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Weekly News Extra (22-26/01/2024)

• The DFL and all the clubs in the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga will celebrate the 20^th Remembrance Day in German Football, in honour of the victims of the Nazis and the Hamas attack on 07/10/2023, on Matchdays 19 and 20 in the two leagues. • The American investment fund ALK Capital, owner of…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 313312
• Published on 26/01/24 at 16:30

LALIGA: a strategic partnership with Fever to "enrich the cultural offers around football"

LALIGA has entered into a strategic partnership with Fever, an American platform that presents and organises various cultural activities in more than 100 cities worldwide, in order to "enrich the cultural and entertainment offers around football," announced the body on 23/01/2024. "This…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 313304
• Published on 26/01/24 at 15:00

Paris Saint-Germain: Credit Financier Invest (CFI) official online trading partner until 2025-26

Credit Financier Invest (CFI), an online trading platform operating mainly in North Africa and the Middle East, has become the exclusive "official online trading partner" of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) for three seasons (2023-2026), announced the French club on 26/01/2024. "MENA's…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 313275
• Published on 26/01/24 at 13:40

Premier League: MG Motor official automotive partner of Arsenal FC from 2023-24

MG Motor, a British car manufacturer owned by the Chinese group Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), is to become an "official automotive partner" (2^nd level) of Arsenal FC (Premier League) from the 2023-24 season as part of a "multi-year" agreement, announced the club on…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Activation, Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 313267
• Published on 26/01/24 at 13:00

Rugby: a documentary on the referees at the 2023 World Cup broadcast on Rugbypass TV

World Rugby is broadcasting a documentary film called "Whistleblowers" dedicated to the Rugby World Cup 2023 referees on its free OTT platform RugbyPass TV, in order to provide "a unique insight into the toughest job in sport," announced the body on 25/01/2024. The film will be available on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 313258
• Published on 26/01/24 at 11:30

SV Werder Bremen: a regional consortium acquires 18% of the club's shares for a €38m investment

A consortium of local "companies and private individuals" has acquired an 18% stake in the commercial structure of SV Werder Bremen (GmbH & Co KGaA) through an investment of €38m, announced the Bundesliga club on 25/01/2024. The consortium, whose members "have long-standing ties to Werder"…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Investment - Shareholding, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 313247
• Published on 26/01/24 at 10:56

UEFA: departure of Zvonimir Boban (CRO) chief of football since 2021

Zvonimir Boban, chief of football at UEFA since April 2021, is leaving the European confederation "by mutual agreement," announced UEFA on 25/01/2024. The former Croatian international (51 caps), who spent most of his playing career at AC Milan (Serie A TIM), where he later held the position of…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Governance, Game - pitch
• Article # 313238
• Published on 26/01/24 at 10:00

Deloitte Money League 2024: average revenues of €4.3m (+61%) for the Top 15 women's clubs

The average revenue generated by the Top 15 European women's clubs in 2022-23 reached €4.3m, an increase of 61% on the €2.6m posted in 2021-22, according to the UK branch of the audit and consultancy firm Deloitte in the 2024 edition of its "Football Money League" report, which presents details of…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 313219
• Published on 26/01/24 at 09:20

Ukraine: Andriy Shevchenko, 2004 Ballon d'Or winner, named president of the Association of Football

Andriy Shevchenko, born on 29/09/1976, was elected president of the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) for a five-year term after obtaining 93 of the 94 votes cast (he was the sole candidate and himself abstained) at the UAF's 26^th extraordinary congress, held in Kyiv (UKR) on…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Governance, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 313214
• Published on 26/01/24 at 08:40

Italy: socio-economic impact of football estimated at €4.53bn (FIGC Integrated Report 2022)

• 4.6 million Italians play football • 1.4 million FIGC members, including 1 million players (up 210,000 in one year; back to pre-Covid levels) • 500,000 official matches organised during the year on 13,000 pitches • a socio-economic impact (economy, society, health) estimated at €4.53bn • 57…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Employment - training, Finance, …
• Article # 313185
• Published on 25/01/24 at 16:55