EFC: "We are one of the 3 most important governance bodies of football with FIFA & UEFA" (D. Mioduski)

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"This General Assembly with 900 clubs and over 1,200 people shows the growing importance of club football. We are clearly one of the three most important governance bodies of global football, besides FIFA and UEFA," Dariusz Mioduski, vice-chairman of European Football Clubs, told News Tank on 29 September 2026.

The owner and president of Legia Warsaw (POL) was speaking on the sidelines of EFC’s 33rd general assembly in Copenhagen (Denmark).

"We need to tackle the issues facing the European model of sport, because we do not want to end up in a situation with even bigger polarisation between the richest and biggest clubs and the smallest. We need to work on mechanisms to address the fundamental issues we have in football today, including spiralling costs, with no real limits and no…

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