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Ligue 1, Ligue 2: sixth consecutive season of losses despite a 13.7% increase in turnover

The 40 professional clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 had a combined net loss of €93m for the 2013-14 financial year (from 01/07/2013 to 30/06/2014), 2.4 times that of 2012-13 (-€39m), as is shown in the the individual accounts of clubs for the 2013-14 season, which were published by the French DNCG on…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities
• Article # 39653
• Published on 20/04/15 at 14:59

Bundesliga: Helmut Bohnhorst (agriculture) acquires 1.5% of Hamburger SV for €4m

The German agriculture entrepreneur Helmut Bohnhorst has acquired a 1.5% stake in HSV Fußball AG, the public limited company of the German club Hamburger SV (Bundesliga), for €4m, the club announced on 14/04/2015. The transaction was concluded on 20/03/2015, stated the club. It currently values…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Legal
• Article # 39373
• Published on 17/04/15 at 13:56

O. Lyonnais stadium: "€70m annually (in matchday revenue) within the next five years" (J-M Aulas)

For the new Grand Stade de Lyon, "we are starting with an estimate that could reach €50m in the first year (in matchday revenue), and we hope in this business plan to reach €70m annually within the next five years," said Jean-Michel Aulas, the owner and president of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1)…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 38081
• Published on 16/04/15 at 12:30

Champions League: quarter-final ties begin on 14/04/2015

As the quarter-final ties of the 2014-15 Champions League begin on 14/04/2015 with Atlético de Madrid (Liga BBVA) - Real Madrid CF (Liga BBVA) and Juventus (Serie A TIM) - AS Monaco (Ligue 1), both matches kick-off at 20:45 CET, please find a selection of the latest news from News Tank Football…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 39248
• Published on 14/04/15 at 19:05

Crystal Palace: record turnover (€113m) and net profit (€21.3m) in 2013-14

CPFC 2010 Ltd, the company that owns Crystal Palace FC (Barclays Premier League) and Selhurst Park (25,073 seats), achieved a turnover of £90.4m (€113m as of 30/06/2014) during the 2013-14 season, the London club announced on 02/04/2015. This amount is 6.2 times higher than the 2012-13 turnover of…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Legal
• Article # 39138
• Published on 13/04/15 at 19:28

Ligue 1: R. Berghe and J-M Vandamme to jointly replace F. Paquet as deputy director of LOSC Lille

LOSC Lille (Ligue 1) announced the appointments of Reynald Berghe and Jean-Michel Vandamme as co-deputy directors general on 08/04/2015. Reynald Berghe was previously CFO of the Lille (FRA) club, whereas Jean-Michel Vandamme served as the sports advisor to the president Michel Seydoux, as well as…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 39083
• Published on 13/04/15 at 15:36

Serie A: €74m in sporting debt must be covered for Parma FC to play in the Serie B in 2015-16

A new owner would have cover €74m in sporting debt for Parma FC to play in the Serie B in 2015-15, according to Italian media on 09/04/2015. If the club -- which was declared bankrupt by the court of Parma on 19/03/2015, and is virtually certain to be relegated from the Serie A TIM in 2014-15 -…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Authorities
• Article # 38963
• Published on 10/04/15 at 15:55

YouTube: 3.42 million subscribers for Barça and Real Madrid, or 97.1% of total for La Liga

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF constitute 3.42 million subscribers on the video sharing platform YouTube, representing 97.1% of the total of the Liga BBVA (3.6 million in total), according to figures compiled by News Tank, on 09/04/2015. Real Madrid is the most followed club in Europe (1,713,000…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 38780
• Published on 10/04/15 at 12:56

Ligue 1: "Increasing the capacity of the Stade Vélodrome killed the black market" (V. Labrune, OM)

"We favour filling of the stadium to the increase revenues. The club is now directly involved with the ticket price rates, instead of the supporters' associations (who handled the ticketing in the past). The increase of the capacity of the Stade Velodrome killed the black market (for tickets),…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 38834
• Published on 09/04/15 at 16:06

Switzerland: close to bankruptcy, Servette FC blame the operating model of their stadium

Servette FC (Brack.ch Challenge League, the Swiss second division) "is not in a position to pay wages or its suppliers from the end of March 2015," announced the Geneva club on its website on 31/03/2015. "We are working very hard on a number of initiatives, in both the public and private sectors…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Authorities, …
• Article # 38504
• Published on 09/04/15 at 13:49