In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which associationfootball teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization.
One of the worlds most pronounced association football clubs, FC Barcelona, during a home game at their stadium Camp Nou.
The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel in order to be eligible to represent the club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions.[1]
In association football terminology, competitions are referred to as "club competitions". Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club. Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation. This is a reason as to why the sport came to be called association football. The exact requirements for club licensing are regulated by FIFA and implemented on a national level within each national member association.[2]
The majority of association football clubs take part in a league system. These league systems are governed on a continental level by the six regional FIFA confederations. Football clubs exist all over the world on amateur, semi-professional or professional levels of the game. They can be owned by members as well as business entities.
Football clubs have been in practice since the 19th century, with the existence of clubs dating back to the 1850s.[3][4] During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various football games that were played in the public schools as well in the industrial north under the Sheffield Rules. Working class, industrial cities all over the U.K. began forming their own Football Associations in the late 1800s, from the Scottish Football Association in 1873 to Lancashire FA in 1878. Teams still in existence began popping up, some with the help of the Church; for example, Aston Villa was founded in 1874, Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877, Bolton Wanderers in 1874 and Everton in 1878.[5]
Due to the scope and popularity of the sport, professional football clubs carry a significant commercial existence, with fans expecting personal service and interactivity, and external stakeholders viewing the field of professional football as a source of significant business advantages.[6][7][8] For this reason, expensive player transfers have become an expectable part of the sport. Awards are also handed out to managers or coaches on a yearly basis for excellent performances.
The designs, logos and names of professional football clubs are often licensed trademarks. The difference between a football team and a (professional) football club is incorporation. A football club is an entity which is formed and governed by a committee and has members which may consist of supporters in addition to players.
A consequence of the FIFA rules and regulations for association football clubs is that players are not allowed to be owned by any legal entity other than the clubs themselves. This means that the involvement of external investors in the acquirement of players to the club must only involve the eventual transfer of the rights to the contract of the player in question, and not the contract itself.[9]
There are several professional football clubs that are publicly traded.[10] Normally, football clubs are not run with the intent of profit maximization, as its sports outcomes are considered more important than its financial outcomes by its ownership.[11] In addition, financial regulations as, for example, UEFA Financial Fair Play may also limit what a club is and is not allowed to do with their spending and capital holdings.
The capital structure of a football club most closely resembles that of a nonprofit corporation, although it may still be profitable per se to its investors. A practical example is the fact that clubs may deliberately price matchday tickets below market value, instead favouring a higher stadium attendance or membership priority access over total matchday revenues.[12] Another notable example is the prevalence of community initiatives by professional football clubs.[13][14]
Professional football clubs also act as market entities offering a highly sought after product to an entertainment sector audience. It therefor acts as a market intermediator between its product (the football players) and its market (the supporters).[16] In doing so, it fills a presence within a certain geographic area where football is a natural part of the culture. Football clubs may also expand their area of reach further from the local region of origin to whom they belong.[17]
Many association football clubs will have either one or more youth systems connected to the organization, either as part of the club, or as an affiliate to the club. The more prestigious football clubs often have a combination of their own youth academies, as well as external sources of talent (pools) through affiliated clubs as well as the arrangement of youth tournaments.
An association football club normally has a designated stadium as their home ground, where the club plays its home games, which normally make up about half of fixtures for a given season. The home ground can either be owned by the club itself or by some other entity such as a business, city or district. Clubs often are the sole event organisers of their home games.
Stadium naming rights are sometimes procured by sponsors in order to generate additional sources of revenue for the football club. Normally this requires the club (or its owners) to have sole ownership of the stadium of which naming rights are sold.[18]
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^"FIFA Club Licensing Handbook" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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^"Soccer Origins, Growth and History of the Game". thepeoplehistory.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^Breuer, Christoph; Rohde, Marc (1 March 2017). "The market for football club investors: a review of theory and empirical evidence from professional European football". European Sport Management Quarterly. 17 (3): 265–289. doi:10.1080/16184742.2017.1279203. S2CID 157226390. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^Callejo, Miguel Blanco; Forcadell, Francisco Javier (16 November 2006). "Real Madrid football club: A new model of business organization for sports clubs in Spain". Global Business and Organizational Excellence. 26 (1): 51–64. doi:10.1002/joe.20121. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^Senaux, Benoît (March 2008). "A stakeholder approach to football club governance". International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. 4 (1): 4. doi:10.1504/IJSMM.2008.017655. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^Robalinho, Marcelo (2014). Third-Party Ownership of Football Players. ISBN978-1-4689-4179-1.
