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Championship: Chinese conglomerate Fosun buys 100% of Wolverhampton FC (£45m/€53.9m)

Fosun, one of the largest private conglomerates in China, acquired 100% of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Championship), announced the club on 21/07/2016. The statement did not reveal the amount of the transaction, which the BBC and the Financial Times estimated at £45m (€53.9m). "“We are delighted…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 73923
• Published on 26/07/16 at 09:09
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"Victims, families and friends are in the thoughts of Bayern" after attack in Munich on 22/07/2016

"The victims, their families and their friends are in the thoughts of the FC Bayern family after Friday's (22/07/2016) terror attack in a Munich shopping centre," stated FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) on 23/07/2016. Nine people were killed and twenty-seven wounded in a shooting perpetrated by an 18…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 73907
• Published on 25/07/16 at 16:15
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Premier League: Liverpool offer its fans chance to design matchday images for social networks

Liverpool FC (Premier League) have a new iniative which offers its fans the chance to design matchday images, the club announced on 10/07/2016.With the hashtag #MyLFCMatchdayImage, Liverpool fans can send - via Twitter (@LFC) or Instagram (@LiverpoolFC) - their creations to participate in this…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 73903
• Published on 25/07/16 at 15:24
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Bundesliga: SV Darmstadt 98 to offer free tickets for low-income supporters

SV Darmstadt 98 (Bundesliga) will reserve, as in previous seasons, free tickets to unemployed persons, pensioners, and children from large families to allow them to support their local team, at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (17,000 seats), announced the club on 13/07/2016. The operation is…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Stadiums, …
• Article # 73901
• Published on 25/07/16 at 14:39
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Social networks: AS Monaco the European club with most increased following (+304%) from 2014 to 2016

AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1) are the European club with the highest percentage increase in terms of its following on social networks (+304%) between 01/07/2014 and 30/06/2016, according to Result Sports, an agency specialising in the analysis of data on social networks in sports, on 20/07/2016. The…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 73836
• Published on 25/07/16 at 12:14
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"No league has done a better job with ticket pricing strategy than the Bundesliga" (M. Pannes, Roma)

"Clubs really have to get young fans into the building. And there is no league that has done a better job with the pricing strategy than the Bundesliga," stated Mark Pannes, the former CEO (March 2013 to January 2016) of the Stadio della Roma project for AS Roma (Serie A TIM), in a conference…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 73802
• Published on 25/07/16 at 09:09
Leicester City: Premier League trophy to be presented to fans in Los Angeles and Stockholm

Leicester City FC will allow its fans to be photographed next to the Premier League on the sidelines of its friendly matches in Los Angeles, California (against Paris Saint-Germain, on 30/08/2016) and Stockholm, Sweden (against FC Barcelona, on 03/08/2016). The day before each of these games, the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 73782
• Published on 22/07/16 at 11:14
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Ligue 1: Girondins Tour Puma 2016, 14 stages along the Atlantic coast with the club's supporters

FC Girondins de Bordeaux (Ligue 1) have organised, in partnership with their kit suppler Puma, a summer tour for the general public, from 31/07 to 16/08/2016. The 2016 edition of the event, organised every summer by Bordeaux since 2000, includes 14 stages, all located on the beaches of the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 73761
• Published on 22/07/16 at 10:30
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Liverpool FC: club offers its fans the chance to create a pie that will be marketed at Anfield

Liverpool FC (Premier League) have launched a competition for fans to create a pie recipe dubbed the "Taste of Anfield", on 06/07/2016. The club set up this contest to celebrate the expansion of the Main Stand of Anfield, which will house 21,000 spectators in 2016-17, against 12,500 previously…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 73746
• Published on 22/07/16 at 09:20
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Olympique de Marseille: V. Labrune leaves the club, G. Ciccolunghi appointed chief executive

A new governance structure, with an executive board and a supervisory board, has been set up by Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1), announced Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, owner of the club, on 20/07/2016. Giovanni Ciccolunghi (72 years old), a member of the board of Louis-Dreyfus Holding, has been…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 73751
• Published on 21/07/16 at 17:35