UEC: "Shaping European football for all" - theme of the 3^rd Football Forum held in Brussels on 18/11/2025

"Shaping European football for all" was the theme of the third edition of the UEC Football Forum, which brought together "more than 200 representatives from clubs, leagues, EU institutions and football stakeholders" in Brussels (BEL), according to the Union of European Clubs at the end of the event organised on 18/11/2025.

The Forum "marked a decisive step in the growing movement to reform European football governance, strengthen solidarity across the game, and align the sport with EU legal and democratic principles," said the EFC's rival organisation, created on 24/04/2023 with a primary objective "to change the decision-making process in European football."

"I am concerned that in the medium to long term that it will be seen as merciful that elitest clubs would not continue to grow bigger, better and smash the rest of the clubs to bits. The UEC has always believed in dialogue first, but dialogue must lead to change. Ultimately if governance in football breaches the principles of EU laws, then we and others will have no choice but to seek remedies through the European institutions,…