^"Football Clubs you can buy shares in". uk.advfn.com. ADVFN Financial News.
^Szymanski, Stefan; Smith, Ron (1997). "The English Football Industry: profit, performance and industrial structure". International Review of Applied Economics. 11: 135–153. doi:10.1080/02692179700000008.
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^Watson, Neil (2000). "Football in the community: 'What's the score?'". Soccer & Society. 1 (1): 114–125. doi:10.1080/14660970008721253. S2CID 145366147. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^Kolyperas, Dimitrios; Morrow, Stephen; Sparks, Leigh (2015). "Developing CSR in professional football clubs: drivers and phases". Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. Emerald Insight. 15 (2): 177–195. doi:10.1108/CG-05-2014-0062.
^"About the Premier League". premierleague.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^Fleischmann, A. Carolin; Fleischmann, Martin (January 2019). "International orientation of professional football beyond Europe: A digital perspective on the global reach of English, German and Spanish clubs". Sport, Business and Management. Emerald Insight. 9 (1): 97–114. doi:10.1108/SBM-10-2017-0065. S2CID 159049310. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^Keene, Stefan (6 June 2007). "The Peculiar International Economics of Professional Football in Europe". Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 54 (3): 388–399. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00421.x. S2CID 154498439. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^Gillooly, Leah; Medway, Dominic (2018). "Sponsorships, stadia, and naming rights". Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management. Routledge. pp. 199–208. doi:10.4324/9781351262804-16. ISBN9781351262804. S2CID 188620123.
External links
FIFA Club Licensing
Further reading
Booth, Keith. The Father of Modern Sport: The Life and Times of Charles W. Alcock, Parrs Wood Press. 2002. ISBN1-903158-34-6
August 18, 2023
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In association football a football club or association football club alternatively soccer club is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization One of the worlds most pronounced association football clubs FC Barcelona during a home game at their stadium Camp Nou The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel in order to be eligible to represent the club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions 1 Contents 1 Club competitions 2 History 3 Professional football clubs 3 1 Economics 3 1 1 Markets 4 Youth systems 5 Stadiums 6 See also 7 References 8 External links 9 Further readingClub competitions EditIn association football terminology competitions are referred to as club competitions Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation This is a reason as to why the sport came to be called association football The exact requirements for club licensing are regulated by FIFA and implemented on a national level within each national member association 2 The majority of association football clubs take part in a league system These league systems are governed on a continental level by the six regional FIFA confederations Football clubs exist all over the world on amateur semi professional or professional levels of the game They can be owned by members as well as business entities History EditMain article History of association football Football clubs have been in practice since the 19th century with the existence of clubs dating back to the 1850s 3 4 During the early 1860s there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various football games that were played in the public schools as well in the industrial north under the Sheffield Rules Working class industrial cities all over the U K began forming their own Football Associations in the late 1800s from the Scottish Football Association in 1873 to Lancashire FA in 1878 Teams still in existence began popping up some with the help of the Church for example Aston Villa was founded in 1874 Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877 Bolton Wanderers in 1874 and Everton in 1878 5 Professional football clubs EditFurther information Professional sports Due to the scope and popularity of the sport professional football clubs carry a significant commercial existence with fans expecting personal service and interactivity and external stakeholders viewing the field of professional football as a source of significant business advantages 6 7 8 For this reason expensive player transfers have become an expectable part of the sport Awards are also handed out to managers or coaches on a yearly basis for excellent performances The designs logos and names of professional football clubs are often licensed trademarks The difference between a football team and a professional football club is incorporation A football club is an entity which is formed and governed by a committee and has members which may consist of supporters in addition to players A consequence of the FIFA rules and regulations for association football clubs is that players are not allowed to be owned by any legal entity other than the clubs themselves This means that the involvement of external investors in the acquirement of players to the club must only involve the eventual transfer of the rights to the contract of the player in question and not the contract itself 9 Economics Edit See also Sport management There are several professional football clubs that are publicly traded 10 Normally football clubs are not run with the intent of profit maximization as its sports outcomes are considered more important than its financial outcomes by its ownership 11 In addition financial regulations as for example UEFA Financial Fair Play may also limit what