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Third-party ownership of players: Benfica acquire fund that holds rights to nine of their players

Sport Lisboa e Benfica SAD, the company that owns the club Benfica (Primeira Liga, Portuguese first division), acquired an 85% stake in Benfica Stars Fund, an "investment fund in transferable securities," indicated the CMVM, the Portuguese Commission of the Securities Market, on 08/09/2014…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Transfer Market, …
• Article # 24821
• Published on 10/09/14 at 12:40
©  D.R.
Italy: Joseph Tacopina resigns vice-presidency of AS Roma and should acquire Bologna FC

Joseph Tacopina (USA) resigned his position of vice-president and member of the board of directors of AS Roma (Serie A), the club announced on 08/09/2014. The lawyer, 48, held this position since 27/10/2011.An American consortium, lead by Joseph Tacopina, should acquire all of the shares of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 24805
• Published on 09/09/14 at 18:54
©  D.R.
Financial fair play: Its introduction "is not possible in Germany" (Christian Seifert, DFL)

"It should be stated clearly: a complete introduction of the UEFA's(Union of European Football Associations) financial fair play rules is not possible in Germany," said Christian Seifert, the CEO of the DFL (the German Professional Football League) on 02/09/2014."For example, UEFA compares the Abu…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 24735
• Published on 09/09/14 at 10:02
Real Madrid: €603.9m in revenue in 2013-14 (player transfers included), up 10.9% year on year

Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) recorded €603.9m in revenue for the 2013-14 season, an increase of 10.9% over the previous year, the Spanish club announced on 05/09/2014. "For the tenth consecutive year, Real will be the sporting institution with the highest income in the world," said Florentino Perez…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 24717
• Published on 08/09/14 at 18:50
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France: Luzenac AP waive Council of State hearing, asks the FFF for return to 3rd division

"Luzenac AP (Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées club) demand, exceptionally, its re-integration into the National championship (French third division)," said Jean-Jacques Bertrand, one of the lawyers for the club, to News Tank on 05/09/2014. "This application has already been sent to the FFF (French Football…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 24711
• Published on 08/09/14 at 14:23
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Ligue 1: 7.4% decrease in transfer market value of the 20 squads in one year (€1.44bn on 01/09/2014)

The transfer market value of the 20 Ligue 1 squads reached €1.44bn on 01/09/2014 according to the estimates by the specialised website Transfermarkt.de. This figure is inferior by €115.3m, or -7.4%, compared to the 2013-14 market value, on 01/09/2013 (€1.55bn).The 2014-15 Ligue 1 squads have…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Transfer Market
• Article # 24657
• Published on 05/09/14 at 17:56
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2014 summer transfer window: Ligue 1 reinforces four of the six leagues ahead of it in UEFA rankings

The Liga BBVA (ESP), the top European league according to the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) rankings on 29/08/2014, bought €94.6m worth of Ligue 1 (FRA) players during the 2014 summer transfer window (from 10/06 to 01/09/2014). This represents 41.9% of the money received by clubs…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Transfer Market
• Article # 24605
• Published on 05/09/14 at 09:55
©  Montaplex
2014 summer transfer window: Ligue 1's lowest spending since 2003, first positive balance since 2010

Ligue 1 clubs spent €134m and sold nearly €226m in the 2014 summer transfer market (from 10/6 to 01/09/2014). Spending in Ligue 1 fell by nearly 65% compared to 2013 (€378.9m) and by 26% compared to 2012 (€181m), figures which reflect the strong decrease in the capital of Paris Saint Germain and…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Transfer Market, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 24590
• Published on 04/09/14 at 19:27
©  Greg Bartram
MLS: Andy Loughnane appointed president of business operations of the Columbus Crew (Ohio)

Andy Loughnane (USA) was appointed president of business operations of the MLS (Major League Soccer) franchise Columbus Crew (Ohio, United States), the club announced on 16/08/2014.Andy Loughnane, 40, will replace Mark McCullers, who left his position of Crew president and general manager in March…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 24604
• Published on 04/09/14 at 17:23
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Netherlands: 94% of Dutch fans consider the stadiums to be high quality (KNVB-Eredivisie study)

94% of Dutch fans believe that the Dutch first division stadiums are very good, according to a collaborative study by the KNVB (Dutch FA) and the Eredivisie (first division of the Netherlands) of the 2013-14 season. This survey has been conducted annually since 2009-10. 85,000 season ticket…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Authorities, …
• Article # 24561
• Published on 04/09/14 at 11:18