Any further posts on Raiola by the two of you will be deleted. The battle has been fought and it is a tie. Stop it please.
https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-teleurgesteld-over-beperkt-aantal-kaarten-voor-finale The UEFA agenda against our football is a real thing.
Are Roma supporters also limited to that number? Note that the arena for the match only has room for 21K spectators. That's pretty small for a Euro final even if it is just the Conference League. 3K seats is over 10% of the capacity.
Just in from UEFA - here are the changes to the Champions League that will begin in 2024 Following an exhaustive consultation with stakeholders in the game, the UEFA Executive Committee has today in Vienna approved the final format and access list for European club competitions as of the 2024/25 season further to its decision of 19 April 2021 to introduce the so-called “Swiss system”. The key amendments relate to the reduction from 10 matches to 8 in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League and the change of criteria for the allocation of two of the four additional places in the UEFA Champions League, removing access based on club coefficient. This confirms UEFA’s strong commitment to the principle of open competitions and sporting merit, while recognising the need to protect domestic leagues. The eight matches of the UEFA Champions League will be played over the ten European weeks foreseen by the decision made in April 2021. The UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League will all enjoy one week of calendar exclusivity. The four additional places created by the increase from 32 to 36 teams in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League will be allocated as follows: • One place will go to the club ranked third in the championship of the association in fifth position in the UEFA national association ranking. • One place will be awarded to a domestic champion by extending from four to five the number of clubs qualifying via the so-called “Champions Path”. • The final two places will go to the associations with the best collective performance by their clubs in the previous season (total number of points obtained divided by the number of participating clubs). Those two associations will earn one place for the club best ranked in the domestic league behind the UEFA Champions League positions. For example, at the end of the current season the two associations adding one club to the Champions League, based on the collective performance of their clubs would be England and the Netherlands. • The UEFA Executive Committee once again confirmed that all games before the final will still be played midweek, recognising the importance of the domestic calendar of games across Europe. Commenting on the decisions, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, said: “UEFA has clearly shown today that we are fully committed to respecting the fundamental values of sport and to defending the key principle of open competitions, with qualification based on sporting merit, fully in line with the values and solidarity-based European sports model. “Today’s decisions conclude an extensive consultation process during which we listened to the ideas of fans, players, coaches, national associations, clubs and leagues to name but a few, with the aim to find the best solution for the development and success of European football, both domestically and on the international club stage. “We are convinced that the format chosen strikes the right balance and that it will improve the competitive balance and generate solid revenues that can be distributed to clubs, leagues and into grassroots football across our continent while increasing the appeal and popularity of our club competitions” “I am really pleased that it was a unanimous decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, with the European Club Association, European Leagues and National Associations all agreeing with the proposal made. Another proof that European football is more united than ever. “Qualification will thus remain purely based on sporting performance and the dream to participate will remain for all clubs.” Format summary Taking the total number of teams from 32 to 36 in the UEFA Champions League, the biggest change will see a transformation from the traditional group stage to a single league phase including all participating teams. Every club will now be guaranteed a minimum of 8 league stage games against 8 different opponents (four home games, four away) rather than the previous six matches against three teams, played on a home-and-away basis. The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout stage, while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure their path to the last 16 of the competition. Similar format changes will also be applied to the UEFA Europa League (8 matches in the league stage) and UEFA Europa Conference League (6 matches in the league stage) and both will also include 36 teams in the league phase.
Yes, it's being done to prevent the break away league that Real Madrid and Juventus want. The Dutch clubs just need to keep on winning!!!
The 5th league will get an extra place (just as a few years ago Italy received a 4th without performing likewise and often not surviving the qualifiying round). This means automatic bonus points and practically creating an artificial gap with whoever is 6th (Portugal, Russia, Netherlands etc.). Portugal was a few years back 5th.
Also the top two leagues in coefficient points during the preceding year will get an extra place. If this were in place for next year that would be England and wait for it........................................................................... The Netherlands!!!
