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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 FC
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
©  Parma FC
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
©  Bruno Perrel / Panoramic
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
©  Servette FC
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
©  Hannover 96
Bundesliga: Hannover 96 shirt sponsor Heinz von Heiden offers a house to promotion winners

The German house construction company Heinz von Heiden, the shirt sponsor of Hannover 96 (Bundesliga), are offering, in the context of their partnership with the club, a house worth €200,000 as a prize if participants can kick a ball into a cement mixer from a distance of 11 metres, announced…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 38699
• Published on 08/04/15 at 18:45
©  D.R.
Liverpool FC: adult season ticket rate freeze, 10% reduction for children in 2015-16

Liverpool FC (Barclays Premier League) announced a freeze on adult season ticket rates and a decrease of 10% for children to mark the launch of its 2015-16 season ticket campaign on 07/04/2015. Liverpool fans can buy season tickets starting from £710 (€972). The highest rate is £869 (€1,190), the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 38663
• Published on 08/04/15 at 14:05
©  n/a
Facebook: the removal of inactive accounts creates loss of 10.7 million fans for the European Top 20

The Top 20 European clubs in terms of fans on the social network Facebook have lost 10.7 million fans (-2.1%) compared with February 2015 due to the mass removal of inactive accounts by Facebook since 12/03/2015. The Top 20 clubs on Facebook now have a combined total of 497.1 million fans…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 38487
• Published on 07/04/15 at 12:44