Tag Archives: UEFA

Small European FA’s proud of new kits thanks to UEFA’s Kit Assistance Scheme!

Eight European senior and Under-21 national teams are performing in brand new home and away kits, thanks to UEFA’s Kit Assistance Scheme – and each kit, with special national traits, has been launched to positive reactions. A country’s national football team shirt is a source of immense pride – not …

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Professional Football Strategy Council meets in Nyon!

The Professional Football Strategy Council (PFSC), chaired by UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin, met on Wednesday in Nyon to address a number of issues affecting professional football in Europe. The Council unanimously expressed its desire to strengthen the existing positive and open relationship with UEFA. All members agreed that such unity …

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UEFA issues statement on Financial Fair Play!

European football governing body UEFA issued an official statement yesterday, November 13 regarding Financial Fair Play. Financial Fair Play (FFP) has led to a step change in the health of the finances in European club football. Seven years ago, European clubs had a cumulative debt of €1.7bn. Last year, it …

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Electronic Arts (EA Sports) and UEFA Reveal the eChampions League!

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA Sports) and UEFA have announced the eChampions League, a pivotal tournament expansion to the EA SPORTS FIFA 19 Global Series and a brand new, authentic way for millions of football fans to connect to the UEFA Champions League through the competition. The eChampions League adds to …

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Alipay signs long-term deal to become UEFA national team football sponsor!

UEFA and Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, announced on Friday, November 9 a new eight-year global partnership, which will include all UEFA national team football competitions from 2018 to 2026. The agreement means Alipay, which is operated by Ant Financial Services Group, will become UEFA’s official global …

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Aleksander Ceferin sole candidate for UEFA Presidency!

UEFA has announced that by the set deadline of Wednesday, November 7, 2018, it has received the following candidatures for the positions of UEFA President and European members of the FIFA Council, to be elected at the 43rd Ordinary UEFA Congress on February 7, 2019 in Rome: Candidate for the …

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Football is a common language among Europeans!

UEFA first vice-president Karl-Erik Nilsson and the president of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Karl-Heinz Lambertz, meeting in Nyon, have emphasised football’s social and economic role in the development of European regions. Football’s contribution to European regional and local development, and investment in sport in the European Union …

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UEFA Referees train for VAR launch in Madrid!

UEFA and European referees are hard at work preparing for the introduction of video assistant referees (VAR) in UEFA competitions from next season. At a four-day course in Madrid, a group of referees with limited experience of VAR in their own countries took part in intensive theoretical and practical sessions, …

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Outstanding national association projects saluted at UEFA GROW Awards!

Months and years of hard work and innovation by UEFA’s national associations have been rewarded at the 2018 UEFA GROW Awards in Riga on Wednesday evening. The aim of the UEFA GROW Awards is to reward and endorse the initiatives and successes of the UEFA member national associations, while also …

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11 associations interested in hosting 2021 UEFA club finals!

UEFA has received declarations of interest from 11 member associations to host UEFA club competition finals in the year 2021. The declarations of interest are not binding and the final proposals will have to be delivered with the bid dossiers by February 15, 2019. The UEFA Executive Committee will select …

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