This is reflected in two key indicators: the number of recent champions and the points differences in the final standings. The report also provides the foundation years of clubs and MAs to provide additional context.
Special purpose acquisition companies: are football clubs going (back) to the stock market?
Stock markets this year, most notably in the U.S., have been boosted by the return of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as a popular means to fundraise public M&A and bring private companies onto the public markets. Having seen an uptick in fundraising by SPACs since 2017, previous records have been shattered in 2020 as more than $36 billion[1] had been raised on Wall Street as of mid-September. This comes at a time when football clubs and leagues are looking for investors and financiers to help steer their balance sheets through the Covid-19 pandemic[2]. It is no longer only high-net-worth individuals and private equity funds[3] looking to invest in football[4].
This article reviews the trend, examining:
What is a SPAC?
Which rules and regulations apply to acquisitions?
How does this apply to football clubs?
Current activity in the market
FootballTech Report 2020
FootballTech Report 2020
A deep dive on FootballTech activities in the global SportsTech scene.
Data driven insights & interviews covering
Startups & Investments
Top Trends Clubs, Leagues & Associations Innovation Initiatives
