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UEFA has released its ninth club licensing benchmarking report on European club football, named ‘The European Club Footballing Landscape’. The latest report again highlights how UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations have transformed football finances, creating a more stable and sustainable financial position for European top-division clubs. The report offers an …

The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) on Monday, January 15, 2018 launched the second edition of its Fan Attendance Report. This study is aimed to give a complete overview of the fan attendance figures of all domestic championships run by the European Professional Football Leagues. It contains a …

UEFA has received declarations of interest from nine member football associations to host the UEFA Super Cup in 2020. The bidding procedure for the selection of the venue to host the UEFA Super Cup in 2020 was launched on December 8, 2017, with a January 12, 2018 deadline set for …

German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund have signed Switzerland international defender Manuel Akanji for an unconfirmed fee of 21,5 Million Euros from Swiss Super League champions FC Basel. The 22-year-old defender has penned a deal tying him to the eight-time German champions until June 30, 2022. “Manuel’s performances put him on …

A record of almost 8.8 million votes were cast in the UEFA.com Fans’ Team of the Year 2017 poll with players from the Spanish LaLiga dominating the final XI. A host of stellar names feature in a star-studded UEFA.com Fans’ Team of the Year 2017. A grand total of 8,779,639 …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland met today, January 10 in Strasbourg to discuss how to better promote human rights in sports. The meeting followed an exchange of views between the FIFA President and the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. Secretary General Jagland …

European football‘s governing body UEFA has launched a brand-new programme, UEFA ASSIST, to support other football confederations with knowledge-sharing, development and education opportunities. Promoting, protecting and developing football is one of UEFA’s central objectives, and to complement all the work done in Europe, UEFA has created a global programme which …

The latest version of the UEFA Medical Regulations come into force on January 1, 2018 – and update requirements for the medical examination that players must undertake before playing in UEFA competitions. The regulations were approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on June 1, 2017, and were communicated to UEFA …

Swiss Super League side Lausanne-Sport yesterday announced the signing of Enzo Zidane, the son of legendary France midfielder and current Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane. The 22-year-old midfielder joins Lausanne-Sport from Spanish LaLiga side Deportivo Alaves, whom he only had joined last summer but only made four appearances across all …

In the end it all happened relative quickly as only days after resigning as Russian Football Union chief, Vitaly Mutko has now also left his role as head of the 2018 FIFA World Cup LOC (Local Organising Committee). Earlier Vitaly Mutko has resigned temporarily as Russian Football Union chief for …