Uefa Annual Report 2022-23

ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
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UEFA ANNUAL REPORT | 2022/23

SUSTAINABILITY
COMPETITIONS
DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
ONTENT
UEFA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23
6 18 84
What we do Competitions map Partnerships
8 20 88
President’s foreword National teams Medical
10 28 48 72 90
Strategy updates Clubs Programme overview Social and environmental Integrity
sustainability
98 34 52 92
Executive Committee Youth Grassroots football 76 Finance
Humanitarian support
102 38 58 94
Committees Futsal HatTrick 78 Data and innovation
UEFA Foundation for
106 42 62 97
Children
Member associations Partners Women’s football Administration
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WHAT WE DO WHAT WE DO
WHAT WE DO
UEFA protects and promotes the true values of As a not-for-profit organisation, UEFA distributes
football for everyone who loves the game. the majority of its income back into European football.
COMPETITIONS DEVELOPMENT
Sporting merit Redistribution European Over two-thirds of UEFA’s net revenue is distributed to teams taking part
Every player can of revenue >200 domestic

clubs
in our men’s club competitions. Payments also go to clubs eliminated in the
qualifying rounds and to non-participating clubs to invest in young players.
dream of playing 97% of our
in our competitions. net earnings go
back into
football.
55 member
associations
UEFA represents 55 national football associations across Europe.
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SU UEFA’s top competitions fund other Profits from the men’s EURO UEFA helps associations to develop
competitions that help to develop fund UEFA’s HatTrick programme, all aspects of the beautiful game:
both the men’s and women’s games: providing associations with an build stadiums and training
Women’s EURO and Champions average of €194m each season to facilities, grow women’s football,
League, European Under-21 invest in football development run coach and referee courses,
Championship, men’s and women’s projects. By 2024, HatTrick will nurture young talent, strengthen
Futsal EUROs, Futsal Champions have channelled a cumulative governance, tackle discrimination,
GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABILITY League, Youth League, men’s and €2.6bn into European football. kick-start social responsibility
women’s Under-17 and Under-19 initiatives and, above all, give
Guardian of the game Force for good Championships, Under-19 Futsal everyone in Europe the chance
UEFA works with the football Football drives Championship, Regions’ Cup. to enjoy football.
community to protect and positive social change
grow the game. beyond the pitch.
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FOREWORD FOREWORD
ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN
UEFA President The countdown to UEFA EURO several pivotal factors contribute to its In March, you were visibly moved
2024 in Germany has started. effectiveness, including partnership while visiting a UEFA Foundation
What are you most looking and collaboration, transparency and for Children project that helps
forward to ahead of next accountability, adaptability and flexibility, improve the lives of young children
At the 2023 UEFA Congress in summer’s kick-off? and a global perspective. in one of Uganda’s largest slum
Lisbon, you were re-elected as The European Championship is, in my Achieving sustainable success and an communities. What did your
the UEFA president by acclamation. opinion, the most competitive national enduring impact necessitates a long-term experience show about football’s
What will be the primary areas of team football contest in the world. vision. UEFA and its member associations potential as a force for good?
focus during your new four-year The technical and tactical prowess are committed to leaving a lasting imprint I am immensely grateful for the humbling
term of office? displayed by the teams in the qualifiers on infrastructure, youth development and experience of sharing a day in the lives of
Our approach remains rooted in two words: was exceptional, setting the stage for an community engagement. Let’s not forget people who have so little yet offer so much
‘Football First!’ The primary objective is to incredible final tournament. Considering that 97% of our net earnings go back into to the world. Experiencing their genuine
guarantee that football remains inclusive the challenges faced in the previous edition, football, which is clearly reflected in honesty, and love and passion for football
and accessible to all, simultaneously such as extensive travel and COVID-related tangible results. It also highlights the path was truly amazing. In these challenging
nurturing balanced competitiveness restrictions, I believe EURO 2024 will be we are determined to follow in the future. times, supporting and encouraging our
and growth while upholding solidarity a true football festival that both fans and children is more pressing than ever.
and long-term financial sustainability. players rightfully deserve. Germany is How will UEFA’s groundbreaking And football is a great platform to do
Engaging in constructive dialogues with a fantastic host and is highly motivated governance reforms ensure that that. United around our beautiful game,
our stakeholders is crucial to safeguarding to prove it in the best possible way. players and fans have a voice in we navigate these uncertainties,
the game and its core values, including the A collaborative effort involving the debates shaping the future of determined to craft a brighter, more
spirit of the game and sporting meritocracy. DFB, German federal and local public European football? hopeful future for every child in need.
We firmly believe in the importance of authorities, and the host cities aims Unity is the driving force in European
the European sports model and its pyramid to deliver a tournament embodying football. In recent years, collaboration
structure, linking grassroots football at democracy, respect, tolerance and human between UEFA, our member associations,
the base to elite clubs at the summit. rights. We have also taken several clubs and other stakeholders has provided
Few organisations embody the model’s significant steps, including minimising valuable insights and strength to help us
principles more strongly than UEFA. travel needs and offering discounted overcome challenges and achieve shared
We must also remain a force for progress train tickets and free public transport successes. We decided last summer to
and lead by example, advocating respect on matchdays, to reduce the event’s incorporate players’ and fans’ input into
for human rights, diversity in representation environmental impact. In addition, a climate our decision-making process; the former
and environmental sustainability. fund that mitigates emissions through via FIFPRO Europe and the UEFA Football
grassroots football projects will reinforce Board, the latter through Football
What were your outstanding UEFA’s commitment to setting an example Supporters Europe. Both of these influential
memories from the 2022/23 season for global sports events, ensuring a lasting stakeholders will now have dedicated seats
– on the pitch and off it? impact and legacy. on relevant standing committees alongside
European club competitions consistently existing members from associations,
deliver world-class football, epic clashes Like every men’s European leagues and clubs. This inclusive approach
and lasting memories. If I were to single Championship, EURO 2024 will will foster more comprehensive discussions
out just one event this season, it would reinvest revenue back into and guarantee a broader range of voices
be the Women’s Champions League final football development through in shaping the future of our sport.
in Eindhoven. It was an excellent and UEFA’s HatTrick programme.
fiercely competitive match, set in a What are the secrets to the
fantastic atmosphere in a sold-out iconic programme’s evolution into
stadium. It was another standout example one of global sport’s largest
of the growth in affection for and solidarity funds?
popularity of the women’s game. The UEFA HatTrick programme boasts
Turning to off-the-field moments, a well-defined mission with precise
hosting the inaugural meeting of the objectives, concentrating on football
UEFA Football Board was a great pleasure. development across three key domains:
This new advisory body will ensure that investment in football infrastructure,
the much-appreciated on-field perspective enhanced education and broader
is propagated at an institutional level for knowledge sharing. While there is no
both the men’s and women’s games. single secret ingredient behind its success,

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FOOTBALL STRATEGY
KARL-ERIK NILSSON
UEFA STRATEGY 2019–24

TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE ‘Working in unity, we can deliver
more than each of us can do alone’
OF FOOTBALL Karl-Erik Nilsson, chair of the UEFA strategy steering committee, outlines the
guiding principles underlying the development process of the next UEFA strategy.
In the penultimate year of UEFA’s current five-year strategy, we continued to make
progress towards achieving our 2024 goal of making football the most played, trusted,
competitive, engaging and responsible sport in Europe.
How has UEFA ensured its new an agile framework. In 2019, no one threat in recent years. The new strategy
strategy will represent the views could have foreseen the pandemic, the will reaffirm our commitment to running
Football Competitiveness
of all stakeholders in the European misguided proposal for a ‘European super world-class competitions where football is
football community? league’ or the outbreak of a conflict in always the winner, on and off the pitch.
• Grassroots club development • UEFA-CONMEBOL: expanded As before, we consulted with a broad Europe, not to mention the unprecedented By 2030, we want to see more and
framework: updated and ready cooperation results in Women’s range of groups and voices. In parallel, challenges each posed for football. Yet more people playing all types of football,
for implementation from 2024. Finalissima and the Club Challenge. we assessed progress across all our existing UEFA was able to adapt, guided by our more supporters following matches, and,
• UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 • Women’s EURO revenue strategic pillars, taking into account how commitment to a set of core values that as a consequence, more revenue to
legacy report: 400,000 new distribution: clubs receive the world has shifted over the past five will always lie at the heart of our mission. reinvest back into the game’s development.
grassroots opportunities created first-ever payments via new years. Our steering committee has a Similarly, we recognised football’s rising In this regard, the strategy will detail
for girls and women. benefits programme. new composition made up of selected prominence in sustainability and human actions that ensure both the men’s and
association presidents, allowing us to draw rights issues by approving the addition of women’s games continue to grow from
on the first-hand experiences of our a fifth Responsibility pillar to the strategy. strength to strength.
members. Once strategic priorities were Once again, UEFA course-corrected to keep
in place for the 2024–30 period, we pace with an ever-changing world. What qualities will be most
Trust Prosperity
widened the consultative process to all 55 critical to achieving UEFA’s
associations and other stakeholder groups. What will be the main strategic goals?
• UEFA and Football • Tailored partnerships: areas of focus for UEFA’s Close collaboration, transparent processes
Supporters Europe: partnership Atos becomes UEFA’s official What lessons did UEFA learn 2024–2030 strategy? and good governance will be essential.
formalised with landmark technology partner until 2030. from its 2019–24 experience, in Our vision is to empower football’s role Above all, everyone involved in European
memorandum of understanding. • Fan engagement: UEFA teams particular in relation to the need in every community, while at the same football will need to stick together.
• UEFA Football Board: up with Legends to create a to adapt to a shifting landscape time preserving the link between the Working in unity, we can deliver more
inaugural meetings address world-leading football museum inside and outside the game? grassroots game and elite competitions. than each of us can do alone.
key issues affecting men’s and in Madrid to celebrate the game’s First, the importance of having clear That means enhancing our sport’s position
women’s games. most memorable moments. and common goals, not just for UEFA’s in society. First, by working with
administrative body, but for all European associations and local authorities to
associations. Since the launch of the last guarantee the safest possible facilities
strategy, our partners have made rapid and best coaching for everyone who wants
Responsibility progress installing their own long-term to play. Second, using football’s popularity
plans. For this reason, our new strategy and influence to promote unity, defend
needs to serve as a template that human rights and promote our values.
• Respect Forum: UEFA launches the helps associations align with a wider But it’s not all about change. As “Our vision is to
first event of its kind, bringing together set of European priorities. The new guardian of the European game, UEFA empower football’s role in
250 experts to discuss football’s role strategy’s success will, in part, rely must preserve what we cherish most – every community, while
as a driving force for positive social on the contribution of the wider exciting, high-quality competitions based
and environmental change. football community. on sporting merit that bring fans together
preserving the link between
• UEFA and sustainability: sustainable Events over the past five years also and turn dreams into reality. We have seen the grassroots game and
infrastructure and circular economy reaffirmed the importance of having this fundamental principle come under elite competitions.”
guidelines launched, with the latter
applied at the 2023 Women’s Champions
League final.

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UEFA WOMEN'S FOOTBALL STRATEGY 2019–24
TIME FOR ACTION

GOALS1 ANNE REI
Goal achieved
Double value of the Women’s EURO Change perceptions
of women’s football
2017
Double reach of
the Women’s EURO 2022 Fivefold increase Percentage of the
2017 178m viewers

general population
who describe the ‘The potential of the women’s
game is limitless’
Double value of the Women’s Women’s Champions
2022 374m viewers Champions League 19% League as inspiring
72%
2019
2017
2021–25 4.6-fold increase2 2023 Anne Rei, chair of UEFA’s Women’s Football Committee and general secretary of
the Estonian Football Association, assesses the impact of UEFA’s women’s football
strategy, Time for Action, and looks to the future.
Double the reach of the Women’s Implement safeguarding policies
S ee pages 62-63 for information on how in all UEFA member associations
1
Champions League final UEFA will ensure minimum standards for

national teams in all 55 member associations.
2022 3.6m viewers 2022 28
2
ue to the centralisation of commercial and
D
How has UEFA’s women’s This has only been possible due to the middle-sized national associations
2023 5.1m viewers
broadcast rights for the UEFA Women's 2023 30
Champions League from the start of the football strategy helped to investment in key initiatives. We now have to close the gap between nations,
group stage in the 2021/22 season.
Previously, the competition's rights were drive development of the 47 associations with a women’s football putting in place clear pathways for
only centralised for the final.
European game? strategy, demonstrating that it’s a priority players, coaches and referees, and
Double the number Double the number of women
3
umulative total that includes players
C UEFA’s women’s football strategy across Europe, but there is still work to do ensuring access to football for girls
of registered players registered with UEFA member associations on UEFA bodies 4
and participants in both the UEFA Football in has transformed words into actions. and we cannot afford to rest. in all our communities.
Schools and the UEFA Playmakers
2022 1,888,937 programmes. 2019 9.8% The strategy has given direction to the
whole of European football – to national The game-changing EURO 2022 set The start of the new women’s
2023 2,997,412 3 4
Data represents UEFA standing committees. 2023 18.3% associations, to clubs, to all stakeholders. new standards for the women’s football strategy will coincide
Together, strategy development game: can EURO 2025 match or with a new overarching UEFA
Key projects programmes, additional finances, even surpass its achievements? football strategy. How will the
UEFA strategic priorities Projects and initiatives driving progress in the 2022/23 season transformed competitions and UEFA’s Women’s EURO 2022 was a resounding two complement each other?
Drive participation • UEFA Playmakers reaches 78,000 girls and 5,500 coaches across 48 countries insights and initiatives have had a profound success. Huge momentum was created, the The processes for the overarching
impact on the progress of the women’s bar was raised to new heights and new organisational strategy and that of the
Develop the game • Number of participants in the UEFA coach development programme for women surpasses 1,400
game throughout the continent. expectations emerged. But, one year on, women’s football strategy are heavily
• Women's EURO national team coaches conference
• Women’s EURO 2022 impact study we can see that national associations have aligned. The UEFA strategy will set the
• Women’s football development programme (HatTrick incentive programme): UEFA Executive Committee approves further changes: Is UEFA on track to achieve the capitalised on that success and that the framework for the women’s football
• Further 50% increase for the 2024–28 cycle and a new structure: strategic priorities set in 2019? potential of the women’s game is limitless. strategy: the vision, values and some key
• Women’s league development fund UEFA has made big strides in regard to UEFA's vision for the 2025 edition is for it focus areas. This will provide a baseline
• Club licensing
• Minimum standards for national teams
our five key goals. The investments and to be the most watched, most attended for the women’s football strategy, which
• UEFA medical symposium with a focus on female athlete health and expert group set up changes to the Women’s Champions and most sportingly compelling Women’s will set key goals, actions and priorities
Transform competitions • UEFA Women’s Champions League:
League and Women’s EURO, plus a EURO ever. for the game by 2030.
• New format delivers second successive season of record-breaking attendances highly successful commercial programme,
• Sell-out crowd and highest Women’s Champions League final TV audience for the final in Eindhoven have meant that we have exceeded UEFA will introduce a new What is your biggest hope
• First payments made to non-participating clubs as part of the solidarity scheme our expectations in terms of doubling women’s football strategy in 2024. for the new strategy?
• UEFA men’s club licensing and financial fair play regulations include provisions for women’s football activities
the reach and value of these flagship What challenges should it address? That together we keep on building
• Inaugural Women’s Finalissma at Wembley stadium
• New national team competition system approved by the UEFA Executive Committee competitions. This has also gone a We need to ensure that we all move on the unique strengths of women’s
• Switzerland appointed as hosts of Women’s EURO 2025 by the UEFA Executive Committee long way to changing perceptions. forward together and that we make football and that, when we speak
Enhance governance • UEFA minimum standards framework for women’s national teams approved by the UEFA Executive Committee Increases in the number of registered the right decisions for the long-term about football in the future, we
structures • 47 national women’s football strategies or women’s football pillars in place; 17 national associations receive UEFA support players and the introduction of the UEFA development of the game. We should don’t have to stress that it includes
• 52 women’s football leads in national associations Playmakers and Football in Schools look at dedicated support for small and women’s football.
• UEFA committee composition review for 2023–27 increases the number of positions for women on UEFA standing committees programmes mean there are now 2.997
• Working group on gender equality set up
million women and girls playing football,
• Women in football leadership programme organised at UEFA
• Six women receive UEFA Academy scholarships more than doubling our target. And we
• Women’s football discussed in the UEFA Convention on the Future of European Football have been working hard on improving
• Strategy process for UEFA women’s football strategy 2024–30 kicks off the standards for those players, not least “Together, strategy development programmes,
through the minimum standards framework
Increase visibility • All commercial packages for 2021–25 sold
additional finances, transformed competitions and
and commercial value • Sublicensing of media rights for Women’s Champions League final increases revenues and reach (see pages 62-63). From a governance
• Business case for women’s football: perspective, 18.3% of our committee UEFA’s insights and initiatives have had a profound
• Seven leagues supported with club and league workshops; 73 bespoke reports created
• Stakeholder events hosted at the Women’s Champions League final in Eindhoven
members are female – a jump from 2019. impact on the progress of the women’s game.“
• Women’s EURO documentary – Equals – launched
• 407 million impressions for WePlayStrong

