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UEFA European club competitions have reached the quarter-final stages and as the competitions intensify, it’s now not only the question of who’s winning the titles but also which league gets additional spots for 2025/26 European competitions. Surprised? We are speaking about the

There is a shift change in the way a stadium is perceived today. Beyond the matchday, a stadium today is the hotbed for commercial activities, from stadium tour to retail outlet to various conference locations. In future stadium designs, place for retail outlets, hotels and other

The fight for promotion and even greater amount of fight to avoid relegation is one of the hallmarks of global football. Major Soccer League (MLS) in North America has avoided the subject altogether but things could change for the first time in United States soccer history with

The past weekend in English football has been as exciting and historical as it can get. On one hand,  Liverpool won their record-equalling 20th Premier League title in the debut season of their manager Arne Slot and on the other hand, we have Wrexham AFC, the Welsh club, creating

Couple of days back, the French National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG) has issued a significant warning to football clubs in Ligue 1, advising them against factoring in television rights for the upcoming season. This comes at a time when after all the struggles

Every year the promotion and relegation battle lead us to some exciting new clubs who either have stepped into top-tier football for the first time in history or have returned after a long gap. It is always heartening to see such clubs like Ipswich Town, Luton Town, FC St. Pauli,

One month to go for the much-hyped Club World Cup, a revamped quadrennial competition featuring 32 teams chosen from across the federations through a selection process based on a four-year performance led ranking pathway or by winning continental titles between 2021 and 2024.

Recent years have seen a lot of geopolitical change. But how does the global political landscape affect the football industry? Simon Chadwick, former Director of Research for the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022, is presenting a free webinar on this topic. Join us on Tuesday 20th May

Commercial revenue, the money earned from establishing working partnerships with commercial entities, either through sponsorship or licensing, merchandising etc., is constantly on the rise. The power of benefiting from the association with sports, like the most watched European

Football kit sponsorship is big and complex business. Simplistically put, it is a high-technology driven piece of apparel meant to make the players comfortable during their matches. Looking at it in a larger perspective, it is one the biggest sponsorship asset for the club and

UEFA Champions League 2024/25 season is in its last lap. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Inter Milan are gearing up for the final race to glory. While Luis Enrique led PSG are looking to bag a ‘treble’ after already clinching the domestic league and Coupe de France titles, Inter

2024/25 Champions League was truly special for Paris Saint-Germain. Ending years of heartbreak, PSG perhaps created the biggest news for the city by winning the title defeating Inter Milan in a rather spectacular fashion. As the congratulations pour in, and the world goes doing

‘Multi-club ownership’, a situation where a party exerts control and/or decisive influence over more than one club, is the hottest buzzword football. What began as a shareholding idea has now over 140+ operating MCO groups, a mix of small and big players, having around 400+ clubs

In European football, the concentration of financial might with the ‘big five’ leagues has created a gap with other leagues so wide that it has restrained these leagues to themselves. The possibilities of reshaping the terminology from ‘big five’ to big six or any other is

Business in today’s world is revolving around ‘data’. What began as a basic tool to create a log book has now metamorphosed into the biggest decision making tool growing exponentially, particularly in the least few years. Recent analyses by International Data Corporation (IDC)

Is it the time for European football leagues to adopt direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming on a full scale? A burning question being discussed across the boards and powers-to-be across the leagues seem to be moving in that direction. Some steps have already been taken by selected

Recently released Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance edition reveals that European football market touched €38bn aggregate revenues in 23/24, out of which, the contributing share of ‘big five’ leagues is €20.4bn, that is 54% of the total. Looking back at the revenue

Sponsorship essentially is a collaborative arrangement between a property which could be an event or place or person and brand where the property offers its platform and its followers for promoting the brand in exchange of financial or in-kind support. It has gone on to become of

Financial disparity amongst leagues and clubs has been a topic worth discussing for a long time. And the concerning chasm just seems to be increasing in a layered manner. - The very first layer can be considered to be the increasing gap between the group of  ‘big five’ leagues