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©  Athletic Club Bilbao
European Top 5: 100% domestic players fielded by Athletic Club Bilbao in 2023-24 (CIES)

Athletic Club Bilbao (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club from the European Top 5 that fielded the most domestic players between April 2023 and April 2024, with 100% Spanish players lined up over the period, according to the CIES Football Observatory's Weekly Post dedicated to the clubs territorial…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Employment - training, Game - pitch, Transfer Market
• Article # 323921
• Published on 03/05/24 at 15:21
©  D.R.
NBA/United States: a $2.5bn offer from NBCUniversal for certain post-2025 media rights (press)

The American media conglomerate NBCUniversal has reportedly made a $2.5bn-a-year offer for selected domestic media rights to the National Basketball Association for the cycle beginning in 2025, according to the American daily The Wall Street Journal on 29/04/2024. NBCUniversal could acquire the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media
• Article # 323909
• Published on 03/05/24 at 14:00
©  D.R.
Manchester City FC: partnership between player Erling Haaland and the "Clash of Clans" video game

Erling Haaland, a Norwegian player who plays for Manchester City FC (Premier League), has entered into a partnership with Supercell, a Finnish video game published owned by the Chinese internet services group Tencent, to appear as a playable character in the mobile game "Clash of Clans", on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 323833
• Published on 03/05/24 at 13:30
©  UEFA Europa League / X
2023-24 Europa League: 2.78 million viewers for Olympique de Marseille - Atalanta on M6

Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - Atalanta BC (Serie A TIM) (1-1), semi-final first leg in the 2023-24 Europa League, drew an average of 2.78 million viewers on the free-to-air channel M6 on Thursday 02/05/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 323899
• Published on 03/05/24 at 12:41
©  Real Madrid CF
European Top 5: social media communities of the 96 clubs (May 2024)

• The clubs in the European Top 5 added 31.8 million new followers during the month of April 2024, taking their total to 2.67 billion on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. • Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club with the most followers with 371.6 million, ahead of FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Social Networks, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 323873
• Published on 03/05/24 at 12:09
©  D.R.
Transfers: "Some FIFA rules may prove to be contrary to European Union law" (Maciej Szpunar, CJEU)

"Some FIFA rules on transfer of players may prove to be contrary to European Union law. These rules are of restrictive nature and may only be justified in specific circumstances," stated Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on 30/04/2024. The…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market, Legal, …
• Article # 323832
• Published on 02/05/24 at 18:45
©  Parma Calcio
2023-24 Serie BKT: Parma Calcio promoted to the Serie A, three years after relegation

Parma Calcio 1913, top of the 2023-24 Serie BKT table with a seven-point lead over third-placed Venezia FC with two games remaining, are guaranteed to return to Serie A TIM without needing to go through the play-offs, following their 1-1 draw against SSC Bari on 01/05/2024. Relegated to the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Game - pitch, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 323814
• Published on 02/05/24 at 18:30
©  Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2023-24 Europa League: head-to-head AS Roma - Bayer Leverkusen (semi-final, 1st leg, on 02/05/2024)

With a turnover of €273m for the 2022 financial year (from 01/01 to 31/12/2022), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga) are 23.5% ahead of AS Roma (Serie A TIM) which generated €221m during the 2022-23 financial year (01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023), as the two clubs prepare to meet in the first leg of their…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance, Social Networks, …
• Article # 323793
• Published on 02/05/24 at 18:00
©  UEFA
2023-24 Europa League: semi-finalists to receive a minimum of €16m-€18m (excluding market pool)

The four clubs that have qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023-24 Europa League, which kick off on Thursday 02/05/2024, will each receive a minimum of €16m from UEFA for their participation in the competition. This amount does not include the €139.5m divided between the 32 clubs in the group…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 323754
• Published on 02/05/24 at 17:30
©  RFEF
Spain/RFEF: 40% of women on the board of directors, elections for 2024-2028 to be held on 10/09/2024

Pedro Rocha, president of the RFEF, has appointed a new board of directors for the Spanish Football Federation, which for the first time in history will have 40% female representation (8 women out of 20 members, names in bold below), annonced the body on 29/04/2024. "Equality policies have been…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Governance, Legal, Politics
• Article # 323726
• Published on 02/05/24 at 17:00