COMPETITIONS
18 Competitions map
20 N
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competitions
28 Club competitions
32 Regions’ Cup
34 Y
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38 Futsal competitions
42 V
isibility and
partners
COMPETITIONS INTRODUCTION
UEFA European Under-21
COMPETITIONS
Championship
Georgia and Romania co-hosted
a record-breaking final tournament
on and off the pitch.
First Women’s Finalissima

European champions England
met Copa América Femenina
S holders Brazil in front of 83,132
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Club class
Manchester City reached new heights
as they claimed the UEFA Champions
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a competition that continues to go
from strength to strength.
UEFA Regions’ Cup

SPORTING MERIT PLAYER PATHWAYS VIRTUOUS CIRCLE Europe’s premier amateur
competition returned to give the
With qualification based purely on UEFA youth competitions provide We evolve our competition formats continent’s best grassroots players
sporting merit, every player in every pathways for talented players aspiring to raise standards. More excitement their time to shine once again.
club in every European league can to a professional career. attracts more fans, increasing revenue
pursue the dream of playing in our to share with clubs and associations for
men’s and women’s competitions. investment in the game’s development.

Super Cup 2022 CHAMPIONS OF
EUROPE 2022/23
National team competitions Club competitions Host city: Helsinki
Real Madrid CF 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Winners: Real Madrid CF

Women’s Finalissima
Host city: London Fifteen cities spanning the length and breadth of Europe hosted the finals
England 1-1 Brazil (4-2 pens) of 16 UEFA competitions across the season. While winners old and new
Nations League 2023 claimed the trophies, the collective impact of each competition resonated
Winners: England
Hosts: Netherlands across the European football pyramid – both on and beyond the pitch.
Croatia 0-0 Spain (4-5 pens)
Winners: Spain
Women’s Under-17 Championship

Hosts: Estonia
Women’s Champions League Spain 2-3 France
Host city: Eindhoven
FC Barcelona 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg Winners: France
Winners: FC Barcelona
Europa Conference League
Host city: Prague
ACF Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham
United FC
Women’s Futsal EURO 2023 Under-21 Championship 2023
Winners: West Ham United FC
Hosts: Hungary Hosts: Georgia and Romania
Ukraine 1-5 Spain England 1-0 Spain
Women’s Under-19 Championship
Winners: Spain Winners: England
Hosts: Belgium
Spain 0-0 Germany (3-2 pens)
Winners: Spain
Under-17 Championship
Hosts: Hungary 2022/23 UEFA Awards
Youth League
Germany 0-0 France (5-4 pens)
Host city: Geneva
AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split Winners: Germany UEFA Women’s Player of the Year
Winners: AZ Alkmaar Aitana Bonmatí
Europa League
Host city: Budapest UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
Sevilla FC 1-1 AS Roma (4-1 pens) Champions League Erling Haaland
Winners: Sevilla FC Host city: Istanbul

Regions’ Cup 2023 Manchester City FC 1-0 UEFA Women’s Coach of the Year
Hosts: Galicia region, Spain FC Internazionale Milano Sarina Wiegman
Galicia 3-1 Belgrade
Under-19 Championship Winners: Manchester City FC
UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year
Winners: Galicia Josep Guardiola
Futsal Champions League Hosts: Malta Download PNG PSD SVG EPS Formats In Single Zip
Portugal 0-1 Italy

Host city: Palma
President’s Award
Mallorca Palma 1-1 Sporting CP Winners: Italy Miroslav Klose
(5-3 pens)
Winners: Mallorca Palma

COMPETITIONS NATIONAL TEAMS
MAINTAINING MOMENTUM
AND SPURRING COMPETITION Scotland offer a good example. Like
Hungary, Israel and Serbia, they were in
League C in 2018/19 yet will begin the
This, in turn, brings more interest from
supporters, media and commercial partners
– an important consideration for UEFA, which
next edition in League A. Indeed, they sees as vital the significance of national team
Spain won the latest edition of the men’s Nations League, which continues to re-energise the have the highest Nations League win competitions in boosting the resources of its
international calendar with more exciting, competitive matches – and UEFA is set to leverage percentage (62.5%) of any team and, in member associations as they continue to
its women’s competitions to follow suit. 2021, provided a perfect example of the recover from the financial hit of the COVID-19
ripple effect in action, with their first men’s pandemic. The interest of fans was manifest
EURO participation since 1996. during the 2023 finals, with the four matches
There was a new name on the UEFA Beyond Spain’s victory lies a broader Thirty-three national teams have earned in Rotterdam and Enschede drawing an overall
Nations League honours board in June as success story: since its inception, the at least one promotion, which highlights Overall, eight countries have achieved two attendance of 126,200 – 95% of the
Spain became the competition’s third Nations League has provided a platform how they are able to generate momentum promotions since 2018, including Georgia, stadiums’ combined capacity. That interest
winners. The finals in the Netherlands for more competitive and meaningful via the competition. As well as climbing whose win percentage (61.1%) reflects was mirrored outside the stadiums as well,
featured the hosts together with Croatia, matches – without adding any fresh dates the Nations League ladder, they improve their efforts in climbing from League D with the 2022/23 Nations League as a whole
Italy and Spain – and concluded with Spain to the calendar – and during 2022/23 it their chances of a more favourable draw to League B of a competition whose attracting a projected cumulative global live
celebrating a final shoot-out triumph over continued to give national teams at all in the European Qualifiers, so creating structure ensures a greater degree of viewership of 557.8 million plus 2.7 billion
Croatia after a goalless draw at De Kuip. levels fresh opportunities. a virtuous circle. competitive balance. interactions across social media and UEFA.com.

IN DEPTH
Futureproofing the format
The next Nations League, starting in
September 2024, will build on the
“The introduction of the Nations League was a success
competition’s sporting and commercial story. By introducing the knockout phase, teams will WOMEN’S FINALISSIMA TAKES CENTRE STAGE
success, with a new knockout round linking be given even more opportunities to progress, while
the group phase ending in November
with the finals played in June 2025.
This amendment followed an extensive
keeping the same number of games within the
international match calendar.”
AN OCCASION TO WOW WEMBLEY
consultation process with member Aleksander Čeferin
associations and gained approval from the UEFA President Less than a year after England
UEFA Executive Committee in January 2023. ENGLAND – AND WOMEN’S FOOTBALL had claimed their maiden
– HAD FRESH REASON TO CELEBRATE AS international trophy at the same
The revised format will entail quarter-finals League B, as well as the third-ranked sides The Executive Committee also THE FIRST WOMEN’S FINALISSIMA TOOK venue, it was the perfect way
involving the League A group winners and in League B and runners-up of League C, approved a more consolidated format PLACE IN LONDON. to mark another memorable
runners-up, who will play each other home will play home-and-away promotion/ for the European Qualifiers for the landmark in the women’s game
and away, with the winners qualifying for relegation play-offs. It means yet more UEFA EURO and the FIFA World Cup, – the inaugural Women’s Finalissima,
the final four. Similarly, the third-ranked competitive games and exciting matchups, which will feature 12 groups of four which saw Women’s EURO 2022
sides in League A and runners-up of with added value for players and fans. or five teams. 6 April 2023. Wembley Stadium on a spring evening with 83,132 winners England defeat Brazil, reigning champions of
spectators in the stands – one of the all-time-high women’s the Copa América Femenina.
football match attendance figures and the highest of the 2022/23
European season – and a dramatic denouement on the pitch. Speaking after her team’s 4-2 shoot-out
Revolutionising success, England midfielder Keira Walsh’s
women’s national words captured the powerful sense of
team football occasion. “For women’s football to have
this for the first time and for England to be
a part of it is a very special feeling for us and
UEFA is looking to replicate for the fans.”
the success of the men’s Nations
League format in the women’s “It’s so exciting to have all these people here,” added her
game as part of a new two-phase coach, Sarina Wiegman, who had seen England take a
national team competition first-half lead through Ella Toone before Brazil drew level in
system that ultimately leads to stoppage time with an Andressa Alves goal. The ensuing
qualification for the Women’s shoot-out saw Mary Earps, England’s goalkeeper, save
EURO or the FIFA Women’s Tamires’ penalty before Chloe Kelly, repeating her feat of
World Cup. the Women’s EURO final, converted the winning kick.
Announced in November 2022, The success of the first Women’s Finalissima, which
the first cycle of the new system followed the men’s equivalent between Italy and Argentina,
was set to kick off in September is among the fruits of ever-deepening cooperation between UEFA
2023. The opening Nations and CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation.
League phase will have three In December 2022, the two confederations announced an
tiers composed of groups of operational agreement on the mutual recognition of coaching
four or three teams playing The Nations League semi-finals exciting matches. Together with qualifications and competencies and a technical
each other home and away. will also determine which two the approval of a first-ever agreement for coach development.
The final standings will decide teams join hosts France as minimum standards framework
the make-up of a four-team European representatives at the (see pages 62-63), the new
Nations League final tournament 2024 women’s Olympic football competition system is one of
in February 2024, plus – after tournament. If France are among several measures that UEFA has
promotions and relegations the finalists, the third-placed taken to level the playing field
– teams’ starting positions in the Nations League team will fill the for women’s national team
second part of the new system, remaining Olympic Games slot. football across Europe.
a European Qualifiers phase,
“For women’s football to have this for
which determines qualification The emphasis on better-balanced the first time and for England to be a
for Women’s EURO 2025 groups and promotion/relegation part of it is a very special feeling for us
in Switzerland. will result in more competitive, and for the fans.”
England’s Keira Walsh

Doubling down The Swiss FA believes hosting EURO 2025 already embraced circular economy models
Soon after matchday 2 of can make football the most popular sport in line with UEFA’s guidelines, aiming to
the men’s EURO qualifiers for women and girls nationwide. It will start minimise waste wherever possible.
had come to a close in from a position of strength. A recent push
March, the UEFA Executive Committee to promote women’s football has seen
announced the Swiss Football Association the number of licensed female players rise
as hosts of Women’s EURO 2025 – a first from 20,000 in 2016 to 25,000 in 2020.
for the country. At grassroots level, Switzerland has run a
UEFA Playmakers programme since 2021.
The Swiss FA, which has set a target of To date, over 700 young girls have attended
selling all of the 725,000 or so tickets sessions, designed to start a lifelong love of
Meet Albärt the bear available for the tournament’s 31 matches, the game.
will seek to emulate the success of the
previous edition in England. That event As with the men’s EURO, a strong emphasis
Before Germany faced Colombia became the most-watched Women’s will be placed on social legacy and
in a friendly at the Arena EURO ever and served as a catalyst for sustainability, and projects are already
EUROS ON
AufSchalke in June 2023, Albärt a nationwide surge in attendance and under way to reduce the carbon footprint
the teddy bear was introduced participation rates for women’s football. of the tournament. The organisers have
to the world as the official
mascot for EURO 2024. Named
THE HORIZON
after an online vote involving
UEFA.com users and German
schoolchildren, Albärt made
his debut at a Gelsenkirchen
primary school, kicking off his
Preparations for UEFA EURO 2024 and UEFA Women’s EURO 2025
#MakeMoves tour of European
gathered pace during the 2022/23 season, with anticipation building schools to promote the benefits
for what are set to be two of the most competitive and sustainable of physical exercise. “You can’t
football tournaments yet. lay the foundations for motion,
playfulness and team spirit early
enough. This mascot will deliver
that powerful message,” said
tournament ambassador and
As the season came to an end in June, UEFA Face of EURO 2024 DFB vice-president Celia Šašić.
celebrated the start of the UEFA EURO 2024 The Frankfurt draw also
countdown. With just 12 months to go until saw the launch of a
the tournament kicks off in Germany, the recruitment programme for
Henri Delaunay Cup went on display in the myriad volunteers whose
Berlin. In perfect synchronisation, official behind-the-scenes roles in
countdown clocks started ticking in the host cities and stadiums are so critical
prominent locations across the ten host to the tournament’s success. By the end of
cities, while skill challenges offered local the season, 19,000 people had registered
fans an early chance to win match tickets. interest in 25 different areas of activity –
“I loved UEFA Playmakers,
3,000 more than the overall allocation.
For national teams, the EURO 2024 “The volunteers are the faces of this especially the games
timeline began on 9 October 2022, tournament, but also ambassadors for and the coaches, who
when the qualifying draw was held at Germany,” said tournament director Philipp event’s foundational elements, with UEFA were nice, great and
the Festhalle exhibition centre in Frankfurt. Lahm. “We would be very pleased to have and the German Football Association (DFB)
With seedings based on final rankings in as many candidates as possible to be part developing a EURO 2024 environmental,
well prepared. I want
the 2022/23 Nations League, the sides of this amazing European sporting event.” social and governance (ESG) strategy. to continue playing
were drawn into ten qualifying groups; Additionally, the first match tickets were set Initiatives include the clustering of match football.”
group winners and runners-up would to go on sale on UEFA.com in October 2023. schedules to reduce travel, and a focus on
qualify directly for the final tournament. safeguarding human rights. Germany’s Leonor
Five-year-old Swiss UEFA
Those that missed out would have the EURO 2024 aims to set new standards for federal ministry of labour and social affairs,
Playmakers participant
chance to qualify for the three remaining social, environmental and economic for instance, has helped to develop a
slots via play-offs decided by Nations sustainability at major sports events. As sustainable supply chains road map that
League positions. such, corporate responsibility is one of the will be implemented for the tournament.

