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China: 2017 Ping An Chinese Super League season begins on Friday, 03/03/2017

The Guizhou HZFC - Shenyang Liaoning Whowin match on Friday, 03/03/2017, opens the 2017 season of the Ping An CSL (Chinese Super League), which will end eight months later, on 04/11/2017. The Guangzhou Evergrande club has won the last six seasons of this compeition. The Chinese Professional…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 88066
• Published on 28/02/17 at 17:40

Premier League: Liverpool FC want to redevelop the training centre and academy in Kirkby by 2019

Liverpool FC (Premier League) and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (KMBC), the Council district of Merseyside, have organised a consultation regarding the proposed redevelopment and unification of the club's training centres in Kirkby, announced the two parties on 22/02/2017. The club wants…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 88124
• Published on 28/02/17 at 16:40

World Football Forum: the 2017 edition to be held in Changsha, China, from 18 to 21/05/2017

World Football Forum 2017 will be held in Changsha, China, a city of 10 million inhabitants and the capital of Hunan Province, from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21/05/2017. The convention, held annually since 2011 by the agency Eventica Sport Marketing, is taking place for the first time outside Europe…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 87874
• Published on 28/02/17 at 15:40

FIFA: "Just keep working and letting facts speak for themselves" (G. Infantino)

"FIFA cannot afford to be perceived as an ivory tower, detached from where football actually happens. We must be the converging point of the different facets of the game and, to do so, we must be approachable. We must be present. We must be a human institution. (...) Part of the football community…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 87955
• Published on 28/02/17 at 15:39

Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 22 of 2016-17, Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV draws 75,000 fans

Matchday 22 of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season drew an average attendance of 36,587 spectators per game, for an average stadium fill rate of 92%, from 24 to 26/02/2017. The average attendance of the German league is currently 41,024 fans per game (average fill rate: 93%).FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 88095
• Published on 28/02/17 at 13:20

USA: Univision and Turner Sports acquire rights to the 2018-2021 Champions League ($285m in total)

The US Spanish-language broadcasting group Univision Communications Inc. and the subsidiary of the Time Warner group, Turner Sports, have acquired for the United States, the media and commercial rights to the Champions League for the 2018-2021 cycle, according to US media on 25/02/2017. The total…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 88087
• Published on 28/02/17 at 12:30

Italy: Fox Sports acquires the TV rights to two games per week of the 2017 Chinese Super League

Fox Sports Italy has acquired the TV rights, for Italy, to the Ping An CSL (Chinese Super League), said the Italian pay-TV group on 26/02/2017. Fox Sports Italy will broadcast two of the eight games per matchday of the competition, starting with Guangzhou R&F FC - Tianjin Quanjian FC on Fox Sports…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 88071
• Published on 28/02/17 at 11:49

Relegation aid: Germany only country of the Top 5 leagues which does not to provide "parachutes"

Germany is the only country of the Top 5 leagues which has not established a system of "parachute payments", or amounts specifically allocated to relegated clubs to help them cope with the decrease in revenue. However, one of the key components in the distribution of the domestic TV revenue for…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 85709
• Published on 28/02/17 at 10:44

LaLiga Santander: attendance for Matchday 24 of 2016-17, Atlético Madrid - Barcelona draws 52,440

Matchday 24 of the 2016-17 LaLiga Santander season drew an average of 23,931 spectators per game, for an average stadium fill rate of 79%, from 24 to 26/02/2017. The average attendance of the Spanish league is currently 28,326 fans per game on the season (average fill rate: 75%). Club Atlético de…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 88053
• Published on 28/02/17 at 10:05

Ligue 1: attendance for Matchday 27 of 2016-17, Marseille - PSG draws 65,252 to the Orange Vélodrome

Matchday 27 of the 2016-17 Ligue 1 season drew an average attendance of 26,185 spectators per game (average stadium fill rate of 64%) from 24 to 26/02/2017, making this the best round the Ligue 1 season in terms of attendance. The average attendance of the French league is currently 20,448 fans…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 87975
• Published on 28/02/17 at 09:30