The Business of Championship Football is a very challenging one For the sake of brevity, categorizing Championship league clubs in two segments. One segment of clubs take the decision to go all out to attain Premier League position, which means going overboard in spending to

Barely 3 weeks for the European club football to start As the clubs prepare with pre-season games and busy with planning their transfer moves, we shed light on four new entrants in the ‘big five’ leagues who are either first timers in the top division football or returning back

About 10 days into the 2024 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024, we are witnessing what could be the highest attended sporting event ever on the planet So far, based on attendance, Tour de France has been known to bring

Around the last week of July, Real Madrid CF Board of Directors met, prepared the annual accounts and quietly dropped the bomb claiming to become the first football club to surpass the €1bn revenue mark in a single season! On that note, it’s good to say that Real Madrid has just

Football kit sponsorship is big and complex business On one hand it is a high-technology driven piece of apparel meant to make the players comfortable during their matches and on the other hand, their replica shirts are sold in millions to the ever-demanding fan base across the

At SBI, we take pride in calling our network as ‘The SBI Family’ Since 2012, we have built this formidable network consisting of alumni, speakers and all the people associated in various capacities and this continues every year. Our growing association is like a family whose

In late July 2024, Austrian beverage maker Red Bull reached an agreement to acquire Japanese third-tier professional soccer team Omiya Ardija from telecoms operator Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East. This would be Red Bull’s first football foray into Asian markets Red Bull is

Barely days for the European club football league seasons to begin, fan-excitement levels are building up, frantic preparations underway, yet there is a sense of quiet in the air which is not usually associated in the summer transfer window, especially in the Premier League. Till

Football is growing and will continue to grow, that is not the problem. European football has seen about 10% y-o-y growth (top tier football leagues, UEFA Benchmarking) since the rebound post-pandemic The un-sustainability part comes from the financial problem caused mainly by a

SBI Barcelona proudly announces a transformative partnership with the iconic Club Bolívar. This partnership provides one-of-a-kind opportunity for our Master in Football in Business & Management students with an exclusive access to work on diverse, high-impact projects within the

European club football season is back and with it, fan passions, support & excitement. Some nervous moments regarding confirming broadcast rights deal had preceded this. Many international fans are still waiting to see their favourite teams in action yet due to broadcast rights

In 2023, Premier League clubs had a collective agreement to withdraw gambling sponsorship from the front of clubs’ matchday shirts from the 26/27 season onwards. Which essentially mean that the clubs can still have betting / gambling sponsors for another couple of years

Matchday revenue, one of the major sources of income for football clubs, includes ticket sales, merchandise sales, and food and drink sales from the catering & hospitality sector. Season 22/23 has been the first full season without any COVID restrictions and this meant a lot to

The 2024/25 summer transfer window has officially closed. To summarize the window in a sentence one can safely say some semblance of spends control seemed to have come in the ‘big five’ leagues. While Premier League still spent highest, yet the most notable part is the

In an one-of-a-kind investment, Bright Path Sports Partners, a private equity firm deploying Native American investment capital into professional sports, entertainment & ancillary opportunities, has completed a 44% stake acquisition in Gamechanger 20, the owner of Ipswich Town

As we enter in the 2024/25 season, UEFA has uplifted all European club competitions, from Champions League to Conference League. Yes, UEFA Conference league, that’s what it will be known as starting this season. The upliftment has really happened in all areas, from number of

UEFA is at a critical juncture. One of the strategic priorities given in their ambitious Strategic Vision 2024-2030 clearly states “to stage the most followed sporting events in the world, delivering sporting excellence for all supporters and maximising revenues for investment

🚨 Welcome to the Master, Hannah Cain 🚨 We are excited to welcome Hannah Cain, a professional footballer and forward for Leicester City in the FA Women’s Super League, to our Master’s program! ⚽🎓 Hannah’s impressive career includes playing for top clubs like Everton and

Super excited to get started on this 👩🏻‍🎓 Thanks for having me Sports Business Inst 😁

It’s well known how the ‘big five’ leagues dominate transfer windows in spending, 24/25 was no exception. What’s more interesting is the fact that in the last five years, 24/25 summer was the first instance when all of the five leagues ended up in a negative net balance where