COMPETITIONS UNDER-21
A LEAGUE OF “The legacy of the tournament will be invaluable for Georgian football.
THEIR OWN
The newly built and renovated high-quality training and playing facilities
are already serving to develop the domestic game.”
Levan Kobiashvili
Georgian Football Federation president
Records tumbled on and off the pitch at the
European Under-21 Championship finals, with
England winning the title for the first time since tournament Anthony Gordon, an English
1984 in the midst of all-time high attendances. Premier League regular, underlining
the calibre of players on show in 2023.
44,338 316,023 The top scorer prize was shared by three
Georgia combined players: Spain’s Abel Ruiz and Sergio
v Israel attendance Gómez, and Ukrainian Georgiy Sudakov.
including the competition’s
three highest-ever crowds UEFA’s analysts praised the technical and
tactical quality of the football, citing, for
instance, the way England and Spain
dominated possession in the opposition
half with excellent balance behind the ball.
For the first time in an Under-21 final
tournament, UEFA created a central
41,887 platform allowing teams to access live
Georgia 43,043 tactical footage, instant post-match data
v Belgium Georgia and match reports.
v Netherlands
Legacy in action
In addition to showcasing technical
On the ground, the Paichadze Stadium in excellence, co-hosting an international
the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, drew the three tournament can be a powerful catalyst
“We recorded the largest highest attendances in the tournament’s for developing a country’s sporting
attendance at an Under-21 history, all for matches involving the infrastructure.
match in Romania, and for host nation: 44,338 at their quarter-final
The tournament, staged jointly by against Israel, and 43,043 and 41,887 at In Romania, the material legacy of staging
Georgia and Romania, finished with the Romanian Football the group fixtures against the Netherlands matches at EURO 2020 was apparent, with
England claiming a 1-0 triumph in the final Federation it was also an and Belgium. The excitement of Georgian Bucharest’s Steaua and Giulești stadiums,
against Spain and, in the process, breaking opportunity to consolidate supporters was understandable with built for EURO 2020, sharing the hosting
new ground. They were not only the first their national team reaching the last duties along with the Cluj Arena and CFR
team to win six matches in the expanded
our management and event eight on their first appearance in the Cluj Stadium in Cluj-Napoca. The project
16-team format but also conceded no goals organisation teams. This is final tournament. team were able to draw on first-hand
in doing so. a really great legacy.” experience of being part of the EURO 2020
Georgia’s feat was telling of the local organising structure, including by
Răzvan Burleanu
Fans embraced the 2023 final competitiveness at this level of European engaging a team of 270 volunteers
Romanian Football
tournament with record-breaking football. Other surprises included holders representing 13 different nationalities.
Federation president
force: the combined attendance Germany finishing bottom of their group
of 316,023 marked a significant and Ukraine eliminating France in the The Georgian Football Federation (GFF)
leap from the previous high of for the group stage alone. The Under-21 quarter-finals. A year after reaching the invested government support for the finals
243,995 set at the 2017 finals in section of UEFA.com attracted 1.9 million Under-19 Championship final, meanwhile, in the renovation of both Tbilisi’s Meskhi
Poland. Millions more followed visits and 4.6 million page views over the Israel achieved another milestone by playing Stadium and the Shengelia Arena in the
on television and online, as course of the finals, and UEFA’s three main in their first Under-21 semi-final thanks to a western city of Kutaisi as well as the creation
comprehensive and innovative broadcast Under-21 social media accounts registered shoot-out win over Georgia. of five training centres across the country.
and digital coverage resulted in several 52,000 new followers between them – Funding for the centres was supplemented
eye-catching numbers – for example, helped in part by UEFA’s strategy of The European Under-21 Championship by UEFA’s HatTrick programme, which
cumulative live viewership of 32.7 million cross-sharing the best content across provides young players with a platform to reinvests senior men’s EURO revenue into
across 15 TV and five streaming markets our @EURO2024 accounts. showcase their skills, with player of the football development projects.

COMPETITIONS CLUB COMPETITIONS
172.2
Shared success Evolution of solidarity payments
Fundamental to UEFA’s club competitions to non-participating clubs in UEFA
men's club competitions (€m) 139.1 138.7 140.1
is the principle of supporting clubs across
127.7 127.1
all levels of the football pyramid, not 117.6
just those competing for silverware.
For the current cycle of men’s senior club
85.1
80.7 81.4
competitions, of which 2022/23 was the
67.6 67.3 70.4
second season, the funding given to
countries without clubs participating in 43.2 43.6 43.3
38 40.6 39.3
our competitions was nearly double that 32.9 34 34.2 33.8
of the previous cycle. Overall, solidarity
payments to non-participating clubs have
increased by nearly 150% since 2009/10,
2008/09
2004/05
2005/06
2003/04
2006/07
2000/01
2002/03
1999/00
2009/10
2007/08
2020/21
2001/02
2021/22
2019/20
2018/19
2014/15
2016/17
2012/13
2015/16
2013/14
2011/02
2010/11
2017/18
up to €172.2m.
The principle has been reinforced in the
EUROPEAN
revamped UEFA Women’s Champions
FC €
League as well, with solidarity payments €5.6m to distribute equally among their
introduced for the 2021/22 season. Each non-participating top domestic clubs. UEFA
DREAMS
national association with at least one club plans to further increase support as part of its
in the 2022/23 edition received a share of new post-2024 men’s club competition cycle.
78 clubs €2.94m
played a 2022/23 UEFA minimum payment provided
OPEN TO ALL
Champions League match to the 32 group stage clubs
Sevilla’s seventh heaven
Dare to dream Sevilla claimed a remarkable seventh
From the preliminary round to the final, 78 clubs played UEFA Europa League title in Budapest,
The 2022/23 season was defined by footballing a 2022/23 UEFA Champions League match. Across all the more impressive for doing so
excellence, record engagement and the principles the three men’s competitions, nine clubs made their during a difficult domestic season
of sporting merit and access to all, with a total of European group stage debut this season, including three in which they finished 12th in LaLiga.
from countries that were represented in a UEFA club Captain Ivan Rakitić summed up the special place
305 clubs taking part in UEFA competitions. competition group stage for the first time: Kosovan the UEFA Europa League has in Sevilla hearts:
champions Ballkani, Liechtenstein’s Vaduz and Žalgiris “We say that there is no team who loves this
from Lithuania all broke new ground by appearing in competition as we do, and this saying is not just
the Europa Conference League. marketing; we feel it.” Their final opponents, Roma,
City at their brilliant best fell one match short of a novel European double,
The world’s premier club football competition It’s illustrative of one of the key rationales behind having qualified via their UEFA Europa Conference
delivered a thrilling climax once again, as establishing a third competition – providing new League victory in 2021/22.
Manchester City claimed the prize they’ve opportunities to more clubs than ever. With all 32 group
long strived for in winning the UEFA stage sides receiving a minimum of €2.94m, it’s a huge A stirring UEFA Women’s
Champions League in Istanbul. opportunity for smaller clubs – plus their fans. “I’d dreamt Champions League
They edged past Inter Milan 1-0 of this ever since childhood,” expressed lifelong Žalgiris fan The second season of the revamped Women’s
in the final, but their campaign was Jokūbas Plytnikas. “The recurring theme throughout those Champions League competition cycle built on the
defined by on-pitch excellence games was joy. Whatever happened on the pitch, we were success of the first, again delivering increased supporter numbers
and dominant results, including super happy we’d got the chance to be there.” and gripping matches, contributing further to our women’s football
wins against Sevilla (4-0), strategic priorities of transforming competitions and greater
Leipzig (7-0), Bayern Munich In 2022/23, UEFA men’s club competitions generated visibility. In the final, staged in the Netherlands for the first time,
(3-0) and defending total revenue of €3.69bn, of which €0.58bn was deducted Barcelona claimed their second title with a spectacular comeback
champions Real Madrid (4-0). to cover solidarity payments for both non-participating from two goals down against Wolfsburg. Other thrillers included
Forward Erling Haaland men’s teams and the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Roma’s 4-3 group stage victory over St. Pölten and Wolfsburg’s
contributed 12 goals to City’s the share for sides playing in the qualifying rounds and two dramatic semi-final legs against Arsenal, which ended 5-4 on
overall tally of 32 – overall organisational costs. Of the remaining €3.11bn in aggregate after extra time. The competitive nature of the 2022/23
unsurprisingly, the net revenue, an impressive 93.5% will be distributed to edition and the on-pitch appeal was reflected in an overall 29%
competition high. participating clubs. rise in supporter numbers on 2021/22. “It’s one of the greatest
competitions in world football. I believe every child dreams about
this tournament,” said AS Roma defender Elisa Bartoli ahead of
the quarter-finals.

COMPETITIONS CLUB COMPETITIONS COMPETITIONS TECHNICAL REPORTS
Technical reports provide tactical insight

Fan fervour
Every season, UEFA’s technical observers produce in-depth reports for each of
our major competitions, providing coaches and fans across Europe with detailed
A winning fixture Across TV, digital and social analysis of tactical trends. Drawing on examples from both the men’s and women’s All our 2022/23 competition technical
After just two seasons, the UEFA Europa media channels, 450 million Champions League competitions, we look at one of the key talking points from reports are available to read online at
Conference League feels like a fundamental people interacted with the UEFA 2022/23: the routes that Europe’s best teams are taking to goal. www.uefatechnicalreports.com.
part of the European football calendar. Champions League final, up 40%
It certainly will be for West Ham, who compared with the 2022 showpiece,
claimed their first major trophy in 43 years including an estimated average Lane location of teams progressing into final third
thanks to a 2-1 victory against Fiorentina after Jarrod global TV and streaming
Bowen’s late winner. The celebrations in Prague viewership of 150 million.
illustrated the unrivalled joy that a European trophy can The UEFA Europa Conference 20 clubs Key takeaways
provide, and the esteem in which Europe’s fledging League final, meanwhile, broke their
competition is already held. That booming interest is also attracted an estimated average UEFA Women’s • Teams in both competitions favoured
attacking via wide areas.
reflected in the venue choices for the competition’s next live audience of 30 million – a Champions League
• UEFA Women’s Champions League teams
two finals, announced in June, with the brand-new Agia 50% increase from 2022 – and was attendance records attacked centrally (lane 3) more frequently
Sofia Stadium in Athens (2024) and Stadion Wrocław in broadcast in more than 200 32% 34%
than UEFA Champions League teams.
Poland (2025) both having capacities of over 30,000. territories. In total, 34 different • The winners of both competitions preferred
13% 12%
host broadcasters transmitted 9% one side of the pitch over the other:
matches across the competition. • Manchester City: 40% through lane 5
Notable attendance landmarks LANE 1 LANE 2 LANE 3 LANE 4 LANE 5 • Barcelona: 35% through lane 1
were registered, too: the UEFA
Women’s Champions League final
was played in front of a maximum
capacity crowd for the first Passes into the final
time, while 20 clubs broke their 50% third by position
competition attendance records. increase on UEFA
Elsewhere, a record UEFA Europa Europa Conference
League crowd of 90,255 was on League final average Average Man City Inter
31%
hand to see Manchester United live audience 24%
play Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Passed to final third 17%
15% 13%
2%
Goalkeepers 1%
3% LANE 1 LANE 2 LANE 3 LANE 4 LANE 5
16%
Centre-back 10% 23%
24% Individual
Penalty Cross action
17% box entry (open play
Full-back 16% and set play)
0%
method
49%
4%
2%
Wing-back 0%
20%
Combination
play
5%
Defensive 20%
midfield 0%
42%
Central
39%
midfield
36%
8% 3%
Winger 11% Penetrative
0% pass
7% 7% 9%
Forward 2% Non-penetrative 7% Through
17% pass Long ball ball

COMPETITIONS REGIONS’ CUP
IN DEPTH
Opportunity knocks UEFA also creates a good atmosphere
For most amateur players, who play for between the teams. We have the
love of the game only, competing on the chance to get to know players from
European stage is already a personal other countries.
triumph. By day, Zlín skipper Petr Horňák
works as a warehouseman in his native “A tournament like this shows that UEFA
‘THIS MIGHT Czechia, while Paweł Słonecki, who wears

the captain’s armband for Polish side
recognises amateur footballers, and the
level of the Regions’ Cup confirms that
BE THE MOST
Dolnośląski, makes his living as an football’s governing bodies also appreciate
insurance agent. such players.”
IMPORTANT Despite falling short of defending his

side’s 2018/19 title, Słonecki relished the
That sentiment is echoed by Jim Boyce,
who attended nine Regions’ Cups as
TOURNAMENT
experience – on and off the pitch. “For a chairman of UEFA’s Youth and Amateur
moment we can feel like professionals and Football Committee. “UEFA have got to be
we can test ourselves on an international congratulated for introducing a tournament
OF OUR LIVES’ stage,” said Słonecki. “For people like me

it is the culmination of sporting ambition.
like this,” he said. “This is the Champions
League for amateur players. These are lads
who play at the weekend and play mainly
for fun, but they have an opportunity to
play in a European competition, come to
THE REGIONS’ CUP, THE UNOFFICIAL
new countries and make new friends.”
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR AMATEUR
PLAYERS, MADE ITS COMEBACK IN
Best in class
2023 AFTER A FOUR-YEAR HIATUS.
The on-pitch excellence is testimony
to the depth of quality across the amateur
level of the football pyramid.
“The standard of matches
at the Regions’ Cup is
very high,” said Bavaria
captain Sebastian Brey.
“You have to be at your
limit to be successful.”
Equally, Słonecki recognises

that the Regions’ Cup can
serve as a launchpad for
up-and-coming footballers
aspiring to play at the highest
levels of the game. “For young
Come one, come all players, the Regions’ Cup can be
Ahead of the final-eight tournament in a ticket to the world of professional
Few competitions better illustrate UEFA’s northwest Spain, Aarón Rama, captain of football,” said Słonecki. “So many players
commitment to giving every player a host team Galicia and a civil engineer by 6,500 don’t have a chance to show their abilities
chance to play on the European stage trade, was unequivocal about what it players have appeared to spectators and coaches from higher
than the Regions’ Cup – the pinnacle meant to represent his region and country. in the Regions’ Cup leagues. This is a great opportunity to
of amateur club football across “For us players, this might be the most be seen.”
the continent. important tournament of our lives,” said
Rama. “I can’t describe the feeling when 69 Take Josip Juranović, for example; having
With 595 players on the starting grid we realised we had qualified.” teams from 27 nations played for Zagreb Region in the 2014/15
for the 2022/23 edition, anticipation have appeared in the Regions’ Cup, in 2022/23 he made six
was palpable among Europe’s Rama and his team-mates did better final tournament Champions League appearances for Celtic
perhaps lesser-known teams and than merely qualify, becoming the first before joining Union Berlin in January and
talents for the competition’s first team to win a Regions’ Cup final by more playing in the Europa League knockout
edition since the COVID-19 than one goal with a 3-1 victory over 10 stages. His story is a reminder that players
pandemic brought football to Belgrade in front of a record crowd of different winners from all walks of life and all corners of
a temporary halt in 2020. more than 4,000. in 12 editions Europe can dare to dream.

