A total of €150 million is being distributed to clubs from all 54 participating national associations who took part in the European Qualifiers from 2014–15 and UEFA EURO 2016. A grand total of 641 clubs received payments for releasing players to the European Qualifiers from 2014–15 and the UEFA EURO …
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A host of stellar names feature in a star-studded UEFA.com Team of the Year 2016. A grand total of 7.2 million votes were cast by fans around the world, who selected their favourite footballers from the past 12 months. Players from the Spanish league dominated the final XI, with a …
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The UEFA Executive Committee met today at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, and awarded the organisation of the 2018 UEFA Europa League final to the city of Lyon, France. Regarding the UEFA club competitions cycle of 2018–21, further to the decisions made in August, the full details …
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40 players have been nominated, with fans asked to pick their team in their preferred formation from four goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 12 midfielders and 12 forwards. Players from 20 clubs figure on the shortlist with 18 nationalities represented. In all, 15 of the 40 hopefuls are nominated for the first …
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A report assessing the UEFA Women’s Football Development Programme for Europe’s national associations showcases how the fund has been invested and selects some best practice examples. Since 2010, UEFA has been promoting women’s football through its Women’s Football Development Programme (WFDP), which funds national associations’ projects in a variety of …
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iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, has announced that Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director of UEFA and Gerhard Fourie, General Manager Global Brand Strategy at Nissan Motors as the latest panellists for the Sports Marketing Masterclass. Guy-Laurent and Gerhard join a stunning line-up of panellists which include – …
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Slovenian Aleksander Čeferin has been elected as UEFA’s seventh President at the Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens, taking 42 votes to Michael van Praag’s 13 to become the UEFA’s seventh President. The 48-year-old Slovenian received 42 votes from UEFA’s member associations, against 13 votes for the other candidate, Michael van …
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Head of Disciplinary and Integrity of UEFA, Emilio Garcia, leading sports lawyer, Daniel Cravo, CAS Arbitrator Ricardo de Buen and CEO and Founder of Vega Swiss Asset Management and former Swiss international, Ramon Vega will be analysing the standards of governance in modern football administration at the Soccerex Global Convention, …
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The top four teams from the four highest-ranked associations will enter the UEFA Champions League group stage from 2018 after new formats were confirmed for both major club competitions. The format for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 have been confirmed, with no …
Read More »A 2015/16 UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madrid and a 2016 UEFA European Championship winner with Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo has now also claimed the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award! Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed a sensational 2015/16 season, winning the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid before leading his …
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