Sebahattin Devecioğlu
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.
Most Marketable Athletes of 2022

SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes enables sports marketers across the globe to make intelligent sponsorship and investment decisions quickly. The 2022 list of the Most Marketable Athletes of 2022 has now been revealed in latest rankings by SportsPro and NorthStar.
This year’s top fifty star-studded athlete’s gallery includes Erling Haaland, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Serena Williams, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sam Kerr, Lebron James and Naomi Osaka, but who made the top five and who received the coveted No.1 position?
Now in its 13th year, this highly anticipated ranking considers the dynamic nature of athlete marketability in the digital age, applying an advanced science that goes beyond vanity metrics to measure which sports stars offer the most value to brands today.
Marti is Turkey’s leading mobility

Marti is Turkey’s leading mobility provider, founded in 2018, operating a fleet of e-scooters, e-bikes, and e-mopeds, serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure.
As the #1 mobility app on the iOS & Android stores in Turkey, Marti seeks to become Turkey’s first mobility super app by expanding into other attractive adjacencies, leveraging its growing and loyal customer base.
100. YILINDA TÜRK FUTBOLU (1923-2023) Kitap Projesi

Değerli Araştırmacılar; Türk Futbolu 2023 Yılında 100. Yılını kutlayacaktır. Bu sürece katkı sağlamak için Editörlüğünü üstlendiğim “100. YILINDA TÜRK FUTBOLU (1923-2023)” başlığında kitap çalışması planlamaktayız. Aşağıda belirlenen Alt Bölüm Başlıklarına uygun olarak, sizlerin belirleyeceği Alt Başlıklarda göndereceğiniz çalışmalar ile Bölüm Yazarı olarak sürece değerli katkılarınızı bekliyoruz. Saygılarımla.
İletişim:
Prof. Dr. Sebahattin DEVECİOĞLU
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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.
2022 Asia-Singapore Conference on Sport Science ‘LIVE’

We’re pleased to announce that Asia-Singapore Conference on Sport Science (ACSS 2022), organized by East Asia Research and supported by Southern Cross University, Australia, will be a hybrid conference happening in Singapore from December 6-7, 2022! This is your opportunity to learn from the best in the sporting community.
Ekospor members can use this discount code ”ekospor20” for a 20% discount
TÜRK FUTBOLU MANİFESTOSU

Toplumsal gelişmede küçümsenmeyecek bir yere sahip bulunan futbol, sektörel anlamda da önemli sayılabilecek bir yapı sergilemektedir. Bütün bu gelişmelere karşın, futbolu herkesin aktif olarak katılımda bulunabildiği bir spor dalı haline getirebilmek için var olan potansiyeli, dengeli bir düzeyde geliştirip benimsetmek futbol yönetimi ile ilgilidir.
Son yıllarda, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)’ nin problemli olarak sunmuş olduğu futbol hizmetlerinde, siyasi ve bürokratik egemenlik gibi şekillerde kendini gösteren idari tıkanıklıklar dikkat çekmektedir. Dolayısıyla hızlı bir değişimin yaşandığı günümüz ortamında futbola katılımın ve faaliyetlerin ülke düzeyine optimal biçimde sunulmasını sağlayacak yeni bir yapılanmaya ihtiyaç olduğu sık sık vurgulanmaktadır.
Bugün Türk futbolunun yapısal nitelikli önemli sorunları bulunmaktadır.
Taking Sports to Space: The Space Games Federation

The Space Games Federation offers the human race the unprecedented opportunity to engage in a unique fusion of Space and Athletics. By providing structure and regulation, resources to test and explore, and access to world-class experts, SGF seeks to bridge the gap between earth and space in the spirit of competition, fun, and community.
SGF is composed of experts in the space, sports and entertainment industry, featuring influential leaders and thinkers that are driving the growing mainstream popularity of space. The team collectively envisions the past, present, and future of the space industry as invaluable to the human experience, and aims to marry entertainment and education — e.g, edutainment — to make this experience accessible to the