COMPETITIONS YOUTH COMPETITIONS
LAUNCHING LEGACIES Establishing a clear development

pathway for elite young players is one
of the fundamental principles behind
Women’s
Under-17
Championship
New youth championship
format approved
UEFA’s youth tournaments. “This title France’s Under-17 women
Hungary and Estonia played host to the 2022/23 men’s and women’s is so important,” affirmed Germany succeeded where their
European Under-17 Championships respectively. coach Christian Wück after his side’s male counterparts failed by winning their UEFA constantly evaluates and
success. “Especially for youth and talent Under-17 championship final against Spain, evolves its competition structures
development in Germany. This is proof 3-2, at the Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn. to deliver the best outcomes
The revenue generated by UEFA’s senior claimed a second men’s Under-17 early steps on the international stage, that we do have talent… and we can While France became only the fourth for its members and for players.
competitions provides the funding for six Championship title by defeating 2022 while the illustrious list of former Under-17 provide players for the senior team.” nation to win the women’s title, the impact In June 2023, the UEFA Executive
youth competitions. Each leaves a lasting champions France on penalties after Championship players includes Toni Kroos, of the tournament should not be measured Committee approved new
legacy – on and off the pitch. Host a 0-0 draw. Their title charge was Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland. UEFA’s funding model seeks to ensure purely by results on the football pitch. formats for UEFA’s men’s youth
countries invest in better facilities, spearheaded by Dortmund’s Paris Brunner, that it’s an opportunity open to as The Estonian Football Association sought championships that guarantees
promising young players gain valuable a joint top scorer and the player of the Hungary’s most-capped senior player, many young players across Europe as to leverage the unique opportunity associations more competitive
experience of international tournament tournament – just one of the many players Balázs Dzsudzsák – a tournament possible. Every four years, a portion of offered by hosting the Women’s Under-17 matches and more opportunities
football, and high-quality matches inspire who grasped the chance to make their ambassador – started his international the development funds generated by Championship to supercharge women’s for player development.
more youngsters to take up the game. mark on the international stage. career at Under-17 level and is in no doubt the senior men’s EURO is available to football across the country at grassroots
about the importance of the experience. help associations cover the costs of and senior levels, targeting a 60% rise both From 2024/25, qualifying in the
They are set to follow a well-trodden path “Such tournaments teach you how to keep entering our youth competitions. In in participation numbers in the Under-10 Under-17 Championship will consist
Men’s Under-17 from European age-limit to senior football: in shape every third day when there is a 2023, Wales became the 41st UEFA age group and the number of licensed of two rounds of single-venue
Championship in its previous iteration as an Under-16 match. It also teaches you how to handle member to play at the Under-17 finals, female coaches. mini-tournaments, culminating in
At the Hidegkuti Nándor tournament, the competition provided a mental pressure. This tournament at such while Cyprus will become the 42nd as an eight-team final tournament.
Stadium in Budapest, Germany platform for Thierry Henry’s and Luís Figo’s an age is a huge step in a player’s life.” hosts of the 2024 edition. To achieve its ambitious goals, the Estonian Teams will be split into two
FA is strengthening all levels of its women’s leagues, A and B, for the second
football pyramid: creating a new Under-9 qualifying round, with promotion
girls’ league, establishing nine women’s and relegation between the
teams within top-level clubs; training leagues reflected in the first round
40 UEFA-licensed coaches and two of Under-19 qualifying for the
female coach educators; and launching same age cohort (e.g. the 2026/27
an education programme involving Under-19 Championship in the
40 school and nursery teachers. case of the 2024/25 Under-17
competition). Similar changes
As the chair of UEFA’s Women’s Football will be rolled out at Under-19 level
Committee and general secretary of the in 2026/27.
Estonian FA, Anne Rei is perfectly placed
to assess the potential impact of hosting
the tournament. “After the tournament,
hopefully many girls will be motivated to
take up the game,” she said. “In Estonia,
we still have to focus on participation
numbers, to encourage clubs to take
up women’s football.”
Rei also highlights the opportunities

UEFA youth tournaments present for
giving current players a pathway to the
top. “They are vital to the development
of young female players. At these
tournaments they can experience
the demands of an international
tournament at European level.
The impact can be seen with the
senior national teams, with many
60% of today’s most prominent
rise in Under-10 players starting their
girls’ participation international careers at
targeted in Estonia women’s Under-17 level.”
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COMPETITIONS YOUTH COMPETITIONS
GIVING YOUTH A CHANCE

“[The Youth League] helped me a lot,
because you come up against different
playing styles in different countries, which is
always a new and different challenge.”
Leroy Sané
domestic champions path; none of the
Germany and Bayern Munich
semi-finalists – AZ Alkmaar, Hajduk Split,
AC Milan or Sporting CP – had ever
reached the final four; and Hajduk are Centre-back António Silva is another recent
the first Croatian club to have reached breakout star. After playing a pivotal role in
any UEFA final. guiding Benfica to their first Youth League
title in the 2021/22 season, Silva played
The Youth League’s competitiveness offers nearly every minute of Benfica’s title-
a highly effective platform for young winning domestic campaign in 2022/23,
players to break into their senior teams. as well as appearing in the Champions
Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sané is among a League. Likewise Inter Milan’s Kristjan
growing number of Youth League alumni Asllani, Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk and
who have graduated from appearing in Paris Saint-Germain’s Warren Zaïre-Emery
the competition to establishing themselves all thrived in the competition.
as key players for club and country.
A platform for development
“For us it was a massive experience,” Like UEFA’s other youth competitions, the Each Youth League player is also asked
recalls Sané, who represented Schalke 04 Youth League is about more than growth to download the UEFA For Players app.
in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 Youth on the pitch. Each season, we organise Offering 15 hours of educational content,
Leagues.“You play against teams that educational initiatives that contribute to the the platform gives advice and information
you don’t normally face at the youth all-round development of young players. on the challenges players may face during
level, and since there are not many The 2022/23 edition was no exception. a professional football career.
tournaments abroad, it’s a really good
comparison to measure yourself against All 64 participating squads were invited
teams from other countries. to watch and discuss at least one of
the five episodes of UEFA’s OUTRAGED
A new, expanded format
“It was something really special,” adds documentary – an exploration of
Sané. “It helped me a lot, because you racism, sexism, homophobia, refugee
come up against different playing styles in discrimination and online abuse In June, the UEFA Executive
different countries, which is always a new through the personal experiences Committee approved a new
and different challenge.” of well-known footballers. format for the Youth League to
AZ Alkmaar’s young stars capped off a thrilling campaign by becoming ensure more European clubs and
the first Dutch champions of the UEFA Youth League. players can benefit from the
sporting and social education
that comes with participation.
AZ Alkmaar beat Eintracht Frankfurt, This tenth edition of the Youth League
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sporting CP was contested by 64 clubs, split into two From the 2024/25 season, the
on their way to the 2022/23 final before qualification routes. The Champions League domestic champions path will
impressing in a 5-0 victory over Hajduk path features the Under-19 teams of the be expanded to include youth
Split to claim the club’s first major 32 UEFA Champions League group stage champions representing all
European honour. The competition’s qualifiers, while the youth champions UEFA member associations – a
stature in the European football of the top 32 associations in the UEFA significant increase on the current
landscape was reflected in the thousands coefficient rankings qualify via the domestic limit of the top-32-ranked
of fans that followed Hajduk’s journey to champions path. associations. The Champions
the final, with the showpiece event League path will also add four
having to be moved from its traditional New opportunities teams to its starting roster,
venue in the Swiss town of Nyon to As well as providing a new winner, the matching the senior competition’s
the Stade de Genève, along the road 2022/23 season marked further exciting shift to a 36-team league phase.
in Geneva, to accommodate the breaks with tradition: for the first time,
travelling support. the two finalists qualified through the

COMPETITIONS FUTSAL
Futsal Champions League

Mallorca breakthrough
highlights strength in
depth
There was a new name on the UEFA Futsal
Champions League trophy in 2023 after
debutants and hosts Mallorca Palma Futsal
beat two-time winners Sporting CP of
Portugal on penalties in the final. In front
of a sold-out Velòdrom Illes Balears, Palma
defeated Sporting 5-3 in a concluding
shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in which Zicky
had cancelled out Mario Rivillos’ opening
goal for the hosts.
The event represented a breakthrough

moment, both for Palma, whose squad
included only four players with UEFA club
FUTSAL STEPPING
competition experience, and men’s club
futsal in Europe. The final-four appearances
of Palma and Sporting Anderlecht Futsal
FURTHER FORWARD
– Belgium’s first semi-finalists since 2007
– spoke of the sport’s rising levels of
competitiveness and participation. Some
56 clubs representing 52 of the 54 eligible
national associations had lined up on the
With rising participation across the continent and successful showpiece starting grid for the Futsal Champions
events, European futsal continues to go from strength to strength. League – more than double the number of
clubs in the inaugural 2001/02 UEFA Futsal
Cup. These numbers reflect the expansion
Women’s Futsal EURO It is Spain who continue to set the bar. tournament Peque set Spain on the way of domestic leagues to places where futsal
Spain reign Unbeaten across the first two editions, to victory over Ukraine, whose silver had little or no foothold – a process
UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO they preserved that record in the 2022/23 medal marked a step up from bronze accelerated by UEFA financial support
2023 concluded with Spain competition, which concluded with a year earlier. awarded to associations entering its
celebrating a third straight a four-team final tournament at futsal competitions through the HatTrick
triumph following a 5-1 final victory over Debrecen’s Főnix Arena in Hungary Spain coach Clàudia Pons spoke afterwards development programme, which channels
Ukraine – amid a broader sense of from 17 to 19 March. of “the amazing job that is being done European Football Championship revenue
satisfaction at the strides being taken in the sport in Spain,” while a broader back into the game.
by women’s futsal. They had to work hard to defeat semi-final sentiment was expressed by Ukraine captain
opponents Portugal, runners-up in 2019 Iuliia Forsiuk as she reflected on how the Finalissima bridges old and new worlds
As with the men’s competition, the and 2022, recovering from Carla Vanessa’s event provides a development boost for
FC
platform of a major tournament has 21st-second opener before prevailing 3-2. participants and beyond. “This tournament New competitions continue to enhance futsal’s appeal. The latest is
provided a welcome spur for the growth The second semi-final was also closely is very important for the promotion of the Futsal Finalissima, jointly organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL,
of futsal across Europe, with 24 countries contested, with Ukraine coming from women’s futsal,” Forsiuk said. the South American football confederation, which brought together
participating in the qualifiers. Five years behind to eliminate hosts Hungary the four strongest eligible teams from across the 2022 Copa América
on from its first edition in 2018, the game through two Anna Shulha goals. If the Women’s Futsal EURO is one catalyst 56 de Futsal and UEFA Futsal EURO 2022. Staged in Buenos Aires from 15 to
has a high-profile, high-calibre competition for growth, another will soon follow; FIFA clubs from 52 national 18 September 2022, the inaugural edition delivered an all-Iberian final
that gives female players a goal to aspire Just 48 hours later, Portugal defeated announced in December 2022 the launch associations competed after semi-final wins for Portugal over Paraguay (2-1) and Spain over hosts
to – and added incentive for associations Hungary 12-0 to take third place before of the Women’s Futsal World Cup, with in the 2022/23 Futsal Argentina (3-0). After Paraguay had secured third place, Portugal lifted this
to support teams. a 13th-second penalty from player of the the first edition set to take place in 2025. Champions League new futsal trophy by defeating Spain 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

COMPETITIONS FUTSAL
IN DEPTH
Maintaining
momentum
“If I were five or six years old,
I would start off playing futsal.” UEFA is leading the way in
A DIFFERENT PATH TO THE TOP Lionel Scaloni

Argentina’s men’s football head coach
encouraging its member
associations to build on futsal’s
growing popularity. We distributed
more than €1m in funding among
Having lifted nearly every futsal trophy Thankfully, O Mágico’s talents weren’t the 52 nations represented in the
MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLY AN available and being named the best player to be lost from the game, one of his 2022/23 Futsal Champions League,
INDOOR VERSION OF FOOTBALL, in the world a record six times, it may be coaches encouraging him that there were while further grants are available
THE SYNERGIES BETWEEN FUTSAL surprising to learn that Portugal futsal many paths to success. For Ricardinho, for participants in our men’s and
AND THE 11-A-SIDE GAME legend Ricardinho – known as O Mágico that was futsal. The rest is history, with women’s national team
PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES (The Magician) – was told he was too short the Portuguese youngster going on to competitions. UEFA’s HatTrick
FOR DEVELOPING PLAYERS to play football as a teenager. become one of the best to have ever kicked programme has also provided
ACROSS BOTH DISCIPLINES. a ball across either discipline. the impetus for projects such as
“Every child dreams to be a football player, the construction of San Marino’s
and I was the same. It was a difficult Futsal has been providing players with new national futsal arena and
moment for me when I was only 13 years alternative opportunities to play the game the French Football Federation’s
old. They asked me to go for trials, since its invention by Uruguayan teacher conversion of outdoor sport spaces
but in the end they told me Juan Carlos Ceriani in 1930. Except Ceriani into dedicated futsal courts.
I was too small,” reveals the was not offering players a different career
now Futsal Champions League, pathway – simply a place to play football
Futsal EURO and Futsal World during the rainy season, when outdoor
Cup winner. “I was heartbroken pitches were often flooded.
because I understood that it
The inaugural UEFA
wasn’t for a lack of quality Almost 100 years later, the two formats –
futsal tournament is
but for a lack of something futsal and 11-a-side football – continue to
staged in Córdoba,
I couldn’t control.” complement each other, with the benefits
featuring six teams
working both ways.
Lionel Scaloni, Argentina’s men’s football

1996
head coach, has even gone so far as to
attribute a portion of his team’s 2022 FIFA
World Cup success to futsal. “Many of the Júnior Messias credits his
early grounding in futsal for
Argentina team started out playing futsal,” giving him the skills to reach
he said. “The midfielders, above all, are the pinnacle of football.
players who get many touches of the ball
and many of them began playing in different
neighbourhoods around the country.”
Streets ahead role in developing creative, intelligent
A few months after his national team’s Brazilian midfielder Júnior Messias, formerly footballers. Take Juventus’s decision to
triumph, Scaloni extolled the virtues of with AC Milan and now of Genoa FC, hire Alessio Musti, the coach of the Italian
the five-a-side game at the draw for the credits his technical ability and short-passing national futsal side, to lead a programme
UEFA Futsal Champions League in Palma, acumen to the time spent playing futsal integrating futsal into their youth teams.
where he lives. on the streets of his hometown. “In my
town, we’d play virtually every weekend,” For Scaloni, the benefits of playing futsal 2022
“[Futsal] is directly linked to association explains Messias. “The thing with futsal is on football players’ development and skills
and 11-a side professional football, although that it’s fast-paced. Everything happens are irrefutable. “If I were five or six years UEFA Futsal EURO
we may not consider it so,” he said. “In very fast.” old, I would start off playing futsal. It’s vital features 16 teams
football, it is becoming more common that kids get lots of touches of the ball for for the first time
to see teams trying to create numerical There is growing evidence that just as the development of technique. I’m sure
superiority with the goalkeeper, as is Europe’s associations are making futsal there would be better players with better
frequently seen in futsal. We also play a key part of their strategies to grow the technique and they would understand
one on one all the time.” game, so futsal clubs recognise the format’s the sport much better.”

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DEVELOPMENT
48 UEFA support
programmes
52 Grassroots
56 UEFA Assist
58 HatTrick
60 Elite youth
development
61 UEFA Academy
62 Women’s football
64 Referees
65 UEFA Grow
66 Coaches
DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION
Empowering grassroots
DEVELOPMENT A new grassroots charter and a club

development framework further
strengthen the community game.
Coach education
An updated women’s football
competence framework plus new
S goalkeeper coaching specifications
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2022/23
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Beyond Europe
Joint UEFA-OFC Under-15
development tournament offers
new opportunities for elite players
outside Europe.
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All 55 member associations attend
UEFA’s first conference on finance
and human resource management.
Women’s football
UEFA develops the first minimum
REINVESTMENT SPORT’S BIGGEST SOLIDARITY FUND EVERYONE IN THE GAME standards framework for women’s
national teams in Europe.
UEFA redistributes revenue from its Earnings from the men’s EURO help Our development programmes
top competitions back into every UEFA’s 55 member associations grow support everyone playing, running or
level of the footballing pyramid. the game across the continent. supporting European football: from
elite men’s and women’s players,
coaches and referees to the youth
and grassroots games.

DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
UEFA’S DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMES
UEFA draws on net earnings generated by its competitions
to run five football development programmes. Each offers
specific types of support to our 55 member associations
that together benefit the entire football pyramid.
HatTrick UEFA Academy Grow Assist Solidarity payments

Direct funding support Personal development support Strategic development support Strategic development and direct Direct funding from UEFA club
funding support competitions
Redistributes men’s EURO net earnings Runs educational and research Offers on-demand strategic skills that Shares the experience and know-how Each season, UEFA allocates a
to associations for investment in programmes to help administrators, help associations to align development of European football with our five percentage of income from its top
development and infrastructure players and specialists develop careers projects with both their own priorities sister confederations – the AFC (Asia), club competitions for distribution
projects as: in a range of football-related activities. and UEFA’s strategic goals, ensuring a CAF (Africa), Concacaf (North and among non-participating clubs.
Courses include communications, measurable return on investment. Central America), CONMEBOL (South
Lump sums for each association corporate social responsibility, finance, America) and the OFC (New Zealand Men’s Champions League, Europa
every four years to invest according governance and law. Grow’s support offers a range of and South Pacific island nations), League and Europa Conference League:
to strategic priorities. business-critical expertise: identifying including their regional and member payments earmarked exclusively for
In 2022/23, 922 students representing football development trends, exploring associations. investment in youth development
Annual payments to help cover 456 organisations from across the business opportunities, supporting programmes and/or local community
association running costs, governance global football community – strategic growth, assessing football’s Support focuses on building capacity schemes.
projects, national team travel expenses, confederations, associations, leagues social impact and strengthening by sharing knowledge and funding
participation in UEFA youth women’s, and clubs – graduated from 19 UEFA professional networks. education programmes; organising In 2022/23, the amount available for
futsal and amateur competitions. Academy courses. youth competitions; funding small- solidarity payments was equivalent
scale, high-impact infrastructure to 4% of the three competitions’
Annual incentive payments for which projects; and encouraging UEFA cumulative gross revenue.
associations can apply to implement member associations to work with
a range of UEFA development counterparts in other confederations For the 2021–24 period, UEFA will
initiatives (e.g. anti-match-fixing, on development projects. channel an additional 30% of the
coaching, club licensing, elite youth net surplus – up to a maximum of
player development, grassroots and €35m – to non-participating clubs.
women’s football, good governance,
refereeing and social responsibility). Women’s Champions League: payments
used for development only. Associations
represented by at least one club are
eligible for UEFA solidarity funds
to distribute equally among non-
participating clubs. In 2022/23, this was
equivalent to 20% of the total amount
available through the competition’s
financial distribution model.

QA
‘Young players need time and
ZVONIMIR BOBAN
space to nurture their talent’

Zvonimir Boban, UEFA’s chief of football and director of technical development, emphasises the importance
of creating the best possible conditions for attracting, nurturing and protecting talented footballers – at all
levels of the footballing pyramid.
Since joining UEFA, what have programmes, in particular four closely Based on your personal experience
you experienced about the less connected areas: grassroots football, in Croatia, what are the secrets
visible side of the governing youth football, coach education, and of a successful grassroots
body’s mission – how it reinvests performance and match analysis. While development programme?
competition revenue back into this investment often goes unnoticed I’ll refrain from drawing parallels
the game? by the global audience, it plays a vital between today’s grassroots football
UEFA channels a substantial portion role in supporting clubs and national and my childhood experiences as a boy
of revenue generated by our competitions associations in their efforts to nurture growing up in Croatia. Life and society
into its football development football talents. have changed significantly. I played
football when and where I could. Street
football helped to sharpen my technique,
dribbling skills and creativity. Today, What do you see as UEFA’s main What drove the decision to fundamental football-related topics,
children are involved in lots of activities football development challenges? establish a UEFA Football Board? including the Laws of the Game,
outside of school. They have way less free At a time when football is undergoing The board’s creation ensures that the refereeing, match calendars,
time than we used to. This is precisely why rapid evolution, we must recognise that perspective from the pitch resonates at youth development and players’
we must improve accessibility and provide young players need time and space to an institutional level. Players and coaches well-being.
lots of opportunities for the current nurture their talent. Striking the right should lead discussions about the future of
generation of boys and girls to play balance between encouraging individual football. It is an honour for us to be part of Would you have appreciated
our beautiful game. growth and participating in elite such a sincere dialogue. With this kind of this kind of platform when
competitions continues to pose a collaborative effort, we are confident that you were still a player?
UEFA provides coaching challenge. At the elite level, the we can safeguard the integrity of our Absolutely! Players always feel that
licences at all levels of the environment in which young players beautiful game. they can offer valuable insights and
football pyramid – how is UEFA’s find themselves plays a critical role in perspectives on football. During my
Europe-wide coaching network shaping their development pathway. How is UEFA leveraging the younger years, such opportunities
working together to increase expertise of coaches and players were not available. It makes me proud
participation levels, particularly Do you think UEFA could do on the board? that we now have a proper forum for
at grassroots/amateur level? more to inform active players The board provides an independent players and coaches to share their
Introducing UEFA C diploma courses and coaches about UEFA’s voice of experience and expertise on thoughts and ideas.
as part of our overall coaching convention development work? Are there
has encouraged closer collaboration plans in this respect?
between the coach education and In addition to our existing activities, in
grassroots sectors of national associations. the 2023/24 season we will introduce the
As a consequence, we have seen a notable UEFA youth football forum, which will “At the elite level, the environment in which
rise in both the quantity and calibre of allow national teams, club coaches and
young players find themselves plays a critical role
coaches involved in grassroots-level academy directors to share first-hand
football. Our educational events have experiences and lessons learned from in shaping their development pathway.”
brought together coaching and grassroots nurturing talented young players. The
experts from across Europe, creating UEFA Football Board is undeniably
communities of best practice where another step in the right direction. Its
innovative coaching techniques and unique blend of experience and expertise
ideas can be discussed and exchanged. is exactly what football needs today.

DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS
SUPPORTING
Grassroots football
EMPOWERING THE FC Innovative new partnership

with EA Sports
FOOTBALL COMMUNITY Player-focused development Football environment

Recognising the potential for the
digital game experience to inspire
Give everyone the opportunity Create inclusive clubs that a lifelong love of sport, in 2022/23,
Approval of a new UEFA Grassroots Charter, which complements our four-year grassroots to play, enjoy and be play an active part in their UEFA laid the foundations for a
strategy, is destined to play a key role in helping associations strength the first layer of a part of football local communities multi-year partnership with FC
European football’s pyramid structure. Futures – an EA Sports initiative
UEFA grassroots that invests in the development of
club development community-level football. Drawing
Since its introduction in 2004, our to clubs, schools and other relevant process involving numerous in-person framework: on technical input from our own
grassroots charter has enshrined the organisations. On the one side, by signing seminars, webinars and best practice areas of focus grassroots experts, by the end of
commitment of every UEFA member the charter, each association commits to sessions. All 55 associations also had the 2023, EA Sports will release a
association to delivering on a pan- meeting specific minimum standards opportunity to share live feedback at the free-to-access, online library of
European vision: ensuring that established by UEFA for the development 13th UEFA Grassroots Conference in training drills for coaches, teachers
“everybody, everywhere has the of grassroots football. On the other, September 2022. The new charter will and players to use in real-world
opportunity to play football in a UEFA commits to support these activities, work in parallel with our four-year strategy practice sessions. The library offers
safe, fun and positive environment”. both in the planning and implementation – the Grassroots Club Development Workforce The game tips and guidance from legendary
phases, through education, mentoring Framework – which provides a structure to Educate volunteers, staff Support the development footballing stars in six languages
The charter represents a legal contract and funding. guide associations in drawing up grassroots and coaches of a grassroots philosophy, designed to help grassroots
between UEFA and its 55 member plans tailored to local requirements. player pathways and players improve fundamental
associations recognising that only a In June 2023, the Executive Committee flexible football provision skills: passing, dribbling, 1v1
collective effort will achieve our vision approved the latest version of the charter As with previous charters, national defending and finishing.
– from national and regional associations – the final step in a four-year consultative associations will be eligible for HatTrick
“FC Futures is focused on
developing community level
and online education sessions for football worldwide. That’s why
association focal points. it’s such an honour to have UEFA’s
support and backing,” says EA
Grassroots club development Sports senior director James
framework: UEFA unveiled its grassroots Salmon. “We share the belief
club development framework at the that integrating real-world
Madrid conference. Given the vital role football with the digital gaming
that local clubs play in strengthening experience offers the chance
the grassroots game at all levels, the to captivate players, old and
framework specifies four key areas for young, all over the world.
associations to address in their strategic The lines between virtual and
plans (see graphic). physical football are blurring,
it’s a crucial step to inspiring
Football in Schools: UEFA’s four-year the next generation of football
funding – up to €1m each through to 2028 Football in Schools programme, which lovers across the globe.”
– to catalyse grassroots development recognises the pivotal role of schools in
programmes. These include football in introducing young children to the game,
schools, grassroots coach education, remains on course to benefit three million
grassroots club development, child and pupils in more than 80,000 schools
youth protection, disability football, flexible throughout Europe by 2024. Recognising
formats and player pathways. The 2022/23 the programme’s outstanding success,
season saw significant advances across all the Executive Committee has extended
these areas. HatTrick funding through to 2028.
Of the €1m available for associations
2022/23 season highlights to invest in grassroots football projects
Disability football: UEFA rolled out an over four years, €50,000 should be
eight-point plan for developing disability earmarked each season for Football
football, supported through in-person in Schools initiatives.

DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS
A GAME FOR ALL Best Disability Initiative

Women’s amputee football (Poland)
The 2022/23 UEFA Grassroots Awards celebrate the people and organisations who show In 2022, the Amp Futbol Polska organisation and the
how football contributes to local communities, match after match, season after season. Polish Football Association launched Europe’s first
female amputee football team.
Best Professional Club “We are one amputee football family.

Olympique de Marseille (France)
The best moments for me are when
we can play together. We know that
Marseille’s OM Foundation helped create La Castellane FC, a grassroots community we can achieve a lot, and we can set
club in the north of the city, which now has 15 teams. even higher goals to become better
and better.”
Best Participation Initiative
“La Castellane is more than just a football club. Monika Kukla
Player Cyprus Football Association (CFA)
The purpose is really to offer new opportunities
and have a positive impact on the players – not only By unifying and restructuring grassroots football in
as players, but as the citizens of tomorrow.” Cyprus, the CFA has increased youth participation
and fostered a more positive environment for children
Lucie Venet to enjoy the game, based less on results and more on
Executive director of the OM Foundation enjoyment and fair play.
“Now, the only thing we have

Best Amateur Club in our grassroots championships
Ilves (Finland) is participation, fun, love of the
game and football for everyone.”
Finland’s largest club, with more than 5,000 players,
Harris Kyrillou
provides footballing opportunities to people of all ages
CFA grassroots football manager
and abilities.
“Our mission is football for everyone,

regardless of their backgrounds or Best Social Initiative Special Award
abilities. If we can share that message, Football fitness training camp (Denmark) Football Association of Moldova (FMF)
it’s going to benefit Ilves, benefit
This Danish Football Association initiative uses football In partnership with UEFA, the UEFA Foundation for Children and UNICEF,
football in the region and the whole to help improve the health and well-being of people Moldova’s football community has united to assist thousands of children
of Finland.” aged over 60. and families fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Matti Anttonen
Ilves FC executive director
“Football can be used to promote “After the war started, we had a lot of refugees
well-being. We have been using the coming to our country. We started a lot of activities
term ‘football is medicine’, because to help them – almost all of the football clubs in
the evidence is now really strong.” Moldova gave up their training facilities to allow the
Peter Krustrup refugees and their children somewhere to sleep.”
Professor of sport and health sciences at the
University of Southern Denmark Diana Bulgaru
FMF grassroots manager

DEVELOPMENT UEFA ASSIST
SUPPORTING
Youth players
Six years of global development
Our Assist programme has facilitated development opportunities for players

beyond Europe since 2017, whether by inviting teams from sister confederations
to compete in UEFA’s Under-15 and Under-16 elite youth development
competitions, or funding our member associations to send teams to similar
tournaments held outside Europe. Both approaches provide the best young talent
with a platform to showcase their skills and gain vital experience of high-intensity,
competitive tournament football – notably in preparation for the FIFA U-17 World
Cups, which from 2025 will take place annually instead of every two years.
During the 2022/23 season, Under-15 and Under-16 teams from three different
confederations (Chile, Ghana, the Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia and South Africa)
took part in UEFA development tournaments in Europe, competing against
European national teams. The benefits are mutual, with participants able
to experience different playing styles, travel abroad and get a taste of
international football.
Spurring future success

Karembeu hopes that the joint initiative
acts as a catalyst for future opportunities.
“The potential in the region is growing,
FACILITATING YOUTH
and I hope the tournament becomes an
annual one. From my experience, the more
Main image: the Solomon
Islands take on Tonga. tournaments and the more consistency
DEVELOPMENT
Left, from top: Tahiti’s we have, the more we can nurture talent.
Keahinue Brown; the
Liechtenstein team; Fiji I hope that from the tournament we can
versus the Cook Islands. one day have a new Messi or Ronaldo.”
BEYOND EUROPE That holistic growth is a key principle of

UEFA’s youth development tournaments.
That football talent pathway is already
evident. A number of players involved have
since been invited to club trials, including
As well as valuable game time, players in France, demonstrating the potential
UEFA and the Oceania Football Confederation worked also joined psychology and nutrition knock-on impact of the tournament on
together to host a landmark Under-15 football tournament in educational workshops while in New players’ development. “I’m very proud
Zealand. “It’s not only good for the to see these players having these
New Zealand, providing new impetus and opportunities players,” added Karembeu. “Team opportunities,” said Karembeu. “I didn’t
for young players across the region. Christian Karembeu staff also get logistics experience – have that at their age; I was playing at
Tournament ambassador
accommodation, transportation, timing. school, with my friends on the street.
It’s a great experience for everyone.” We had some tournaments, but never
at this level: not as well prepared or well
UEFA’s support was crucial in a region that organised. This is a dream come true for
In April 2023, a development team from Tournament ambassador dream come true. We need through travelling and be involved in historically has faced difficulties in hosting the kids in the region.”
Liechtenstein joined Under-15 sides from Christian Karembeu – a this kind of experience in a professional environment is hugely tournament football. “The big challenge
the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, World Cup (1998) and EURO Oceania. We need this kind valuable. It’s not easy to leave your for football in Oceania is transportation, In a Q&A session with the players in
Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu for a youth (2000) winner with France – of competition.” family, nor cope with the demands of an both the long distances and the cost. New Zealand, Karembeu encouraged
development tournament, staged at the grew up on the island of Lifou in international tournament, but gaining this That’s why UEFA’s work with the OFC is them to aim high. “I told them to follow
Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) New Caledonia, and relished the chance to Holistic development kind of experience will provide confidence so valuable. Otherwise it’s difficult for their dreams. I know that players from
Home of Football (Te Kahu O Kiwa) in support football development in Oceania. The benefits of such competitions aren’t for future travels abroad. It’s a great life young players from our region to play in the region are capable; they have the
Auckland, New Zealand. Funded through “I would like to thank UEFA Assist for limited to the pitch. “Players get to meet lesson, and it’s amazing to see the young tournaments like this,” said Karembeu. physicality, they have the skills, they have
the UEFA Assist programme, it was the first giving me the opportunity to come back to new people, and experience football players singing their own anthems, playing “It’s not only funding; UEFA also provided the potential. I told them that everything is
time the OFC had hosted an Under-15 my region. It was a privilege to be there,” outside their homeland. At that age, being for their jersey, for their country. It’s good materials and knowledge, and it’s also achievable when you are committed and
development tournament of this kind. said Karembeu. “The tournament was a able to open your mind, enrich yourself to see the kids dreaming.” giving opportunities to coaches as well.” when you work for it.”

