European Club Association rebrands as European Football Clubs

The European Club Association representing the continent’s biggest sides has rebranded arsenic European Football Clubs (EFC), the organisation announced connected Wednesday.

Chaired by Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the EFC brings unneurotic much than 800 clubs from 55 countries and is recognised by European and planetary governing bodies UEFA and FIFA.

“EFC launches… arsenic 1 unified dependable of clubs, with the caller sanction much intelligibly embodying and communicating who the organisation represents and what it stands for,” the EFC said successful a connection released astatine its wide assembly successful Rome.

“EFC brings unneurotic men’s and women’s clubs of each sizes from crossed the continent — with the ngo of helping each subordinate nine turn and develop, portion ensuring that, collectively, clubs are cardinal to decision-making connected the determination and planetary shot stages.”

The EFC said that implicit the past 2 years that it had much than tripled its rank and claimed it had played “a starring role” successful “enhancing contention formats” to summation the fig of clubs playing successful European and planetary competitions.

While players person criticised the expanding fig of fixtures successful an already packed calendar, the EFC supported FIFA successful the instauration of the revamped, money-spinning Club World Cup. Chelsea won the tournament, beating PSG 3-0 successful the last successful New Jersey successful July.

On Monday UEFA approved the staging of a Spanish La Liga and an Italian Serie A lucifer successful the United States and Australia respectively.

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