ECA: "Remarkable results for European club football" (Andrea Agnelli)

"Since its foundation, ECA has constantly grown and managed to achieve remarkable results for European club football. On behalf of the entire Executive Board, I would like to thank all member clubs for their belief in our association and their invaluable contribution over the past ten years, as well as all football stakeholders, in particular UEFA, for the great cooperation. ECA's success story is without a doubt a real team effort that everyone can be very proud of," said Andrea Agnelli (ITA), president of the European Club Association, on the occasion of the 10^th anniversary of the ECA on 22/01/2018.

"It was on 21/01/2008 that the European Club Association (ECA) was founded on the occasion of a European Club Forum (ECF) meeting at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The then ECF chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER) and UEFA president Michel Platini (FRA) signed the first Memorandum of Understanding officialising the establishment of an independent representative body for European clubs, the European Club Association. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was elected as the association's…