DEVELOPMENT HATTRICK
HatTrick III
IN DEPTH
€301.6m
The evolution
of HatTrick
HatTrick I
€498.2m
HatTrick V
UEFA HATTRICK PROGRAMME €408.1m
THE SOLIDARITY HatTrick II

€775.5m
SCHEME THAT Funds from the UEFA HatTrick
KEEPS GIVING
programme contributed to
the construction of the Francesc
Vila Sports Centre, a new
€610.5m
national training centre for the
BACK
Andorran Football Federation.
HatTrick IV
Before the start of each four-year HatTrick funding cycle – aligned portion of future HatTrick funding to cover completed projects’
IN APRIL 2023, UEFA APPROVED THE SIXTH
€935m
with the rhythm of our men’s European Championships – UEFA operational costs.
EDITION OF ITS FLAGSHIP DEVELOPMENT
collects feedback from across the footballing landscape. The sixth
PROGRAMME. WE LOOK AT THE REASONS BEHIND
edition of the programme, which will redistribute EURO 2024 It is a measure of HatTrick’s importance to the future development
HATTRICK’S STATUS AS ONE OF SPORT’S MOST
revenue from July 2024 to June 2028, is the culmination of an of the game in Europe that despite financial difficulties caused by
SUCCESSFUL SOLIDARITY SCHEMES.
extensive consultation process with our 55 member associations the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA has approved a substantial increase HatTrick VI
and other stakeholders. in funding for the sixth edition of the programme. HatTrick VI will
have a total budget of €935m, a 21% increase on the current cycle.
Since its launch in 2004, the UEFA HatTrick programme has “HatTrick is aimed at supporting associations to foster football at This means that each of our member associations is eligible to
evolved into one of global sport’s largest development schemes. all levels,” says Karl-Erik Nilsson, chair of the HatTrick Committee, receive up to €17m over the programme’s four-year cycle.
By reinvesting men’s EURO revenue back into the game through which assessed the lessons learned and proposals for change.
national association projects, it has become an important driver “In order to achieve this goal, we constantly look to evolve its Armen Melikbekyan, the Football Federation of Armenia president
of UEFA’s not-for-profit mission. The key to understanding the regulations to reflect the needs and priorities of football and and a member of the HatTrick Committee, emphasises that the real
programme’s longevity and success lies in its constant evolution associations.” For example, the new regulations incorporate a added value of HatTrick cannot be calculated in financial numbers
to adapt to the pace of change in European football. proposal that associations should be permitted to allocate a alone, though. “The programme goes beyond financial aid,” says
Melikbekyan. “For me, supporting football development at all levels
across Europe helps to foster a deeper connection between
34 700+ communities and the game. It promotes a sense of unity that
De
national women’s football strengthens all of our society.”
association development
vel
training centres projects Investment and incentive payments

opm
HatTrick VI will continue to distribute funds through two specific

ment projects
streams: financial support, approved by the HatTrick Committee,

400+
ent and incentive s
for investment in specific development projects; and incentive

1,000+ elite youth
payments, available to all members each season.
pitches development
projects
During the current 2020–24 cycle, each association is eligible
The Impact of HatTrick for up to €4.5m of investment support to kick-start football
development projects, with the aim of serving as a catalyst for
500+ additional funds from private and/or public sector organisations.
3,000+
Invest
social and
In addition, HatTrick offers up to €2.4m per association in incentive
mini-pitches environmental
payments, encouraging the implementation of UEFA standards
projects
and initiatives – for example supporting women’s football, or
implementing our grassroots charter and referee convention
ch
HatTrick V HatTrick V – and supporting member associations with doing so.

eme
(2020–24) € € (2020–24) “I am proud to witness with my own eyes the results of our
s
€4.5m €2.4m decisions and the excellent work done by our members to
per association per association further the game,” says Nilsson.
per year
DEVELOPMENT ELITE YOUTH PLAYERS DEVELOPMENT UEFA ACADEMY
SUPPORTING SUPPORTING
Youth players National associations
IGNITING INNOVATION
Andrei Angelescu explains how completing the UEFA Academy’s Diploma in
Football Leadership and Management (DFLM) proved fundamental to creating an
insights department at the Romanian Football Federation (RFF).
“I started the DFLM in January 2023.

Several colleagues from my federation
are alumni of the course. They all agreed
it was a game-changing educational
programme, allowing them to take their
personal projects to the next level.
ELITE YOUTH ACADEMY SUPPORT
PATHWAY TO NATIONAL
“My particular project was the
development of an insights department
at the RFF, with the aim of making data
and knowledge an integral part of the
TEAM SUCCESS
federation’s decision-making. This would
help our association deliver on its wider
strategy, improving our national teams’
performances as well as growing and
diversifying our revenue streams. After a
From youth to senior level, the performances of Northern Ireland’s national teams long and incredibly rewarding journey,
show the added value of UEFA’s tailor-made support for elite youth academies. the department is now up and running.
I wouldn’t have got there without the
knowledge and tools I learned from
Prior to last season, Northern Ireland’s and nutritional advice, plus dedicated of European football. In addition the DFLM.
men’s national team had never welfare officers. All national to Northern Ireland, six other
reached the elite rounds of either associations involved in the scheme associations have received tailored “The course provided an excellent blend
the European Under-17 or Under-19 receive €200,000 per year to invest support through the elite youth of theory and practice, face-to-face and with a shared passion, willing to help each
Championships. In 2022/23, they in their academy systems. academy scheme: Armenia, Belarus, online classes. I feel better prepared and other. For me, that was hugely valuable. UEFA Academy:
qualified for both. For Michael O’Neill, Georgia and North Macedonia from more rounded as a leader, with improved 2022/23 in numbers
head coach of Northern Ireland’s With previous efforts to nurture 2014/15 to 2018/19, and Finland and negotiation skills. “As a governing body representing 55
senior men’s side, this change in young talent historically hindered Israel since 2019/20. Each provide associations, UEFA is aware of all the
fortune is rooted in UEFA’s long-term by the lack of a professional club clear and compelling evidence of “One highlight was meeting such an latest developments and innovations in Courses: 19
support for the Irish Football structure, the JD Academy has the scheme’s positive impact. incredible variety of leaders. Participants the football industry. Courses like the Training days: 203
Association’s national JD Academy. revolutionised opportunities for came from all over Europe – and beyond DFLM ensure everyone in our community
No fewer than 13 members of that youth players in Northern Ireland. Armenia: claimed successive UEFA – with expertise in all facets of football: has access to this knowledge. Plus, the Graduates: 922
Under-17 squad and seven of the “The JD Academy has made a Nations League promotions in 2019 finance, development, infrastructure and learning doesn’t stop with graduation. Nationalities: 128
Under-19s were academy graduates. significant difference in the player and 2021. so on. We were able to fine-tune our Every participant of the DFLM becomes a
development pathway for our younger Belarus: development pathways projects by listening to each other, member of the Academy’s alumni Organisations: 356
“The support of UEFA was essential players,” explains O’Neill. The senior significantly improved. learning from our unique experiences community, which is an amazing platform (confederations, national
in setting up and developing the JD team is also reaping the benefits, Finland: academy graduate Miska and common challenges. We weren’t just to share ideas, get feedback and improve associations, leagues, clubs,
Academy to the high-performance with three academy players selected Ylitolva has played two friendly games classmates but a community of people implementation of projects.” players’ unions, etc.)
environment it provides for our to represent their country in its for the men’s senior national team.
younger players today,” says O’Neill. European Qualifiers campaign: Dale Georgia: reached the quarter-finals The UEFA Diploma in Football
Taylor (born 2003), Brodie Spencer of the 2021–23 European Under-21 Leadership and Management is an
Since 2019, UEFA’s elite youth academy (2004) and Callum Marshall (2004). Championship. advanced programme enabling
scheme has provided tailor-made Israel: several national academy managers in charge of teams that
support to the Irish FA to help create Providing young talent with clear graduates have gone on to represent “After a long and incredibly rewarding journey, deliver complex projects to further
the right conditions for talented young pathways to the top of the game is a the national Under-21 team. develop their leadership and
the department is now up and running. I wouldn’t
footballers to develop and to maximise key part of UEFA’s responsibility for North Macedonia: qualified for their managerial skills.
their football potential – including driving football development and first-ever major final tournament at have got there without the knowledge and tools
by providing access to psychological competitiveness across the whole EURO 2020. I learned from the DFLM.”
DEVELOPMENT WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
SUPPORTING
Women’s football
SETTING MINIMUM STANDARDS

FOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMS
First-ever framework represents a first step towards levelling the playing field for female
footballers across Europe.
The UEFA minimum standards for women’s
UEFA’s introduction of a minimum A total of €22m in HatTrick development nowadays, so standards must be national teams include:
standards framework for women’s funding has also been allocated to grown alongside. Only then can
national teams, unanimously approved support the framework’s roll-out, teams unleash their full potential
by the Executive Committee in June, with €100,000 per season available and we can safeguard the Full-time head coach with UEFA Pro
establishes a pan-European benchmark to each association through to 2028. longevity of players careers.” licence (or equivalent qualification)
for good governance, coaching, available at the national association
medical care, training, player welfare, Approval of the framework marks
accommodation and remuneration. another significant milestone in the Minimum of one team doctor/two
implementation of Time for Action, our € physiotherapists at all matches and
A total of 35 national team captains, plus 2019–24 women’s strategy. By enhancing
training sessions
representatives from associations and the competitiveness of national teams,
FIFPRO Europe, were consulted during it will complement the November 2022
the framework’s development. announcement of a new qualifying Most direct route to match venues
system for the UEFA Women’s EURO €22m
“Setting minimum standards will make (see page 22). in HatTrick funding allocated High-quality accommodation near
a significant difference for players across to support the introduction of training/match venues
Europe in every aspect of national team “This is a starting point to raise the a minimum standards framework
football,” said Northern Ireland captain bar across all women’s national teams,” Maximum use of international windows
Marissa Callaghan. “Having a platform said Nadine Kessler, UEFA managing €100,000 per association
to discuss with fellow players and director for women’s football. “Having per season until 2028 Access to national training facilities –
coaches was a positive and enriching the best possible conditions on and elite equipment and professionally
experience. I look forward to seeing off the pitch is absolutely vital for
maintained pitches
players continuing to be closely involved players to perform and, in return, bring
throughout this journey.” success to their national teams. We
have a highly competitive landscape Agreement between players and
All 55 of UEFA’s member associations national association on remuneration,
will receive assistance in drawing up parental and pregnancy policies, and
implementation plans adapted to anti-discrimination
their specific challenges in meeting
the new standards.
Boosting global women’s football development
UEFA’s work to grow the women’s game reaches beyond Europe, too.
In 2022/23, our Assist programme supported women’s football development
initiatives around the world, including safeguarding policies, strategy “The new standards represent the culmination of our
overhauls and rebranding exercises. In total, we worked with 19 national five-year women’s football strategy.”
associations: Botswana, Chile, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of Congo, Aleksander Čeferin
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay and Zambia. UEFA president

DEVELOPMENT REFEREES DEVELOPMENT UEFA GROW
SUPPORTING SUPPORTING
Referees National associations
‘THE LIFEBLOOD
OF EUROPEAN
FOOTBALL’
In 2022/23 UEFA laid the groundwork for the launch
of its first-ever refereeing recruitment campaign – Be ‘OPPONENTS ON THE PITCH …
a Referee! UEFA’s chief refereeing officer, Roberto
Rosetti, explains why European football needs to
recruit 40,000 referees.
ALLIES AND FRIENDS AWAY FROM IT’
In partnership with the Royal Belgian Football Association, UEFA’s
“UEFA’s role is to take care of football, and refereeing is Grow programme brought together finance and human resources (HR) Aiming high
a crucial pillar of football. Without referees, a football directors representing Europe’s national associations for a conference
match cannot be played. We need to protect and support in Tubize, Belgium.
referees and invest in refereeing. During the 2022/23 season, UEFA
worked closely with academic
“We lack almost 40,000 referees at grassroots level. Many It was the first time that so many HR “Benchmarking and knowledge sharing experts to develop the activity
matches are cancelled for this reason. This is why UEFA has and finance directors had been brought are so important to our work, and it’s impact method (AIM), which
decided to invest in the Be a Referee! campaign, which together, with many rarely having the easier to accomplish after you have enables our associations to
supports our national associations in recruiting and retaining opportunity to meet all their European met your counterparts,” adds Ferreira. understand and evidence football’s
young referees. It is essential for the lifeblood of European football. counterparts in person at the same “The networking has helped me to be wider contributions to society.
The base of the pyramid is getting smaller and smaller, and when that venue. “The conference was a great more innovative.” The approach builds on the social
happens the quality at the top is affected too.” experience, and I hope it was the first return on investment model
of many,” explains Paulo Ferreira, finance Discussions started at the Grow introduced in 2017 by offering a
Changing mentality director of the Portuguese Football conference have resonated far beyond more user-centric journey and an
“Abuse is a significant problem, physical and verbal. At grassroots Federation. “Despite being opponents Tubize, with many associations in-depth academic review process.
level, many referees are just young boys and girls who are simply on the pitch, we are all allies and friends building on the initial dialogue to UEFA’s overall aim is to provide
participating in a sport, but who are scared to go onto the field of away from it, and increasing our bonds run their own regional meetings. associations with rigorous models
play. It’s time to change this mentality. Respect is everything in with each other has been great.” “I came home with a lot of good that can be adapted to measure
football, and we can no longer tolerate this behaviour. input, and since the conference we the added value of football to
“You can always get new ideas from have held a chief finance officers’ addressing challenges in their
“We can do more. All the stakeholders in football can do more. hearing about other people’s solutions meeting in the Nordic region,” says specific contexts.
We are working in cooperation with associations to show how – it adds a lot of value. Our challenges Grøn-Iversen.
important referees are. We want to invest in schools, universities are similar and there are plenty of topics
and other projects.” to address,” says Bo Grøn-Iversen, chief
accountant at the Danish Football
Why become a referee Association. “In addition to having a
“Being a referee is an incredible school of life. You can develop skills local network, it was rewarding to see
such as leadership and decision-making, and it’s also good for sporting and hear examples of how different
activity and for your physical condition. These are all skills that you can economic problems are being solved
then transfer into your professional or personal life. in different countries.”
“Benchmarking and knowledge sharing are so important
“Referees are like a family. I entered the community when I was 16 The two day-conference, held in May, is to our work, and it’s easier to accomplish after you have
years old and was on the field of play for another 27. It’s a way for an example of how Grow, which provides
boys and girls to grow up, and it’s a good support throughout your strategic support to UEFA’s member
met your counterparts.”
life. Being a referee is not a job, it’s a passion – a passion for football. associations, helps facilitate connections Paulo Ferreira
It allows you to live football from a different perspective.” and collaboration. Portuguese Football Federation finance director

DEVELOPMENT COACHES
SUPPORTING
Coaches
A COLLABORATIVE
Information exchange
for technical directors
Responding directly to feedback from
APPROACH TO COACHING
national associations, UEFA launched a
dedicated Share initiative for technical
directors to exchange best practice with
their European counterparts. Technical
directors representing two-thirds of our
Away from the floodlights of our elite competitions, UEFA Share plays a critical behind-the-scenes role in member associations also attended two
setting ever-higher standards for European football. By providing opportunities for national associations workshops, held in Belgium and Estonia.
A third will follow in January 2024.
to collaborate in person or online, distributing educational resources or acting as a communications hub,
the programme helps drive implementation of UEFA’s technical development strategy. “The workshops are tailor-made courses
that provide participating technical
directors with insight into specific topics
they find interesting or challenging,”
Women’s football explains Kenneth Heiner-Møller (pictured),
competence framework UEFA Share the Danish Football Association’s technical
National associations and coaches During 2022/23, national director and leader of one of the
can use Share to access and discuss associations could sign up to workshops. “Customised content is
UEFA’s women’s football competence delivered and/or facilitated by workshop
framework, which sets new benchmarks
Share to participate in leaders, but there is also room for more
for the coaching of female players. knowledge exchange and informal knowledge sharing through
Developed over several seasons and collaborative events offering group discussion. The workshops also
released in 2022/23, the framework draws coach education and technical create an invaluable network of
on evidence-based insights and input from director guidance, as well as colleagues that adds even more value.”
a group of experts led by experienced
access to essential new UEFA
Swedish coach Anna Signeul.
resources on grassroots and
“We worked to integrate the key elements women's football.
from their fields of expertise into the Goalkeeping coaching
framework,” says Signeul. “The growth A new UEFA goalkeeper coaching document, produced by members of our
of girls’ and women’s football requires goalkeeper advisory group, explores the evolution of goalkeeper coaching,
a larger coaching workforce that better emphasising the need to ensure the ‘final line of defence’ is not viewed in isolation
understands the needs and demands of when it comes to coaching the entire team. Given the history and culture of
female players. UEFA and associations goalkeeping, designing integrated practice sessions is still a challenge.
will now be able to provide more inclusive
and accessible courses for coaches to help “We have to get coaches thinking ‘from the game’,” explains Packie Bonner, a
improve performance in women’s football member of the goalkeeper advisory group and a former Celtic and Republic of
from grassroots to elite level.” Ireland goalkeeper. “We want goalkeeper coaches to think ‘backwards’ from the
game when planning training sessions and ask themselves: what's the game telling
us and how should that impact how we work with goalkeepers? That’s why UEFA’s
reality-based approach to learning is so important.”

