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©  DFL
DFL: VfL Wolfsburg's Volkswagen Arena named "Pitch of the Year" for the 2018-19 Bundesliga season

VfL Wolfsburg's (Bundesliga) pitch has been named "Pitch of the Year" for the 2018-19 Bundesliga season, according to the DFL on 02/09/2019. The pitch at the Volkswagen Arena (30,000 capacity) came ahead of the Signal Iduna Park (Borussia Dortmund, 81,365 capacity) and Borussia Park (Borussia…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 155462
• Published on 06/09/19 at 16:10
©  European Leagues
Soccerex : "Our European competition proposal is not in favor of a closed league" (European Leagues)

"So we (European Leagues) are here to talk about the future of European football competitions, and today we present our proposal (see in detail below) for UEFA Club Competitions (UCC) post 2024. We will talk about the principles rather than the detail of competition formats and financial…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 155483
• Published on 06/09/19 at 15:23
©  NTF
Soccerex: "Must think about the financial gap in Europe, not only competitions" (J.M. Cruz, Sevilla)

"The ECA is the representative of clubs, mostly those who play in Europe consistently, but there are still many, many other clubs in football, who aspire to European competition for just one season. So we must take care to create a better balance between the clubs that are always in Europe and…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 155458
• Published on 06/09/19 at 13:05
©  D.R.
European Rugby Cup finals: an economic impact of £24.6m (€27.2m) for the city of Newcastle (ENG)

"European Professional Club Rugby's memorable 2019 Finals weekend delivered an impressive £24.6m (€27.2m) economic boost to the host city, Newcastle (ENG, host city of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals in May 2019)," announced EPCR on 04/09/2019. "A capacity St James' Park…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 155346
• Published on 05/09/19 at 16:19
©  NTF
Soccerex: "We have to conclude the European reform project was not good enough" (J. Tebas, LaLiga)

"We have to conclude that the (European competition reform) project was not good enough, or open enough. The vast majority of clubs were against this. In my opinion, too many clubs were not involved in the creation of the project, it was simply forced onto them by, I think, a small subset of big…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 155350
• Published on 05/09/19 at 14:54
©  NTF
Soccerex: "For our TV channel, we want to tell more stories about our football" (T. Craveiro, FPF)

"For the TV channel, we think there is a great oppurtunity to tell more stories about Portuguese football. We want to show the football journey from kids at six years old, through the academies, and tell each kid's story until he or she is 16 or 17 years old, and the individual has to decide on a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 155363
• Published on 05/09/19 at 13:15
2022 World Cup: a selection of qualifiers involving African teams broadcast on FIFA.com and YouTube

FIFA is broadcasting a selection of CAF qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup on its website (FIFA.com) and its YouTube channel between 04 and 10/09/2019, announced the International Federation on 03/09/2019. "FIFA is unveiling a landmark initiative by investing in the production of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 155331
• Published on 05/09/19 at 12:30
©  FIFA
Qatar 2022: World Cup emblem "featuring elements of Arab culture" presented in Doha, Qatar (FIFA)

FIFA and Qatar, host country of the 2022 World Cup, have presented the competition's official emblem on 03/09/3019. "The emblem's design embodies the vision of an event that connects and engages the entire world, while also featuring striking elements of local and regional Arab culture and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 155266
• Published on 04/09/19 at 16:50
©  Première Ligue
France: "Première Ligue wants Ligue 1 to decide on Ligue 1 matters" (B. Caïazzo, AS Saint-Étienne)

"Considerations are currently being made regarding the governance of the LFP. What is the future of the organisation? The Première Ligue (union of primarily Ligue 1 club presidents) wants Ligue 1 to decide on Ligue 1 matters," explained Bernard Caïazzo, chairman of AS Saint-Étienne (Ligue 1…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 155222
• Published on 04/09/19 at 13:04
©  UEFA
Euro 2020: qualification resumes from Thursday 05/09 to Tuesday 10/09/2019 (Matchdays 5 and 6)

Nine Euro 2020 qualifying matches, including Romania - Spain (Group F) and Armenia - Italy (Group J), are scheduled for Thursday 05/09/2019, the day on which qualifying is resumed, in which will determine 20 of the 24 teams selected for the final tournament organised from 12/06 to 12/07/2020 in 12…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Digital, …
• Article # 155105
• Published on 03/09/19 at 17:35