European Leagues Benchmarking / Business Matters / Personalized Ticketing

Background: In Switzerland, the SFL still has some pressure from the authorities regarding security in football stadiums and some cantons/cities intend to oblige clubs to have a personalized ticketing. I therefore have the following question to the leagues: Questions: 1. …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / VAR

Questions: 1. How many individuals conform the total of the VARs team? 2. What are the requirements/criteria to be fulfilled for the position? 3. How long are the mandate for this position? 4. How many VARs are in place for …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / Safe Standing

Background The Czech League Football Association has agreed on the safety standings rule which comes into force from the next season 2019/2020. In connection with that the league is currently preparing some manuals with technical and logistic details for the …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Business Matters / Gambling Regulations

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Business Matters Focus Topic: Gambling Regulations   Background Recently the government in Spain has been looking into the idea of regulating or banning advertisements from the betting houses. We know this is a reality in …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / TPO

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: TPO   Questions: The art. 18-ter of the FIFA regulations stipulates that a “third party” cannot be entitled to participate in compensation relating to the transfer of a …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / U-18 Player Contracts

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Legal Matters Key Area: Regulations Focus Topic: U-18 Player Contracts   Questions:   Do you have any specific league regulations regarding contracts with U-18 Players (minors) in your league?   2.a. What are main differences …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / Players Registration

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: Players Registration   Questions: 1. Who is responsible for the registration of football players? (i. e. League or Federation/Association) 1.2. In case of the League’s responsibility to register …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / Match Director

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: Match Director   Questions:   Is there a representative of your league in each match at an operational level? How is this person/position called? How many members are …

European Leagues Benchmarking / Football Matters / Fixtures

European Leagues Benchmarking Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: Fixtures   Questions: 1) Is the process of Fixtures scheduling automatic (via any kind of software) or manual? 2) a) If the process is automatic, what software used …

EPFL Benchmarking / Football Matters / Competition Management (Digitisation)

Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition/Match Management Focus Topic: Digitisation/Dematerialisation Question: To what extent are reports/documets related to competition/match managemet (such as signatures, team kits, tactical line-up, refereee incidents etc…) being managed manually/with physical paper reports versus digitally by …

EPFL Benchmarking / Business Matters / Agencies (Marketing Rights)

Macro Area: Business Matters Key Area: Agencies/Consultants Topic: Marketing Rights Questions: 1) How many agencies does the League work with to exploit your marketing rights? 2) How many people do you have in your marketing department and how do you manage …

EPFL Benchmarking / Business-Matters / Media Rights (Public Viewing)

Macro Area: Business Matters Key Area: Media Rights Focus Topic: Public Viewing Questions: 1) Is the sale of media rights for public viewing managed separately during the media rights tender process for your league? 2) What additional rights fees are …

EPFL Benchmarking / Football Matters / FA Cup (Overview)

EPFL Benchmarking Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: FA Cup   Questions/Topics: Number of participants in the FA Cup and number of rounds? In what rounds do the top tier-clubs join the competition and is there any …

EPFL Benchmarking / Football Matters / Refereeing (Intercom Systems)

Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Topic: Refereeing: Intercom/Audio Communication System Summary: Out of the top 5 leagues, 4 leagues use the ‘Vokkero’ system while the EPL uses a system from ‘Crescent Comms’. Please see file for further details.

EPFL Benchmarking / Governance Matters / Womens Football (League Responsibilities)

Macro Area: Governance Matters Key Area: Womens Football Focus Topic: League Responsibilities Summary: Based on the replies received, leagues have indicated that women’s football is not integrated into the League’s organisation and only the Spanish League currently financially supports women’s football …

EPFL Benchmarking / Football Matters / Refereeing (Yellow Cards Reserve Games)

Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: Refereeing – Yellow Cards in Official Reserve/B-Team Games Summary: Based on the replies received, in principal only the Swiss Football League counts yellow cards from official Reserve/B-team league matches towards yellow cards …

EPFL Benchmarking / Governance Matters / Club Management (Code of Conduct)

Macro Area: Governance Matters Key Area: Club Management Topic: Code of Conduct Summary: In general, the Leagues manage the ‘club-to-club relationship’ through their overall regulations and statutes, including where appropriate through club licensing regulations. Based on the replies received, the only two leagues who have …

EPFL Benchmarking / Football Matters / Refereeing (Post Match Sanctions/Decisions)

Macro Area: Football Matters Key Area: Competition Focus Topic: Refereeing – Post-Match Sanctions/Decisions Summary: Based on the replies received, in general refereeing decisions can be changed post-match in certain situations, for example if the referee missed an important/serious event in the game. …