It is a rare exception and a pretext UEFA uses for their agenda. In all other seasons it was England, Spain, Germany and (once) Italy. Not even France or Portugal.
This is really true? That sucks. I wonder if we manage to be second again next year. I doubt it, given the pending transfers. Man, would this really have ment we not only, if we take spot 6, to have 2 direct spots, one qualifier and one bonus direct/qualifier(?) spot? That, if the qualifier(s) manage to get through, a huge money boost in the Eredivisie.
Intertwining crime and football worries the police Drug trafficking, a stabbing and domestic violence. Why would you risk your career as a professional football player? "Everywhere that involves a lot of money, such as in professional football, you see criminals and things that cannot bear the light of day," former detective Arno van Leeuwen told Nieuwsuur. It is a case that has been attracting a lot of attention for a year and a half: the prosecution of well paid football player Quincy Promes. He will soon face court on suspicion of attempted murder of his cousin during a stabbing. The case does not stand alone. Because more professional football players are getting caught up in organized crime. In the case of Promes, there seems to be more going on than just the stabbing, according to research by Nieuwsuur. In addition to the stabbing, Promes is also suspected of involvement in cocaine smuggling, the smuggling of synthetic drugs to Australia and domestic violence. These charges are also based, among other things, on intercepted and intercepted encrypted messages from Promes' telephone. This shows that Promes had been in the picture for some time at the time of the stabbing because of drug investigations. The interweaving of football and serious forms of crime is a cause for concern for the Amsterdam police. Scientific research also shows how easily crime makes its entrance into the world of football. Former detective Arno van Leeuwen is the driving force behind the approach to undermining. He first focused on industries that are prone to crime, such as car rental companies, real estate agents, catering companies and martial arts galas. Then he threw himself into professional football. He sees illegal gambling, match fixing and violent incidents among professional football players. It also involves money laundering, says Van Leeuwen. "In any case, we have seen that there are football players who sell expensive watches to criminals and get paid in cash." But it goes further. "During a dance party in the Maritime Museum, we saw a liquidation of a well-known criminal. Famous professional football players, artists and criminals sat together at a VIP table." In ongoing criminal investigations in recent years, Van Leeuwen has noticed that football players are increasingly in the company of criminals and are therefore in danger. Rapper, footballer or drug criminal? Van Leeuwen has therefore already made contact with Ajax before and will enter into discussions with players, so-called awareness conversations. "We are concerned because there are many shootings and mistaken murders in Amsterdam, things like that. So then we report to Ajax to have a conversation with someone." Van Leeuwen also spoke with Promes. Before the stabbing happened. But because the case is now before the judiciary, he cannot say anything about it. It is not surprising that Promes would have come into contact with drug criminals. "In our studies, it is striking that football players often come from disadvantaged neighborhoods in the big cities. If you want to be successful you can become a rapper, or football player or drug criminal - or all three at the same time. That also happens. We see that those football players have a lot of contact with friends from the past, who have really gone astray and picked the wrong path." New Generation Criminologist Spapens participated in a study into the interdependence of crime with football clubs in North Brabant and Zeeland. The conclusions are clear: 30 percent of the clubs surveyed had to deal with criminal influences, often in the form of sponsorship proposals. "In one case it was a criminal sponsor who then used the canteen for illegal gambling tournaments. We also saw drug trafficking from the canteen. And cases where members of criminal motorcycle gangs used the canteen more or less as a kind of clubhouse or meeting room." Detective Van Leeuwen is now also concerned about the new generation of football players. "Football schools where owners have been convicted of drug or firearms trafficking. There are, and they now mainly train children." https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2428800-verweving-criminaliteit-en-voetbal-baart-politie-zorgen De Amsterdamse recherche maakt zich zorgen over de verweving van voetbal en criminaliteit. Profvoetballers duiken namelijk op in onderzoeken naar georganiseerde misdaad. #Nieuwsuur pic.twitter.com/RYpOhrLbCD— Nieuwsuur (@Nieuwsuur) May 14, 2022 Makes you wonder how this is in other countries, because honestly and without smug self-complacency, in certainly 180 of the 195 countries in the world this should be worse. Well, at the least the authorities here do not look (entirely) the other way. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/nl-2019-12-h-4/ https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20211207-1 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/stati...k_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion&oldid=545656
How can PSG pay these monstruous amounts of money to Mbappe without earning the money to pay for it? t/his must be illegal.