a club is and is not allowed to do with their spending and capital holdings The capital structure of a football club most closely resembles that of a nonprofit corporation although it may still be profitable per se to its investors A practical example is the fact that clubs may deliberately price matchday tickets below market value instead favouring a higher stadium attendance or membership priority access over total matchday revenues 12 Another notable example is the prevalence of community initiatives by professional football clubs 13 14 The English Premier League is wholly owned by its 20 participating member clubs 15 Markets Edit Professional football clubs also act as market entities offering a highly sought after product to an entertainment sector audience It therefor acts as a market intermediator between its product the football players and its market the supporters 16 In doing so it fills a presence within a certain geographic area where football is a natural part of the culture Football clubs may also expand their area of reach further from the local region of origin to whom they belong 17 Youth systems EditFurther information Youth system Many association football clubs will have either one or more youth systems connected to the organization either as part of the club or as an affiliate to the club The more prestigious football clubs often have a combination of their own youth academies as well as external sources of talent pools through affiliated clubs as well as the arrangement of youth tournaments Stadiums EditMain article Stadium See also Soccer specific stadium An association football club normally has a designated stadium as their home ground where the club plays its home games which normally make up about half of fixtures for a given season The home ground can either be owned by the club itself or by some other entity such as a business city or district Clubs often are the sole event organisers of their home games Stadium naming rights are sometimes procured by sponsors in order to generate additional sources of revenue for the football club Normally this requires the club or its owners to have sole ownership of the stadium of which naming rights are sold 18 See also Edit50 1 rule Association football club names Association football tactics International Federation of Association Football FIFA Forbes list of the most valuable football clubs Forbes list of the most valuable sports teams Lists of association football clubs List of women s association football clubsReferences Edit Club Licensing Regulations PDF FIFA Retrieved 23 July 2022 FIFA Club Licensing Handbook PDF FIFA Retrieved 23 July 2022 Football clubs ordered after establishment footballhistory org Retrieved 18 June 2022 Lee Chris 15 July 2021 Origin Stories The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World Brighton UK Pitch Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 1785317699 Soccer Origins Growth and History of the Game thepeoplehistory com Retrieved 20 June 2022 Breuer Christoph Rohde Marc 1 March 2017 The market for football club investors a review of theory and empirical evidence from professional European football European Sport Management Quarterly 17 3 265 289 doi 10 1080 16184742 2017 1279203 S2CID 157226390 Retrieved 18 June 2022 Callejo Miguel Blanco Forcadell Francisco Javier 16 November 2006 Real Madrid football club A new model of business organization for sports clubs in Spain Global Business and Organizational Excellence 26 1 51 64 doi 10 1002 joe 20121 Retrieved 18 June 2022 Senaux Benoit March 2008 A stakeholder approach to football club governance International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 4 1 4 doi 10 1504 IJSMM 2008 017655 Retrieved 18 June 2022 Robalinho Marcelo 2014 Third Party Ownership of Football Players ISBN 978 1 4689 4179 1 Football Clubs you can buy shares in uk advfn com ADVFN Financial News Szymanski Stefan Smith Ron 1997 The English Football Industry profit performance and industrial structure International Review of Applied Economics 11 135 153 doi 10 1080 02692179700000008 Contestation in Modern English Professional Football The Independent Supporters Association Movement SAGE Journals doi 10 1177 101269000035004002 S2CID 144506173 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Watson Neil 2000 Football in the community What s the score Soccer amp Society 1 1 114 125 doi 10 1080 14660970008721253 S2CID 145366147 Retrieved 24 April 2023 Kolyperas Dimitrios Morrow Stephen Sparks Leigh 2015 Developing CSR in professional football clubs drivers and phases Corporate Governance The International Journal of Business in Society Emerald Insight 15 2 177 195 doi 10 1108 CG 05 2014 0062 About the Premier League premierleague com Retrieved 20 June 2022 Fleischmann A Carolin Fleischmann Martin January 2019 International orientation of professional football beyond Europe A digital perspective on the global reach of English German and Spanish clubs Sport Business and Management Emerald Insight 9 1 97 114 doi 10 1108 SBM 10 2017 0065 S2CID 159049310 Retrieved 30 June 2022 Keene Stefan 6 June 2007 The Peculiar International Economics of Professional Football in Europe Scottish Journal of Political Economy 54 3 388 399 doi 10 1111 j 1467 9485 2007 00421 x S2CID 154498439 Retrieved 30 June 2022 Gillooly Leah Medway Dominic 2018 Sponsorships stadia and naming rights Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management Routledge pp 199 208 doi 10 4324 9781351262804 16 ISBN 9781351262804 S2CID 188620123 External links EditFIFA Club LicensingFurther reading EditBooth Keith The Father of Modern Sport The Life and Times of Charles W Alcock Parrs Wood Press 2002 ISBN 1 903158 34 6 Retrieved from https en 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