We are not insensitive profit machine
The European Football Federation (UEFA) is under the leadership of the President Alexander Cheferin carried out 49. Regular Congress. It unanimously adopted all annual reports and programs for the future. They found that UEFA was in a healthy financial situation after record revenues after the 2023/24 season.
Successful business is also attributed to the European Championship in Germany, for which 2.7 million tickets were sold. Last year, they had a record revenue of € 6.8 billion, with the highest number (73.1 percent) from media rights. The reserves are also currently above the desired limit of EUR 500 million, which means stable operations by 2028, in which the amounts will be slightly reduced. After Euro 2028, however, they expect reserves to rise again above the planned € 500 million.
In the period 2025/26, the main events will be the men’s club competitions, which will have a revenue of € 4.5 billion, and UEFI will also look forward to this year’s European Championship for Women in Switzerland, where 700,000 tickets will be available. They are promising to double revenue compared to the previous EP 2022, when they were € 65 million.
“Many times I hear that Uefa focuses too much on earnings. But we are not a senseless profit machine. We are a wonder for raising money and distributing this. And with consciousness. Because we are returning. Because we share these funds (97 percent) fair and in good faith. We return money to football, to European football for the well -being of many, not just a handful, « Ceferin said in his address, pointing out that European football must remain uniform in a world where there is more and more division. As he agreed, football is a mirror and a role model, unlike the policy that builds walls, it builds bridges.
A record case of diversity
He does not understand the allegations that football is in crisis, but when they had about 230 million visitors in Europe last season, and more are expected. The change in European club competitions, ie the Champions League and the European and Conference League, which, according to him, has brought more excitement. “We combine and inspire when we have more than 40 national federations represented in the league works of our club competitions. This is a record case of diversity, « added Uefa’s first man.
The congress also elected members of the Executive Board, consisting of the President of the UEFA, 16 members and a representative of the Association of European Clubs and the League Association. Uefa replaces about half of the members every two years, today eight of them, including one candidate, for a four -year -old and two for a two -year term.
Mandatory is a place for one woman, only Norwegian was running Spots claveness and was elected. The rest of the cities were occupied by the Dutch Frank PaauwItalian Gabriele GravinaGerman Hans-Joachim Watzkethe latter ran for re -election, Croat Marijan KusticFine Ari LahtiArmenian Armen Melikbekjan and an erston Aivar Pohlak.
Five candidates competed for a two -year term and Spaniards were elected Rafael Louzan and the Israeli Moshe Zuares. The UEFA Executive Board member also became President of the Association of European League Claudius Schäfer.
Five members, one of which were a member, also voted for the Council of the International Football Federation of Fife. Belgian was elected as a member Pascale Van Dammeand for four members already Romanian representatives so far A blown up BurleanCyprus Georgios KoumasGerman Bernd Neuendorf and Montenegrin Dejan Savicevic.
