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Germany: RB Leipzig incorporates its professional football section as a company

RB Leipzig (2.Bundesliga, German second division) has divided its professional football section and its U-15 and higher youth teams from the club's association to incorporate them as a limited liability company (GmbH, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung), decided the club at the general meeting…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 29464
• Published on 04/12/14 at 18:02
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Social networks: Manchester City (8.3 million fans) top Euro club on the Chinese platform Sina Weibo

Manchester City FC (Barclays Premier League) is, along with more than 8.3 million fans, the top European club on the Chinese micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo, as of 04/12/2014.Five Premier League clubs are present in the Top 10 of the most popular clubs on this platform, which boasts 448 million…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 29433
• Published on 04/12/14 at 14:31
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England: Massimo Cellino (Leeds United) disqualified from the Football League due to tax evasion

Massimo Cellino, the president and majority shareholder of Leeds United AFC (Championship, English second division), has been disqualified by the Football League (organising body of the English second, third, and fourth divisions) and asked to resign from the club on 01/12/2014.The board of the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal
• Article # 29246
• Published on 02/12/14 at 19:35
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France: French Management Control lifts the transfer ban on Tours FC (Ligue 2)

The DNCG (French National Directorate of Management Control) has lifted the transfer ban on Tours FC (Ligue 2), the club said on 02/12/2014."The commission has recognised a clear improvement and effort at all levels, and so lifted the player recruitment ban. The club can now be strengthened within…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 29312
• Published on 02/12/14 at 19:04
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Bayern Munich announces record turnover of €528.7m (+22%) and net profit of €16.5m in 2013-14

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) announced a record turnover of €528.7m in 2013-14 at its annual general meeting on 28/11/2014. This amount is consistent with reports in the German press and reported by News Tank on 20/10/2014. It is 22% higher than the previous Bayern record turnover figure of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 29306
• Published on 02/12/14 at 18:48
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3.Bundesliga: €164.5m in revenues and €3.9m net profit in 2013-14

The 20 clubs of the 3.Liga (German third division) have accumulated €164.5m in revenues (excluding transfer activities) and a net profit of €3.9m in the 2013-14 season, showed the DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, the German Football Federation), organiser of the competition, on 02/12/2014. The…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities
• Article # 29289
• Published on 02/12/14 at 16:26
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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich claim the world record for the most association members (251,315)

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) has 251,315 members (or "socios") of in its association at the end of the 2013-14 season, the club said at the general meeting of its members on 28/11/2014. “I’ve said I was hopeful we’d soon be the world’s biggest sports club. We’ve hit that target,” Karl Hopfner…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 29222
• Published on 01/12/14 at 18:30
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Ligue 1: Orange will allow 12 fans of Olympique Lyonnais to be present on the shirt sleeve

The telecom group Orange has activated a partnership with Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) to allow 12 supporters to appear on the sleeve of the shirt until the end of the 2014-15 season, the club announced on 27/11/2014. A visibility package on the club's shirt sleeve had previously been acquired by…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 29156
• Published on 01/12/14 at 11:10
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Bundesliga: Hubertus Hess-Grunewald succeeds Klaus-Dieter Fischer as president of Werder Bremen

The German Hubertus Hess-Grunewald was elected president of the association Sport-Verein "Werder" von 1899 eV, which manages Werder Bremen (Bundesliga), at the general meeting of the club on 24/11/2014. His term is four years, and will end in 2018. Hubertus Hess-Grunewald, 54 years old, who has…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 29120
• Published on 28/11/14 at 15:00
Bundesliga: Werder Bremen records €9.8m net loss in 2013-14, the third consecutive yearly deficit

SV Werder Bremen GmbH & Co KG aA, the limited company that manages the professional football section of SV Werder Bremen (Bundesliga), achieved a turnover of €91.3m in the 2013-14 fiscal year, up 3.9% over 2012-13 (€87.9m), the club announced at its General Assembly on 24/11/2014. Werder Bremen…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 29118
• Published on 28/11/14 at 14:30