You seriously think UEFA will invoke fair play? Ligue 1 is the only group that can do something and I don't think they will as PSG is their moneymaker. Without the club, their league is only on par with the Eredivisie in terms of talent. Ligue 1 has to step up just like La Liga did in giving Barcelona financial limits on what they can do.
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2022/0...ence-league-especially-for-the-smaller-clubs/ The UEFA Europa Conference League was met with mixed feelings when it was announced by UEFA back in 2019. It is expected to run from the 2021 up until the 2024 season. Given the existence of the prestigious Champions League and the Europa League, many wondered why there was a need for another competition. As per UEFA, the aim was to bring more matches for more clubs and more associations. However, the inaugural edition of the Conference League has exceeded expectations by far. Due to the rather unpredictable nature of the competition and the odds it brings, it has become very much welcome by those who follow football games live in a detailed way. Seeing how the competition has panned out up till the semifinals as at the time of writing, we can boldy say that the competition has been a positive, especially for the ‘lesser sides’. In this article, we’ll highlight several ways the UEFA Europa Conference League has done a great deal of good for smaller sides, especially on the continental level. Before we go into that, let’s take a brief look at what the Conference League is all about. What is the UEFA Europa Conference League? The tournament will naturally be third-tier of European football competition, just behind the Europa League and Champions League. The sole aim is to give the ‘smaller sides’ an advantage in Europe. The Conference League has a similar exact format to the Europe League. There will be 32 teams in the group stage, and the new competition will hold 141 matches over 15 match weeks. In total, 184 teams will have taken part over the course of the season. It also allows good diversity as there would have been at least one team representing each of the 55 associations. Of the total number, 46 of the participating clubs will drop from the UEFA Europa League. With the above in mind, here is the allocation for the 32 participating teams in the competition. 17 teams from the UEFA Europa Conference League main slots 5 teams from the UEFA Europa Conference League champions slots* 10 teams that would have dropped out from the UEFA Europa League play-offs Now that we know how the tournament works, let’s take a look at three main ways it will benefit lesser sides. Chance to participate in Europe It is a known fact many clubs dream to play on the continental level but may never be afforded that opportunity. Certain lesser sides are at a disadvantage due to their association’s ranking. This is where the Conference League levels the playing ground. Since it would take account for sides in the lesser regions/rankings on league tables, we can expect to see some brand new sides make their debut in an European competition. More opportunities to clubs in the lesser regions It is a known fact that football has been dominated by Western Europe in recent time. If you take a look at the facts, Champions League and Europa League winners over the past years have either come from England, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. Coincidentally, the domestic leagues from these regions make the ‘top five leagues’. However, the Conference League will give room for countries like Estonia, Albania, Finland, Norway, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine to have a good number of participants in the competition. These regions usually only have a couple representatives combined in the Champions League and Europa League. The quarterfinal of the current edition saw Roma take on Bodo/Glimt in a fixture that would never have happened on normal grounds. Good money earned for small clubs While the Conference League might not offer anywhere close to the Champions League and the Europa League, it is still a good avenue for the lesser sides to earn more money from participating cash prizes. More games also means clubs can sell more tickets and make more revenue as well. With this in mind, let’s take a look at the potential amount to be earned by clubs participating in the Conference League. Europa Conference League Prize Money Knocked out in first qualifying phase- €150,000 Knocked out in second qualifying phase – €350,000 Knocked out in third qualifying phase – €550,000 Knocked out in Playoff stages – €750,000 After advancing to the Group Stage – €2,940,000 Winning a Group Stage game- €500,000 Prize for a drawn match in the Group Stage – €166,000 Finishing top in the Group Stage – €650,000 Finishing 2nd in the Group Stage – €325,000 Advancing to the round of 32 – €300,000 Advancing to the round of 16 – €600,000 Advancing to the quarter-final – €1,000,000 Advancing to the semi-final – €2,000,000 Finishing as runners-up – €3,000,000 Winning the competition – €5,000,000 Using this season as a benchmark, €1,164,000 is the lowest amount a side can earn after a group stage campaign as we saw with Randers. This means the lowest possible amount a Conference League champion can win will amount to €13,329,000. For lesser sides, this amount could help them a great deal. On the flip side, the highest amount a Conference League champion can win (should they win all their six group stage games) will amount to about €15,190,000.
