European Club Association (ECA)

Football
Finance & Law

Uefa and the European Club Association have renewed their pact until 2030, a move that looks set to maintain the existing commercial sales structure for another rights cycle at least
Football
Governance

A new body claiming to represent the interests of small and medium sized clubs launched today (Monday), in the latest power struggle in European football
Football
Finance & Law

Football's world governing body Fifa and the European Club Association (ECA) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which proposes the creation of a joint venture to pursue the commercialisation…
Football
Governance

The balance of power in European club football is set to swing a long way back toward football’s governing bodies in 2023, as an impending European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment looks likely to restore Uefa and Fifa’s position as the undisputed gatekeepers of the sport.
Football
Industry Moves

The European Club Association (ECA) has appointed Alan Hamer as its new director of operations and finance
Football
Governance

The European Club Association (ECA) and Uefa have moved closer to agreeing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) spanning until 2030 after signing a new letter of intent (LOI)
Football
Media

Team strikes Uefa club deals worth close to €1.0
Football
Governance

European Club Association chief executive Charlie Marshall looks back on the European Super League plot and explains the club representative body’s role in shaping competition reform through its new joint venture with Uefa. Ben Cronin reports.
Football
Finance & Law

Members of the European Club Association (ECA) have backed plans to modernise Financial Fair Play rules, as well as new proposals for Uefa Champions League qualification that will be partially based on…
Football
Media

The Uefa Executive Committee has today (Monday) approved the retention of Team Marketing as the commercial rights agency for Uefa club competitions during the 2024-27 cycle, albeit with Relevent Sports…
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency is understood to have retained its remit to sell commercial rights to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27, but with US-based firm Relevent Sports Group to be awarded…
Football
Media

Uefa has sent a request for proposals document (RFP) to companies interested in selling commercial rights to its club competitions, encouraging potential bidders to “consider structures with minimum guarantees” and allowing bids across six seasons.
Football
Governance

European Club Association chairman Nasser Al-Khelaïfi hit out at the “fabulists and failures” who remain committed to football’s European Super League as he stated work is progressing with Uefa on a “…
Football
Events

Uefa and Europe's top football clubs are set to oppose a plan by Fifa to run the World Cup every two years, according to news reports
Football
Governance

The executive board of the European Club Association (ECA) has agreed that nine of the clubs involved in the hugely controversial European Super League breakaway project can retain their ECA ordinary membership…
Football
Governance

The European Club Association, the professional football clubs interest body, has moved to appoint Paris-Saint Germain’s Nasser Al-Khelaïfi as its new chairman, replacing the departed Andrea Agnelli.
Football
Events

Uefa’s executive committee has today (Monday) approved the new format for the Uefa Champions League from 2024-25 onwards as it presses ahead with its plans in the face of the European Super League breakaway t…
Football
Governance

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has delayed a decision on the reform of its Champions League club competition until April 19.