Focusing on a selection of 25 professional national leagues, the report provides new insights into the structure of domestic football ecosystems and the variety of football governance models implemented around the world as a result of a combination of international practices and factors inherent to each specific country’s context.
The report offers an analysis on the governance of professional football leagues by providing an overview of the mechanisms regulating their decision and policy-making processes, with a particular focus on stakeholder representation at general assembly and executive committee level. In addition, it explores the fundamental relationship between leagues and national associations by looking at the formers’ involvement within the executive structures of their respective domestic football’s governing bodies.
The report represents the latest in a series of new research outputs which will be undertaken by CIES to further delve into the topic of football governance and add to the existing knowledge on the frameworks which underpin the management and development of football.
CIES Sports Intelligence is a research and analysis division of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) covering sports governance and regulatory aspects. With services that focus on spreading new insights and knowledge, CIES Sports Intelligence’s ultimate goal is to deliver value to the sports industry by supporting stakeholders in the promotion of a better governance and management of sport and a more stable sporting environment based on informed decision-making.
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