SUSTAINABILITY
72 Social and
environmental
sustainability
76 Humanitarian
support
78 UEFA Foundation
for Children
SUSTAINABILITY INTRODUCTION
Respect Forum
UEFA’s inaugural Respect Forum
SUSTAINABILITY brought together 250 experts and
stakeholders to demonstrate football’s
capacity to inspire change.
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platforms addressing key football
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Türkiye and Syria’s recovery from two
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UEFA Foundation for Children

Matchday initiatives and funding
FORCE FOR GOOD RESPONSIBILITY COLLABORATION for NGOs showed how football
can help transform the lives of
Football’s popularity and reach bring UEFA is committed to making the game Collaboration is the cornerstone of vulnerable children.
an added responsibility – using its more accountable for tackling global our mission – with both the football
influence to reinforce human rights, issues. Our football sustainability community and international
reduce sport’s environmental impact strategy, Strength through Unity, organisations at the forefront
or help vulnerable children. measures progress against 11 human of sustainable change.
rights and environmental policies.

Carbon
SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
footprint Women's Finalissima

822 tCO2e Women’s EURO
3.8% 7,170 tCO2e
Facilities
32.8% Nations
(UEFA campus) League finals
SEEKING IMPACT AT ALL LEVELS

269 tCO2e Logistics 1,161 tCO2e
1.6% 554 tCO2e Super Cup
5.3%
3.1% 897 tCO2e
4.1%
Under-21
In 2022/23, UEFA sought to accelerate implementation of its football sustainability strategy Purchased goods Championship
for 2030, Strength through Unity. and services
Women’s UEFA events 4,539 tCO2e
Champions
24% 229 tCO2e
1.3%
League final
404 tCO2e
21,844 tCO2e 20.8%
Other events
Our efforts included the important step more than
of nurturing European football’s growing Social 2021/22 season
1.8% 1,447 tCO2e
sustainability community by encouraging
€7,655,642 6.6%
member associations to develop their Europa
own dedicated strategies. In total, 46 62% Conference
League final Men’s Champions
of 55 associations achieved this objective. League final
589 tCO2e
2.7% 3,523 tCO2e
UEFA internal
By the end of the season, UEFA had met
all 18 of its 2022/23 targets. Total financial 2022/23 organisation
Europa
League final
16.1%
investment in sustainability activities
amounted to €12.5m, almost a quarter
investment 17,606 tCO2e
1,292 tCO2e
5.9%
more than the previous 12 months; of €12,430,978
this, approximately two-thirds supported
our strategy’s social policies, compared
with a third for environmental initiatives. Business travel
and accommodation
Acceleration required extensive 16,554 tCO2e
collaboration with partners and 94%
stakeholders representing the entire
football ecosystem. Drawing on existing
partnerships with the European Club
Association (ECA) and European Leagues,
we helped their members to develop
Environmental
more strategic approaches to social and €4,775,337
environmental sustainability; this included 38% environment and by using its popularity reduction strategies. Across the season,
organising online and in-person events and visibility to raise awareness and our headquarters and competition finals Read more online
to facilitate sharing of knowledge and promote solutions. Our environmental left a combined carbon footprint of
best practice. For example, the inaugural activities are based on four policies and 39,450 tonnes of CO2e. To reduce this
UEFA Respect Forum, held in June 2023 targeted actions, spanning climate action figure, we set up a climate investment The annual UEFA Respect
18/18
in Frankfurt, brought together 250 and advocacy, circular economy, event fund that associations hosting UEFA finals Report offers a comprehensive
stakeholders from sports and sustainability sustainability and sustainable infrastructure. can use to invest in emission-reducing overview of progress towards
organisations. We also intensified our projects. On the climate advocacy front, our sustainability goals.
engagement with the United Nations During the 2022/23 season, we started our partnership with the European
Football for the Goals initiative, with sustainability strategy to apply an environmental, social and Commission, which focuses on energy
EURO 2024 GmbH joining UEFA, already targets met in 2022/23 governance (ESG) strategy to all UEFA saving and climate action, entered its
a founding member, in support of the events, making sustainability an integral third season, engaging 434 million
UN Sustainable Development Goals. part of their design, planning and people around the world.
implementation. Some 450 individual
UEFA strengthened its internal commitment officers for all our elite competition finals. 55 activities were rolled out at 12 events; In addition, UEFA introduced new circular
to sustainability by identifying potential Working with our partner CAFE, the new national association our ESG event management system will economy guidelines to start shifting
risks and mitigating actions across financial, role saw host stadium compliance with our sustainability managers be used to benchmark and track impact. European football from a linear, take-make-
operational, reputational and strategic accessibility regulations improved by 64%. in place waste approach towards the 4R circular
activities. We also reviewed regulations and Early 2024 will see the launch of a model: reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.
policies, updating our inclusive language Football as a driver of reduction UEFA carbon footprint calculator. Circular initiatives were implemented at sustainable infrastructure guidelines to
guidelines, enhancing accessibility at our UEFA believes that European football 46/55 Based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol UEFA events with the support of our encourage best ESG practices across football
Nyon headquarters and continuing to can play a catalytic role in tackling global national associations methodology, this will provide European commercial partners Heineken, Just infrastructure. Available in 35 languages, the
prioritise workplace equality. For the first sustainability issues, both by measurably with approved football with a single approved means to EatTakeaway.com and PepsiCo. ECA will help UEFA to distribute these
time, UEFA appointed disability and access reducing our sport’s impact on the sustainability strategies measure emissions and guide data-driven In late 2022, UEFA also launched guidelines to member clubs.

SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
OUR AREAS OF ACTION OUR POLICIES

UEFA internal Member associations UEFA events
organisation • Started providing support • Defined ESG strategy to
for associations to develop apply to all UEFA events
• Fair Play and Social Responsibility
sustainability strategies Climate and Circular Event Infrastructure Anti-racism
Committee guided progress • Targeted measures and
advocacy economy sustainability sustainability • Further development of
• Started community for investments tracked using ESG
• Strength through Unity • Sustainable infrastructure OUTRAGED educational
sustainability managers event management system • Created carbon • Circular economy • ESG strategy matrix
strategy updated guidelines issued platform
footprint calculator guidelines launched for football events created
• Climate investment fund set up • Set EURO 2024 sustainability • Established knowledge- • Activation of online
• Annual Respect report published • Measured UEFA's • Piloted circular approach and distributed
benchmark carbon footprint at specific UEFA events with • Piloted ESG event sharing network abuse programme
• Funded sustainability projects
• Sustainability risks and mitigation • Continued campaign commercial partners management system • Confirmed plans for • Continued roll-out of
through HatTrick programme • Sustainability identified
actions formulated collaboration with European • Toolkit for football • Best practice database stadium database match observer scheme
as priority area for Women's • Toolkit for football
Commission stakeholders started developed • Hosted training sessions
• Started review of UEFA EURO 2025 stakeholders started
• Started player engagement • Toolkit for football • Toolkit for football
regulations and policies stakeholders started
• Disability access officer role • Toolkit for football stakeholders started
• Diversity and inclusion introduced stakeholders started
survey continued
Football ecosystem Partners and society

• Educational materials produced • Strengthened collaboration
with commercial partners
• Strengthened partnership with
European Club Association (ECA) • Continued to work closely
with NGO partners
• Designed pilot projects with Child and youth Equality and Football for all Health and Refugee
leagues and clubs • UEFA Respect Forum launched protection inclusion abilities well-being support
• Created FootbALL platform • Supported UN Football for • Collaborated on UEFA • UEFA remained an • Supported associations' • Catering guidelines • Organised UEFA Unity
the Goals initiative safeguarding platform equal-pay certified disability football projects launched EURO Cup
• Supported child and organisation • Worked with European • Walking football toolkit • Strengthened relationships
• Organised sustainability events youth safeguarding • Developed internal and disability organisations between associations and
under development
community focal points external reporting tools • Accessibility guidelines • Continued development of UNHCR local offices
• Competition-specific • Ran diversity and inclusion under review health and well-being • Refugee grants for
guidelines created training sessions • Toolkit for football football guidelines associations distributed
• Toolkit for football • Scheduled European stakeholders started • Toolkit for football • Toolkit for football
stakeholders started diversity and inclusion survey stakeholders started stakeholders started
• Toolkit for football
stakeholders started
Football as a unifying force drawing on the support of European initiation of 20 formal legal procedures, help integrate refugees into their new
Love of football brings together people football’s stakeholders. A launch video while our dedicated tracking platform communities. This involved grants and
of different backgrounds, ages and attracted 39.1 million views on UEFA’s continued to report instances of online project-specific funding for our member
nationalities. While the discrimination social media channels. FootbALL will abuse for all our competitions, as well as associations and events such as UEFA fan Solidarity
that afflicts society inevitably plays out incorporate new and existing initiatives raising awareness and providing learning festivals and the Unity EURO Cup. The and rights
on and off the pitch, our sport has the such as the OUTRAGED educational resources. In total, we reported 3,057 second edition of the latter attracted 16
• Created human human
potential to break down barriers and unite programme and toolkit, which was abusive posts, primarily targeting players, national teams made up of both refugees rights risk assessment matrix
communities. Together, UEFA’s seven released in early 2023 and highlights and achieved a 48% removal rate. and members of their host communities. • Developing human rights
dedicated sustainability policies recognise racism, sexism, homophobia, refugee declaration for all events
that everyone involved in football should discrimination, online abuse and disability. UEFA promoted the inclusion of people We continued to set common standards on • Distributed emergency
grants to associations
be treated with respect and enjoy equal with disabilities in all areas of football child and youth protection across European • Supported homeless
rights and opportunities. Throughout the season, we intensified through our football for all abilities policy; football, training national association focal World Cup
our efforts to proactively identify and for example, working with long-standing points on how to use our policy and toolkit
In June 2023, we unveiled FootbALL. address incidents of discrimination at partners to support national associations, through dedicated webinars and in-person
Delivering the message that everyone is UEFA competitions, both on-site and particularly around national team events. meetings. Over the course of the season,
welcome in football, this programme will online. The deployment of official observers We also continued to harness the visits to a website sharing these resources
help drive positive social change by at all high-risk fixtures resulted in the transformative power of our sport to nearly tripled.

SUSTAINABILITY HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT
FOOTBALL RALLIES IN The UEFA Foundation for Children

The UEFA Foundation for Children
select three children to do likewise
with the match officials. FedEx has also
SUPPORT OF TÜRKIYE
allocated an additional €50,000 to provided funding to Bonyan through its
two non-governmental organisations, ‘Championing an inclusive future through
both working on the frontlines of the football’ programme, which aims to
emergency relief operation in southern promote well-being and social cohesion
AND SYRIA
Türkiye and Syria: Bonyan and Team by bringing football to 4,000 Turkish
International Assistance for Integration and refugee children across the cities of
(TIAFI). With the UEFA Champions League Istanbul and Mardin.
final staged in Istanbul just four months
later, the foundation also encouraged fans After the final, the foundation and
In the aftermath of Türkiye’s largest earthquake in almost a century, the to donate to the earthquake recovery Mastercard teamed up with Save the
European football community showed its solidarity with both the Turkish operation, either through QR codes or Children Türkiye to organise the Pitches
Football Federation and humanitarian organisations. ‘tap-to-donate’ terminals set up by of Hope project. By the end of 2023,
Mastercard at official sites across the the initiative is expected to have restored
Turkish capital. football pitches in some of the worst-
In the early hours of 6 February 2023, a our country's pain and provided moral €877,500 affected regions, such as Nurdağı
7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Türkiye and material support during this raised by UEFA In the stadium itself, commercial partner (Gaziantep), Antakya (Hatay) and
and Syria, followed within less than 24 process that deeply affected us all, member associations Mastercard’s player mascot activation gave Adıyaman.
hours by a second measuring 7.7. The as well as the national associations of several children directly impacted by the
effects were catastrophic, with almost Europe and all the associations from disaster the unforgettable chance of “We know that the ability to play with
60,000 losing their lives, more than many parts of the world who offered € €150,000 walking hand in hand with Inter Milan friends and loved ones allows children to
120,000 injured and an estimated us their support. I hope that these provided through and Manchester City players onto the pitch. take a break from their new realities,” said
1.5 million people left homeless. The disasters will never happen again in the UEFA FedEx Express, meanwhile, invited the UEFA Oben Coban, the government relations,
European football family, including UEFA, any country in the world.” Emergency Fund Foundation for Children partner Bonyan to safety and security director for Save the
national associations, the UEFA Foundation Children Türkiye. “The pitches will provide
for Children and commercial partners, children with the safe spaces for fun, play
united to support both the immediate and community they need at such a
emergency response and long-term challenging time.”
rebuilding projects.
Using football to integrate refugees
National associations The day after the Champions League final,
Immediately after the disaster, UEFA Brazilian legend Kaká featured in a special
invited all its member associations to match hosted at the Champions Festival in
contribute to a solidarity fund. Within Istanbul that brought together teams made
weeks, 42 associations had committed up of refugees and members of their host
nearly €900,000, of which €660,000 was communities. Organised by UEFA and its
provided to Türkiye through the Turkish partner the UNHCR, the United Nations’
Football Federation (TFF), a UEFA member refugee agency, the initiative showed how
since 1962, and €217,500 to Syria through we are using football’s popularity as a
the ICRC. platform for assisting refugees, asylum
seekers and internally displaced people
In addition, UEFA provided €150,000 with their new lives.
through its emergency fund, which
was established in the 2010/11 season
to help associations repair football
infrastructure damaged by natural “Our earthquake-affected citizens, who clung to life tightly,
disasters, or maintain football activities are now forgetting those painful days to some extent and
until the facilities are rebuilt.
looking to the future with hope. I would like to thank
“Our earthquake-affected citizens, who UEFA, as well as the national associations of Europe and all
clung to life tightly, are now forgetting the associations from many parts of the world who offered
those painful days to some extent and us their support. I hope that these disasters will never
looking to the future with hope,” said
Mehmet Büyükekşi, president of the TFF.
happen again in any country in the world.”
“I would like to thank UEFA, especially Mehmet Büyükekşi
president Aleksander Čeferin, who shared Turkish Football Federation president
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2022/23 SEASON PROJECTS
AMERICAS EUROPE ASIA

