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European Top 5: social media communities of the 96 clubs (March 2025)

• The clubs in the European Top 5 leagues registered 22.2 million new followers during the month of February 2025, bringing their total followers to 2.88 billion on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. • Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club with the most followers with 408 million, ahead…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 389825
• Published on 04/03/25 at 14:00

2024-25 LALIGA EA Sports: attendance on Matchday 26 (28,074 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 26 of the 2024-25 LALIGA EA Sports season drew an average of 28,074 spectators per game from Friday 28/02 to Monday 03/03/2025. The average stadium fill rate was 85.2%. Club Atlético de Madrid - Athletic Club Bilbao (1-0), on Saturday 01/03 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), was the match that…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Professional leagues, Ticketing, …
• Article # 389827
• Published on 04/03/25 at 12:30

News Tank Football: elections, appointments, promotions & departures recorded in February 2025

Pedro Proença, born on 03/11/1970 in Lisbon (POR), was elected president of the Federaçao Portuguesa de Futebol until 2028, at the body's general assembly held at the Cidade do Futebol (in the town of Oeiras, near Lisbon) on 14/02/2025. He will officially take office on 24/02/2025. Gabriele…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 389576
• Published on 04/03/25 at 11:40

Belgium: Jupiler Pro League to return to a "classic 18-team format" from 2026-27

"From the 2026-27 season, the Jupiler Pro League will return to the classic format with 18 teams (instead of 16 in 2024-25) playing a regular 34-matchday competition. At the end of the competition, the winner is crowned champion. The clubs ranked second to fourth are entitled to a European ticket…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Professional leagues, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 389818
• Published on 04/03/25 at 11:00

Ramadan: The Football Association publishes a guide for players, leagues & clubs

The Football Association has published a guide for players, leagues and clubs in England to mark Ramadan (the Muslim month of fasting), which began on 28/02 and will last until 30/03/2025 in most countries around the world, announced The FA on 03/03/2025. The guide "aims to answer many of the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Federations, Authorities, …
• Article # 389815
• Published on 04/03/25 at 10:20

France: a 2.2% audience share for La chaine L'Équipe in February 2025, its "best month ever"

La chaine L'Équipe recorded an audience share of 2.2% in February 2025 (+0.4% versus February 2024), the "best month ever" for the French free DTT channel, according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie, released by the channel on 03/03/2025. This surpasses the previous…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, France
• Article # 389784
• Published on 04/03/25 at 09:40

Match Calendar: "The process of devaluing the national championships is underway" (D. Terrier)

"While UEFA has beefed up its flagship competition this season, FIFA's overbearing control of the calendar continues to worry everyone involved in the game. We can only hope - but nothing is less certain! - that it will reach its climax with the Club World Cup next summer, because the process of…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, International authorities, …
• Article # 389787
• Published on 03/03/25 at 18:00

IFAB: a corner instead of an indirect free kick if the opposing goalkeeper keeps the ball too long

"If a goalkeeper holds the ball for longer than eight seconds (with the referee using a visual five-second countdown), the referee will award a corner kick to the opposing team (rather than the current indirect free kick for more than six seconds)," decided the IFAB at its 139^th annual general…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, International authorities, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 389764
• Published on 03/03/25 at 17:25

Valencia CF: Kiat Lim (SGP), son of owner Peter Lim, succeeds Layhoon Chan as president

Singaporean Kiat Lim, son of Valencia CF (LALIGA EA Sports) majority shareholder Peter Lim, has been appointed the club's new president and will take up his post on 05/03, announced VCF's board of directors on 03/03/2025. Lim succeeds Layhoon Chan, who was president for two terms: from 2014 to…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Clubs, Governance, …
• Article # 389755
• Published on 03/03/25 at 17:00

Media: a 72% increase in sports programming on streaming platforms "in Q1 2025" (Nielsen)

Sports programming on streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+) increased by 72% in the first quarter of 2025 worldwide, according to a study by data company Gracenote, owned by research firm Nielsen, published on 26/02/2025. "Four of the five SVOD…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 389750
• Published on 03/03/25 at 16:20