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United Kingdom: plans to tighten requirements for club owners & senior directors

The new Independent Football Regulator (IFR), created by The Football Governance Act 2025 enacted on 21/07/2025, has introduced a draft Owners, Directors and Senior Executives test (ODSE test) to tighten the requirements for club owners and senior executives, according to the UK Government's…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, Government, …
• Article # 410535
• Published on 08/09/25 at 13:40
©  FFF
Calendar/Injured players: "We need to put in place new rules & a new process quickly" (D. Terrier, UNFP)

"We all need to put in place new rules, new regulations and a different process as quickly as possible to protect players, especially as we are only at the start of a season, punctuated by the 2026 World Cup, in which the number of injuries will inexorably follow the number of matches played, both…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, Federations, …
• Article # 410447
• Published on 08/09/25 at 10:00
©  CIO / G. Martin
IOC: new president Kirsty Coventry sets up four working groups

• The Youth Olympic Games • The Olympic Programme • The Protection of the Female Category • Commercial Partnerships and Marketing These are the themes of the four working groups (see composition below) created by Kirsty Coventry (ZIM), president of the International Olympic Committee, who…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): International authorities, International development, Geopolitics, …
• Article # 410425
• Published on 08/09/25 at 08:40
©  D.R.
Weekly News Extra (01-05/09/2025)

• More than 500 supporters' groups have co-signed the Football Supporters Europe press release opposing the staging of domestic league matches abroad, according to FSE, which claims to have more than 3 million supporters behind it in its stance. • "For the fourth year running, the record number…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 410376
• Published on 05/09/25 at 17:40
©  FIFA
International transfers: $9.76bn spent in men's football between 01/06 & 02/09/2025

"In 2025, and for the first time ever, spending on transfer fees (in men's football between 01/06 and 02/09/2025, including the special period from 01 to 10/06/2025 introduced to coincide with the Club World Cup) reached more than $9.76bn (€8.34bn) during the mid-year transfer window, representing…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, International authorities, …
• Article # 410370
• Published on 05/09/25 at 16:55
©  UEFA
Russia/Israel: "I'm not a supporter of banning the athletes" (Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA)

"What's happening with civilians there (in regard to the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip in response to the attacks on 07/10/2023) is personally hurting, killing me. It's impossible to see these things anymore. From the other point of view, I'm not a supporter of banning the athletes. Because…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): International authorities, Geopolitics, Governance, …
• Article # 410345
• Published on 05/09/25 at 15:20
©  LFP
LFP: partnership with the Ecole Hôtelière de Genève to improve hospitality services in stadiums

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, via its subsidiary LFP Media, has entered into a partnership with the École Hôtelière de Genève (Hotel management school in Geneva, SUI) to "create a new standard for evaluating hospitality in the Ligue 1 McDonald's and Ligue 2 BKT stadiums," announced the body…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Sponsors - Partners, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 410331
• Published on 05/09/25 at 14:30
©  DFL
Germany/DFL: record cumulative turnover of €5.87bn for the 36 professional clubs

• "Never before have the 36 clubs reported such a high cumulative turnover: €5.87bn (€4,801.9m for the Bundesliga + €1,068.1m for the 2.Bundesliga, see below). • Never before have so many people been employed by the clubs of the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga and their subsidiaries: almost 62,000…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, Professional leagues, …
• Article # 410099
• Published on 04/09/25 at 11:10
©  LFFP / Icon Sport / D. Derajinski
France: LFFP creates four complementary labels "to encourage & enhance club initiatives"

• Sports policy & training • Promotion & enhancement • Fan experience • Commitment & territory These are the "key themes" covered by the four complementary labels created by the Ligue Féminine de Football Professionnel from the 2025-26 season as part of the Club Licence, announced the LFFP…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Federations, Professional leagues, …
• Article # 410056
• Published on 04/09/25 at 08:40
©  DFL
Germany/DFL: Hans-Joachim Watzke re-elected as executive committee speaker for another 4 years

Hans-Joachim Watzke (Borussia Dortmund), spokesman for the executive committee of the DFL e.V. (an association of which the trading company DFL GmbH has been a wholly-owned subsidiary since 01/07/2001) and, in accordance with the statutes, chairman of the supervisory board of DFL GmbH, was…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Professional leagues, Governance, …
• Article # 410005
• Published on 03/09/25 at 16:40