German football is mourning the loss of striker Bernd Hölzenbein, who earned the penalty which set West Germany on the way to victory over the Netherlands in the 1974 FIFA World Cup final. Hölzenbein, who succumbed to serious illness on Monday aged 78, is the third German world champion to …
Read More »UEFA Child and Youth Protection Workshop successfully held!
On April 11/12, the UEFA Child and Youth Protection Workshop took place at the Brdo Congress Centre in Slovenia. The event served as a unique opportunity for national football associations in Europe, represented by Child and Youth Protection Officers and Football Sustainability Managers, to share their progress in this field …
Read More »UEFA and the IOC host joint betting integrity workshop!
Sports betting entities and international federations joined UEFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on April 11 for a full-day workshop focused on how sport and the sports betting industry can work together to fight match-fixing. Co-organised by the IOC and UEFA, and held at Olympic House in Lausanne, the …
Read More »Team doctors sign up for a clean UEFA EURO 2024!
Team doctors for all 24 teams set to compete at UEFA EURO 2024 have signed UEFA’s UEFA EURO 2024 anti-doping charter, committing to a clean and safe tournament for all participants. The document was signed on Tuesday at the EURO 2024 finalists’ workshop in Düsseldorf, which brought together representatives from …
Read More »UEFA’s FootbALL: everyone is welcome!
UEFA showcases FootbALL programme across its competitions to highlight importance of diversity and inclusion in European football. At the upcoming matches of its club competitions, UEFA will showcase its FootbALL programme on perimeter boardings, stadium screens and on UEFA’s social media channels, but also a new television advertisement will be …
Read More »Ticket sales for 2024 men’s UEFA club competition finals & UEFA Super Cup launched!
Ticket sales for all three upcoming men’s UEFA club competition finals and the UEFA Super Cup have started exclusively via UEFA.com/tickets and will run until 11:00 CEST on April 16. As in previous years, fans of the participating teams and the general public are being allocated the majority of tickets and general …
Read More »Europe’s Club licensing community boosted by regional workshops!
Clubs and national associations from across Europe are already gearing up for next season following UEFA’s latest round of regional club licensing workshops. Three events, held in Armenia, Estonia and the Netherlands, with support from host associations, brought European football’s licensing community together to discuss the latest updates to the …
Read More »AliExpress signs as UEFA EURO 2024 partner!
UEFA has announced international online retail marketplace AliExpress as an official partner of UEFA EURO 2024, which takes place in Germany across ten host cities from 14 June to 14 July. The partnership was unveiled at Olympiastadion Berlin earlier today by UEFA marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein, AliExpress European Commercial Director …
Read More »Maximising football’s impact with UEFA Grow!
The UEFA Grow programme helped the Georgian Football Federation to fully capitalise on the long-term benefits of co-hosting the European Under-21 Championship finals in 2023. In her role as communications manager at the Georgian Football Federation (GFF), Tamara Kapanadze saw first-hand how the approval of a new strategy in 2021 …
Read More »How the UEFA Academy made better football scouts!
The UEFA Elite Scout Programme is just one example of how courses offered by the UEFA Academy provide opportunities to share knowledge and increase expertise. Gus Williams, a member of the programme’s first cohort, explains how. Launched in 2021 through the UEFA Academy, the UEFA Elite Scout Programme caters specifically …
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