International Centre for
Sports Studies

Avenue DuPeyrou 1
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Tel +41 32 718 39 00
Fax +41 32 718 39 01

CIES provides consulting services to federations, associations, clubs, sporting individuals and public institutions. It is equipped to provide expertise in the following areas

  • General advice on sports-related matters
  • Research projects
  • Specific legal advice, including the creation of contracts
  • Organisation of congresses, seminars and conferences
  • Statistical products for the governance of sports organisations

In addition to its own in-house knowledge, CIES is supported by, and collaborates with, an international network of experts from the academic world as well as from many sporting organisations that together ensures that top level advice is always available.

Since 2005, the CIES endorses the Professional Football Players Observatory (PFPO), which was set up by Raffaele Poli and Loïc Ravenel. In 2011, this research group has been fully integrated in the developing project of a CIES Observatory, and thus renamed CIES Football Observatory.