All the Conference League matches I watched were exciting. I was a skeptic when the competition was announced but it did work out well.
The Europa Conference League success has taken UEFA by surprise. It shows they lost touch with the core soccer fans in Europe who love their local teams. For decades they've been ever more focusing on making money by appealing the non European plastic fans, who are more star gazers than true soccer fans. So the moment a tournement starts rolling, catering to the European fans of the clubs but the 16 money launderers, it's an instant hit with the European fans. And the big bosses are surprised.
Wow. Russian "owner" Oyf of Vitesse chalks away the money they owe him, 155 million. Vitesse aquires all stocks. https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...esse-krijgt-alle-aandelen-in-handen~a99264f6/ Valeri Oyf in Oostenrijk. De Rus doet afstand van al zijn aandelen bij Vitesse en hij scheldt de schuld van 155 miljoen kwijt. © Paul Meima/ProShots Rus Oyf scheldt schuld van 155 miljoen euro kwijt: Vitesse krijgt alle aandelen in handen Vitesse staat weer op eigen benen. De Rus Valeri Oyf doet afstand van al zijn aandelen bij de eredivisionist. Daarbij scheldt hij de schuld van 155 miljoen euro volledig kwijt. De Arnhemse club kan nu met een schone lei de onderhandelingen in voor een overname met een nieuwe partij. Lex Lammers 28-06-22, 08:35 Laatste update: 09:14 Onder druk van de oorlog in Oekraïne zette Oyf (58) Vitesse in maart te koop. Had de club een eigen vermogen van 14,8 miljoen euro, in de brievenbusfirma Performance Management Holding BV van de Rus, die werd gebruikt voor de betalingen bij de eredivisionist, zat een schuld van 155 miljoen euro. De oligarch neemt uiteindelijk zijn verlies. Hij doet overal afstand van. De banden van Vitesse met Oyf en de Russen zijn hiermee na twaalf jaar volledig verbroken. De club is daarbij volledig schuldenvrij. Vitesse heeft alle aandelen weer in eigen bezit. Die zelfstandigheid vormt het startsein voor verregaande onderhandelingen over een overname. Daarvoor is al een partij, zo is door de club bevestigd. Vitesse doet geen mededelingen over de koper. In het geruchtencircuit circuleren allerlei namen. Van de City Group en Red Bull tot de familie Platek en Todd Boehly van Chelsea. Maar de Arnhemse club betracht geheimhouding. Vitesse heeft inmiddels wel een intentieovereenkomst (voor de overname) getekend. De volgende stap is de definitieve verkoop. De leiding van Vitesse gaat ervan uit dat de overname eind van de zomer rond is, stellen algemeen directeur Pascal van Wijk en commissaris Henk Parren. ,,We waarborgen de continuïteit van de club en houden de sportieve ambities overeind.” ,,Dit zijn belangrijke ontwikkelingen voor Vitesse en de toekomst van de club, die de huidige grootaandeelhouder (Oyf, red.) mogelijk maakt”, verklaart Parren, de enige Nederlander in de raad van commissarissen bij Vitesse. ,,We vertrouwen erop de volgende stappen op een zo kort mogelijke termijn te kunnen zetten.” Vitesse moet de aandelenoverdracht nu allereerst voorleggen aan de licentiecommissie van de KNVB. Die moet goedkeuring geven aan het vervolgtraject. De voetbalbond moet later ook akkoord gaan geven aan de definitieve overname.
https://nos.nl/l/2437690 A clothing brand for footballers (Neymar, Suarez) used as cover-up for organized criminal activities.
