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Man City: record turnover of €489m in 2014-15, the first profitable year since acquisition in 2008

Manchester City FC (Barclays Premier League) achieved a record turnover of £351.8m (€489m on 31/05/2015) during the 2015 financial year (01/06/2014 to 31/05/2015), up 1.5% from 2014 (£346.5m / €426.2m on 31/05/2014), stated the "Citizens" on 14/10/2015. The club recorded a £4.1m decline in its…

Manchester City FC: 2014-15 Annual Report

Manchester City FC (Barclays Premier League) acheived a record turnover of £351.8m (€489m on 31/05/2015) during the 2015 financial year (01/06/2014 to 31/05/2015), up 1.5% from 2014 (£346.5m / €426.2m on 31/05/2014), stated the "Citizens" on 14/10/2015. The club recorded a net profit of £10.7m…

Italy: the presidents of Lazio, Genoa and Bari suspected of obstructing Covisoc (management control)

Claudio Lotito, president of SS Lazio (Serie A TIM), Enrico Preziosi, president of Genoa CFC (Serie A TIM) and Gianluca Paparesta, president of FC Bari 1908 (Serie B) are suspected by the prosecutor of Milan (ITA) of "obstructing the activity of supervision" of Covisoc (Commissione di Vigilanza…

Bundesliga: Paul Keuter (Twitter) appointed head of digital strategy of Hertha Berlin

Paul Keuter (40 years) has been appointed head of digital strategy of Hertha BSC Berlin (Bundesliga) and will take office in January 2016, the club announced on 14/10/2015. Paul Keuter was responsible for sports partnerships at the German branch of Twitter since January 2013. "The digitisation of…

OL Groupe: €103.5m of revenue (-14%) and reduction of €5m in net deficit to €21.4m in 2014-15

The total operating revenue of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) stood at €103.5m on 30/06/2015, compared to €120.5m one year earlier, a decline of 14% (-€17m), announced the OL Groupe, the holding company which owns the Lyon club, on 13/10/2015, after having approved the accounts for the 2014-15…

Liga BBVA: Getafe CF launches "Getafinder", a dating application for its supporters

Getafe CF has launched the application "Getafinder" allowing fans situated around the stadium Alfonso Pérez (17,400 seats) to socialise, on 13/10/2015. "Getafinder" works using the same model as Tinder, a dating application which uses geographic proximity. A match is reported when two fans click…

MLS-Miami: "We hope to announce the construction site and stadium plans in six weeks" (D. Beckham)

"We found a site where we want to build our stadium. We have to build the stadium before we are able to come into the league. Our aim is 2018. We hope to announce the construction site and the stadium plans in six weeks," said the former England international David Beckham to the British newspaper…

Ligue 1: Grand Stade de Lyon may be open for the first matchday of 2016, O. Lyonnais - ESTAC Troyes

Olympique Lyonnais could play their first match in the new Grande Stade de Lyon (59,000 seats) against ESTAC Troyes (Matchday 20 of Ligue 1, the first round of fixtures in 2016), on 08, 09 or 10/01/2016. Construction of the stadium officially began on 29/07/2013.After the installation of the main…

Premier League: progression of the domestic and international audiovisual revenues

Bundesliga: kit suppliers in 2015-16

The German sports equipment brand adidas is the most represented company among the clubs of the Bundesliga in 2015-16, with 5 of the 18 clubs under contract (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Ingolstadt 04, FC Schalke 04 eand Hamburger SV), 27.8% of the total.