FIGC: Italian Federation study shows that football is the top sport in the world

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The economic, financial and strategic profile of football: an international comparison - ©  FIGC

265 million licensees worldwide, 1.7 million affiliated teams, a total turnover of $42.9bn (€38.8bn), or 47% of the turnover of the sport sector on a global scale, 3.6 billion cumulative audience viewers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia (see infographic below), these are some of the figures in the economic, financial and strategic football...

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The economic, financial and strategic profile of football: an international comparison - ©  FIGC

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