The weird actions that makes you wonder if football nowadays is the passenger on the backseat of the car called the club. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/08/08/met-slimme-sjaals-en-tokens-munt-slaan-uit-clubliefde-a4138344 Voetbalfans zitten lang niet altijd te wachten op slimme sjaals of tokens voor de stadionmuziek Voetbal Clubs zoeken en masse naar nieuwe manieren om geld te verdienen aan hun fans. Die zijn daar lang niet altijd blij mee. Joris Kooiman 8 augustus 2022 Leestijd 2 minuten Stuur een voetbalfan uit de vorige eeuw naar een modern stadion en hij zou zich ontheemd voelen. ‘Slimme’ camera’s met gezichtsherkenning bij binnenkomst, beukende beats voor de aftrap en een wedstrijd die regelmatig wordt stilgelegd om een arbitrale beslissing te heroverwegen – allemaal ondenkbaar in vroeger tijden. Één ding is nog precies hetzelfde: de alomtegenwoordigheid van sjaals in de clubkleuren. Comfortabel, zichtbaar en relatief goedkoop zijn ze de klassieker in de uitrusting van voetbalfans overal ter wereld. Toch voldoet de clubsjaal binnenkort niet meer, denken ze bij Manchester City. Of althans, niet in de huidige vorm. In samenwerking met het Amerikaanse technologiebedrijf Cisco heeft de Engelse club een ‘slimme sjaal’ ontwikkeld, die komend seizoen getest wordt door een klein groepje fans om bij succes in de verkoop te gaan. De connected scarf is uitgerust met kleine sensoren die hartslag, temperatuur van de huid en (indirect) transpiratie meten. Zo denkt City een beter beeld te krijgen van de emoties die supporters doormaken tijdens wedstrijden. Wat dat precies toevoegt is niet helemaal duidelijk, maar een directeur van Cisco heeft het in een promotiefilmpje over „een manier om fans te verenigen en te verbinden met de club”. Ook denkt City zijn fans beter te kunnen „begrijpen” door de data die het verzamelt met de sjaals. City-fans maakten het initiatief op sociale media al snel belachelijk. Sommigen dachten dat het ging om een grap. Maar hoe vergezocht het ook mag klinken, de ‘slimme sjaal’ past in een trend. Voetbalclubs zijn massaal op zoek naar manieren om hun achterban te vergroten en de betrokkenheid van supporters uit te breiden – en te gelde maken. Fan engagement is de populaire term die clubs, groot en klein, in vervoering brengt. Het idee is simpel. Betrokken fans zijn loyale fans. En digitale technologie stelt clubs in staat voortdurend met supporters in contact te staan en gegevens te verzamelen over hun voorkeuren. Via sociale media en fan-apps onder meer. Of met de verkoop van ‘fan tokens’, die supporters bijvoorbeeld zeggenschap geven over de muziek die gedraaid wordt na een doelpunt of de keuze van de man van de wedstrijd. Hoe beter een club daar in slaagt, hoe meer die aan zijn achterban kan verdienen. „Hoe meer tijd fans besteden aan hun club, hoe groter de kans dat ze er geld aan uitgeven”, zegt Rui Biscaia, docent sportmanagement aan de universiteit van Bath en gespecialiseerd in fan engagement. Metaverse Waar de commerciële grenzen van het fenomeen precies liggen, is onduidelijk. Volgens Biscaia is het pionieren wat op dit moment gebeurt. Maar grote clubs als FC Barcelona en Manchester City verwachten dat hun verhouding met supporters wezenlijk zal veranderen. Barca-voorzitter Joan Laporta kondigde eind vorig jaar aan dat de club voor fans een eigen ‘metaverse’ (een wat ongedefinieerd