Player Unions and Professional Leagues gathered last week in Brussels for a European Employers’ and Employees’ Roundtable for the professional football sector, organised by FIFPRO Europe and the European Leagues and hosted at the headquarters of the Belgium Pro League.

This meeting follows the recent complaint to the European Commission over the International Match Calendar (IMC) on competition law grounds lodged on 14 October.

At the roundtable in Brussels, representatives from leagues and players’ unions discussed a governance model where social partners play a central role to negotiate agreements on labour matters between the employees and employers in the professional football sector under both national and EU law.

In this context, players’ unions and professional leagues stressed the importance of the existing European Sectoral Social Dialogue as a starting point for the stability and sustainable development of the professional football sector in Europe.

FIFPRO Europe and European Leagues agreed to continue their dialogue in the coming weeks and months as a matter of priority.

 

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