This article aims to provide an exhaustive overview of the current status of football stakeholders’s relationships at the European level. The views expressed below are those of the authors and do not necessarily align with any mentioned governing body.
Overview of the Governance of Football in the European Continent
The Football Governance System: The Governing Bodies and the Stakeholders
The football governance system, in a similar way to other sports, operates in a hierarchy. Following a pyramid structure, the International Federations reside at the top, followed by the Continental Confederations, the members of which are the National Federations. In the case of football, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) stands at the top, followed at the continental level by Confederations such as the Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) or the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and, lastly by the National Federations, such as the...
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