concept van een gedeelde, virtuele driedimensionale ruimte) ontwikkelt. City maakte bekend samen Sony een virtuele replica van zijn stadion te ontwikkelen. Zo zouden fans vanuit hun woonkamer een wedstrijd kunnen beleven alsof ze erbij zijn. ‘Stop de marketing gekte’, stond laatst op een spandoek bij Borussia Dortmund Dit soort initiatieven vergt grote investeringen en is vooral aantrekkelijk voor voetbalclubs met een wereldwijde fanbase. Maar ook bescheiden clubs hebben hoge verwachtingen. Atilla Aytekin, oprichter van het beursgenoteerde game- en advertentiebedrijf Azerion en aandeelhouder van Fortuna Sittard, sprak onlangs in De Limburger over een nieuwe fan-app die moet leiden tot een ‘database van voetballiefhebbers’. „Hoe groter die wordt, hoe interessanter voor adverteerders. Onze ambitie is om binnen drie jaar 25 procent van de omzet (…) door die vierde digitale stroom te laten genereren”, aldus Aytekin. Grote vraag is of supporters net zo enthousiast zijn en blijven over de commerciële plannen van de clubs. Fans zien zichzelf doorgaans niet als klanten van hun club. Ze wel zo benaderen, kan grote irritatie veroorzaken. „Stop de marketing gekte", stond onlangs op een spandoek bij Borussia Dortmund. Fans van Crystal Palace protesteerden tegen „moreel failliete parasieten”. Daarbij hebben (verhandelbare) fan tokens in korte tijd een dubieuze reputatie opgebouwd. Veel van die tokens zijn gekoppeld aan cryptomunten, waarvan de koersen de afgelopen maanden zijn gekelderd. FC Groningen ging in zee met een omstreden cryptobedrijf (IQONIQ) dat al failliet ging voordat het beloofde 'fan engagement platform' was gerealiseerd.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/3595...en-financiele-regels-dikste-rekening-voor-psg Acht clubs schikken met UEFA na overtreden financiële regels: dikste rekening voor PSG 1 uur geleden in VOETBAL Acht Europese clubs hebben met voetbalbond UEFA een schikking getroffen omdat ze zich niet aan de financiële regels zouden hebben gehouden. Het gaat om Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Marseille, AC Milan, Internazionale, Juventus, AS Roma en Besiktas. De UEFA keek ook naar Feyenoord, maar concludeerde dat die club zich net als onder meer Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona en Manchester City met dank aan coronamaatregelen wel aan de financiële regels heeft gehouden. De financiële commissie van de UEFA deelde vrijdag conclusies over het seizoen 2021/2022, maar heeft ook naar de vier boekjaren daarvoor gekeken. Uiteindelijk bleken acht clubs niet te hebben voldaan aan de financiële regels die zeggen dat clubs structureel niet meer mogen uitgeven dan ze binnenkrijgen, het zogenoemde break-even-principe. Paris Saint-Germain moet 10 miljoen euro betalen. Dat bedrag kan oplopen tot 65 miljoen euro als ze de komende drie jaar hun beloften niet nakomen. Ook met AS Roma (5 miljoen euro), Internazionale (4 miljoen euro), Juventus (3,5 miljoen euro), AC Milan (2 miljoen euro), Besiktas (0,6 miljoen euro), Olympique Marseille (0,3 miljoen euro) en AS Monaco (0,3 miljoen euro) is een schikking getroffen. Die bedragen kunnen net als in het geval bij PSG nog flink oplopen.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/12/1...ter-de-super-league-niet-mag-steunen-a4151431 Opinion why the ECJ can't support the superleague Use google translate if interested.