UEFA president calls for unity in ‘increasingly divided world’
April 3 – Using the metaphor of a symphony, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin (pictured) delivered a message of unity at his confederation’s Congress in Belgrade on Thursday.
Tag: European Club Association
ECA wraps up its busiest year with review of workstreams and launch of leadership programme
November 20 – The European Club Association (ECA) Executive Committee held its final 2024 meeting at the Paris Saint-Germain Campus on Tuesday, focusing on key issues shaping European and international club football.
Juventus set to rejoin ECA after Super League pull-out
June 3 – Juventus are to rejoin the European Club Association (ECA), the body’s chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi told a meeting of its executive committee before the Champions league final at the weekend.
ECA closes in on 500 members as exco meets in Doha to review strategic initiatives
January 31 – Meeting in Qatar on the sidelines of the Asian Cup, the European Club Association’s (ECA) executive committee held its first meeting of 2024 to review key strategic development projects.
ECA launches Fixture Hub to take the pain and risk out of arranging friendlies
April 25 – The European Club Association (ECA) and data analytics specialist LCP have launched the ECA Fixture Hub, an online platform for football friendly fixtures coordination across Europe.
ECA hobnobs with European Parliament Sports Group as it pushes for ‘meaningful reform’
March 8 – A delegation from the European Club Association (ECA) yesterday met with members of the European Parliament Sports Group in Brussels.
ECA fan survey highlights shifts in how football is being consumed
September 15 – ECA’s ‘future of fandom’ report has shone a light on the shifts in football consumption patterns by the younger generation and, while the results are hardly surprising, they highlight some of the challenges the football industry faces.
ECA to hold first powwow of the season in Istanbul with calendar and UEFA j/v on agenda
August 23 – The European Club Association (ECA) will hold its first board meeting of the season this Thursday (August 25) in Istanbul.
ECA’s Ukraine relief programme sends funds to 15 clubs across Europe
August 19 – Fifteen clubs have received assistance from the Ukraine Relief Programme, the European Clubs Association (ECA) has announced.
ECA launches Ukraine relief fund with UEFA Foundation support
June 17 – The European Club Association and the UEFA Foundation for Children are inviting clubs to apply for a €25,000 and €50,000 grant to support efforts with humanitarian initiatives to assist the Ukrainian people.
ECA boots out its seven Russian club members
March 2 – The European Club Association (ECA) has kicked out its Russian members following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Super League rehab: Levy, Antonello and Gil join ECA board
September 8 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has been voted on to the executive board of the European Club Association, just five months after his club were one of 12 founder members of the aborted breakaway European Super League.
ECA re-admits repentant nine of the ESL’s Dirty Dozen back into its membership
By Paul Nicholson
August 16 – The European Club Association (ECA), has agreed that nine of the 12 European Super League (ESL) breakaway clubs can remain as members following their requests to withdraw their resignations from the club body.
ECA and Juve boss Agnelli warns of two year €4bn Covid cash crisis for clubs
By Andrew Warshaw
September 8 – The head of European club football’s umbrella organisation warned today of the “deep scars” caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the probable “cash crisis” for scores of clubs in the months ahead.
European clubs provide 74% of World Cup players, just 35 of 736 come from South American clubs
June 6 – When European clubs complain about their highly paid players being stretched to the limit by too much international competition, they often receive scant sympathy.