7 projects 32 projects 12 projects
7,175 beneficiaries 276,027 beneficiaries 41,582 beneficiaries
7 countries 25 countries 12 countries
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL’S
FORCE FOR GOOD
AFRICA OCEANIA
12 projects 2 projects
47,753 beneficiaries 32,270 beneficiaries
12 countries 12 countries
From Finland to Uganda, the UEFA Foundation for Children continues to show how
football can help deliver a better future for vulnerable young children around the world. Aliguma Foundation is creating sports
facilities and training coaches as part of
its efforts to create long-lasting change
UEFA Super Cup connects training session that gave 16 children Four of the children were chosen as for 2,500 children and 850 caregivers,
with children in Helsinki with cerebral palsy the chance to meet Mastercard player mascots and lined up as well as organising football tournaments
The UEFA foundation once again players from local club HJK Helsinki. with the two Super Cup finalists, Real for primary schools and using matches
capitalised on the reach and visibility HJK has long been a strong advocate Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, before as a platform to encourage educational
of the Super Cup to raise awareness of for disability football, running cerebral kick-off. Icehearts also selected children scholarship, demonstrating the power
2022/23 season Totals since the foundation
local communities’ life-changing support palsy and powerchair teams for both to participate in the opening ceremony by of sport to reach and help marginalised was established
65 additional projects
for young people. For the 2022 edition, children and adults. carrying the Super Cup banner to the communities.
staged in Helsinki in August, we centre circle. 23 award winners 500 projects
partnered with the Finnish Cerebral “This wasn’t just an ordinary visit – it was 135 countries
Palsy Association (Suomen CP-liitto ry), Game-changing support in Uganda a game changer,” said Rita Aliguma, 12 stadiums constructed
which organises cerebral palsy football In March, UEFA president Aleksander founder and CEO of the Aliguma or renovated 35 award winners
activities across Finland and has a Čeferin travelled to Kampala, the Ugandan Foundation. “The UEFA president 9 sponsor projects/activations 92 stadiums built or renovated
flourishing youth sector, and Icehearts – capital, to witness first-hand how UEFA walking through one of the largest slum
“Football is not only 516 children invited to attend
a non-governmental organisation whose foundation support is helping to transform communities in Kampala gave hope to 27,828 children invited to
mission focuses on enhancing the social about elite competitions. the lives of young children through the so many destitute people. We can dream a UEFA match attend a UEFA match
skills of vulnerable children, including By reaching everyone, it can work of the Aliguma Foundation’s sports again knowing that all things are possible.” 404,807 new beneficiaries 2.6 million beneficiaries
young refugees. be a powerful force for for resilience and empowerment project.
The UEFA foundation started its first phase 10.4 tonnes of equipment 67.5 tonnes of equipment
Ahead of the match, the Finnish Cerebral
positive social change.” The president visited the Acholi Quarters of support for the project in early 2021. distributed distributed
Palsy Association and the Football Aleksander Čeferin district, one of Kampala’s biggest slums, Phase two is under way and projected to
Association of Finland arranged a special UEFA president with 20,000 inhabitants, where the finish in the first half of 2024.

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84 Partnerships
88 Medical
90 Integrity
92 Financial
sustainability
93 Finance
94 Data and innovation
96 UEFA Football Board
97 Administration
GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION
Football saving lives
GOVERNANCE
Life-saving CPR training initiative
launched in partnership with the
European Resuscitation Council.
Football Board
The inaugural meeting of the UEFA
Football Board brings together key
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Preserving integrity
Fight the Fix – the UEFA Academy’s
first bespoke anti-match-fixing
programme – is launched.
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stakeholders to back new thinking
with data-driven insights.
Putting fans first

PARTNERSHIP GUARDIANS OF EUROPEAN SPORTS MODEL FSE’s executive director, Ronan Evain,
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL explains how two new agreements
have reinforced relations between
UEFA unites the European football Drawing on our partners’ expertise, UEFA operates according to the fans and governing bodies.
community, including 55 national we set standards to govern every values of the European sports
associations, clubs, leagues, coaches, aspect of the game and achieve model – openness, democracy
players, fans and policymakers. sustainable growth for all. and sporting merit.

GOVERNANCE PARTNERSHIPS
COLLABORATION
ACROSS THE
CONTINENT
Building on the spirt of trust that underlies all our stakeholder
UEFA president
relations – inside and outside of football – UEFA further Aleksander Čeferin and
European Commission
strengthened its partnerships with Europe’s political institutions. vice-president
Margaritis Schinas.
Each season, UEFA’s Convention on the • The increasing levels of private capital structure and its principle of open European policymakers will be even
Future of European Football brings together investment in European football competition, the agreement also reiterates more important in the coming seasons –
Europe’s football community – political and both signatories’ opposition to the so-called particularly in ensuring that the game’s
sporting – to address emerging issues in Recognising the challenges that lie ahead ‘European super league’ proposal. future development reinforces long-term
the game. The breadth and depth of in a constantly changing world, all social and environmental sustainability
stakeholders attending the 2022 edition – participants committed to the convention’s One month later, almost a year to the objectives for European society. Two
associations, leagues, clubs, players, consultative process, both through future day since EU member states committed to existing cross-collaboration platforms will
supporters, coaches, agents and editions and associated advisory forums. defending a resolution on the European make a vital contribution to this process:
commercial partners – underlined UEFA’s sports model, all 27 EU sports ministers
power to unite an ever more complex Widespread commitment to met with the UEFA president in Brussels. • The UEFA and national associations
football ecosystem. At a critical time the European sports model Together they discussed how sport, European public affairs working group,
for the game, the convention’s role in European political organisations continued and particularly football, can help tackle which during the 2022/23 season
leveraging partners’ myriad expertise to show solidarity with our efforts to global issues. provided a forum for public policy,
and networks to shape new policies and protect the European sports model, whose sustainability and pitch/infrastructure
reforms is more vital than ever. Key topics principles and values form the foundation Following on from the November 2021 experts from across national football
on the 2022 agenda included: of football across the continent. European Parliament resolution on EU sports associations to discuss an EU restriction
policy and the Council of the EU resolution on the use of microplastics as infill for
• Increased dialogue to lay the ground for In October 2022, UEFA president on a European sports model, in June 2022 artificial pitches and its impact on
more stakeholder-specific forums within Aleksander Čeferin and European
"Europe’s core principle is the EC also published a new study setting European football.
UEFA’s governance structure Commission (EC) vice-president Margaritis solidarity. UEFA and the out the merits of the European sports • The UEFA European public projects and
• Agreement on actions designed to Schinas extended the EC-UEFA arrangement European Commission model. This explicitly recognises threats funding service, established in 2017,
improve gender balance within football’s for cooperation until 2025. The new posed by the risk of breakaway leagues and which continued to facilitate associations’
will ensure that UEFA’s
decision-making structures agreement will take more than a decade competitions. It also highlights the benefits access to EU funding earmarked for social
• The competitiveness of matches at of formal collaboration between the two competitions remain a of UEFA’s current competitions model, in responsibility and good governance
domestic and European level organisations to a new level, leveraging success story embedded particular the fundamental principles of projects. For example, the most recent
• The introduction of a new UEFA women’s the visibility of UEFA’s competitions and in our European model solidarity and inclusiveness. round of Erasmus+ funding allocated
football strategy in 2024, with a focus on our member associations’ network to a total of €1.13m to both EU and
areas where stakeholder collaboration raise awareness of European Union (EU)
of sport." Future-proof partnerships non-EU-based national associations
will be crucial to progress priority issues such as climate action, Margaritis Schinas With the development of the 2024–29 EU to invest in a range of environmental,
• The growing number of multi-club equality for all and social inclusion. By European Commission agenda on the horizon, collaboration social sustainability, integrity and
investments and ownership endorsing European football’s pyramid vice-president between football stakeholders and safeguarding projects.

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GOVERNANCE PARTNERSHIPS
RONAN EVAIN
Our partnerships’ ecosystem

UEFA’s central role and responsibilities
with stakeholders across different areas
Giving a united voice
to European fans
National associations, governments
EU affairs
and global institutions Ronan Evain, executive director of Football Supporters Europe, explains the
Brussels-based staff coordinate significance for European football fans of two ground-changing agreements in
Dedicated resources assist national
EU projects and interests with 2023: his organisation’s merger with Supporters Direct Europe and a landmark
associations with good governance memorandum of understanding with UEFA.
UEFA regulations and campaigns.
and alignment with global
institutions such as the
United Nations.
Why did Football Supporters role at key UEFA governance events, UEFA club finals, with the deployment
Europe (FSE) and Supporters including the Convention on the Future of host stadium staff in 2023 based on
Direct Europe (SD Europe) merge of European Football. our recommendation.
in January 2023? We also work with UEFA to safeguard
The importance of having a united voice What are the big issues facing supporters’ rights to protection, ensuring
for fans was demonstrated by supporters’ European supporters? the needs and viewpoints of fans are
role in stopping the ill-fated ’European These are challenging times for fans. a key consideration in planning and
super league’ proposal. Formally merging Ensuring everyone can follow their club implementation. The publication of
FSE and SD Europe into one organisation, or national team in a safe, secure and the UEFA EURO 2024 human rights
after a decade of collaboration on specific welcoming environment, regardless of declaration, following extensive
issues, was a logical next step. Pooling gender, origin, abilities or sexual consultation, also recognises the positive
our collective expertise and resources has orientation, is top priority for both FSE and contribution that fans can make beyond
established a single recognised entity for UEFA. For example, all match organisers tournaments.
stakeholders to engage with. It has made should be guaranteeing stadium access to
the European fan movement stronger toilets, food and drinking water. How does FSE work with UEFA’s
than ever. In terms of governance, protecting the 55 member associations to
game’s integrity from threats like the improve the supporter
How does FSE’s memorandum ’European super league’ proposal and experience across Europe?
of understanding (MoU) with multi-club ownership structures is vital, FSE works with associations in different
UEFA shift the dynamics in alongside our advocacy for member-run ways. Together with the UEFA Academy,
relations between fans and clubs and more structured dialogue we play a lead role in training Europe’s
governing bodies? between fans and football stakeholders. network of supporter liaison officers.
It’s an exciting milestone. Too often, We’ve seen some progress here, but more We also provide expertise to fan
fans have remained on the sidelines, is needed. As a first step, supporter liaison embassies, which offer support services
advocating for our voices to be heard on officers should be fully integrated into to tens of thousands of supporters
matters that directly impact us. UEFA has matchday operations. At a time when travelling to away matches, including
engaged with supporters’ organisations bans on away travel in Europe are EURO 2024 in Germany. FSE’s close
since 2008 but our MoU recognises that unfortunately on the rise, we also want relations with associations are also
Stakeholder relations fans bring valuable experience and to prevent unjustified restrictions on fans’ critical to the success of our Erasmus+
Stakeholder-focused staff work towards Governance and compliance expertise to the table. rights to freedom of movement. project, Future of Football, launched
the maintenance and support of relations. Experienced compliance and The document outlines our respective in 2023 to strengthen dialogue with
This includes cooperating on joint workshops audit teams focus on ensuring mandates within the European football Where has collaboration already young supporters’ organisations across
ecosystem and our joint, unwavering delivered real-life results? the continent.
with recognised football stakeholder groups, proper corporate governance commitment to the European sports We’re making an impact in several areas.
coordinating internal projects and support standards and transparency within model. We may retain differing views on Today, FSE and UEFA co-lead a joint visiting
as well as implementing memorandums of UEFA and its members. some topics but we are both committed fans sector working group that meets
to fostering more inclusive, constructive regularly to assess host stadium conditions
understanding. The group also actively
dialogue between fans and governing and address recurrent concerns around
participates in the EU Committee for Social bodies. Today, FSE is involved in two UEFA club competition matches. FSE has
Dialogue in Sport. UEFA committees and has a visible greater involvement in preparations for all
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GOVERNANCE MEDICAL
PROFESSOR TIM MEYER
MEDICINE’S ‘You never know what will happen

COMMITMENT in football medicine. UEFA needs
TO PROTECTING to be responsive’
THE GAME
Professor Tim Meyer, chairman of UEFA’s Medical Committee and a medical director
of the Institute of Sport and Preventive Medicine at Saarland University in Germany,
explains how UEFA is adapting to the constantly shifting landscape of sports medicine.
With the launch of a life-saving initiative and fresh

impetus for medical research, UEFA highlighted its What is the primary role of need to take a close look at that. It’s not distribute and cascade that knowledge.
game-changing role in the field of football medicine. UEFA’s Medical Committee? the only sport with collisions – there are We know this is an ambitious task, as
Medicine changes, new knowledge is others with much stronger and heavier our 55 members have varying states of
developed and regular updates are contacts, and we can learn from them – research and medicine development, but
Trained intervention can increase survival needed. You never know what will but heading is unique to our sport, and we it works well. Additional communication
chances for a cardiac arrest by two or three happen in the next five years in football have developed our own guidelines. We channels, such as social media, also have
times. Football can help ensure every second medicine, so UEFA needs to be will continue to monitor new developments an important role in sharing information
counts – that’s the message behind a new responsive. We continuously assess and findings in this particular field. and new findings.
training and education partnership between whether new UEFA regulations or
UEFA and the European Resuscitation modifications are required – the UEFA What is UEFA’s approach to What are the main priorities for
Council (ERC), launched at the UEFA Medical minimum medical requirements are a understanding the potential women’s football medicine?
Malta players take
Symposium in Frankfurt in January 2023, part in a CPR training good example. Our overall goal is to long-term risks of heading? There is a huge need for research; of
that will provide cardiopulmonary session at the men’s make sure that everyone involved in We developed guidelines for a risk-limited the research studies that have been
European Under-19
resuscitation (CPR) training to thousands Championship football – first and foremost, players – approach to heading in 2020 and 2021, done in football, the vast majority
of players and staff. finals 2023. is medically safe. and that’s still what UEFA stands for: not have been conducted in men, and not
to forbid heading, but to introduce it in all are transferable to women. This year
Across the season, UEFA and the ERC What are the main benefits of youth football through low-risk adaptation there was a specific focus on grant
organised CPR training for teams competing The initiative builds on UEFA’s long-standing without automated external defibrillators UEFA’s decision to establish a – starting with lighter balls or without applications regarding women's football.
at all UEFA’s youth and futsal competitions, minimum medical requirements, which at pitchside. UEFA was also set to launch dedicated medical unit? balls at all, just teaching the technique – For example, we already know that there
the Nations League finals, the Women’s include the stipulation that, as of the a pan-European CPR awareness campaign The new medical research grants, for combined with awareness of the possible is a different injury pattern; ACL ruptures
Finalissima and the Under-21 Championship 2022/23 season, no UEFA match may start in late 2023. one, plus that the unit is now led by a consequences of head injuries. are one example of an injury that is
final tournament – 2,545 people overall. physician with significant clinical Recently, UEFA has run two expert much more frequent in women. It’s a
The target is to train 12,000 people in total, experience. A medical background is panels, on head injuries and heading, potentially career-ending injury, so it's
including all staff and volunteers at UEFA advantageous for understanding key to advise us on whether we need to really important to address it properly.
EURO 2024 in Germany. The initiative aims Medical research grants launched topics such as injury patterns or the reconsider our position. Our aim is I expect we will make some surprising
to equip players, officials and staff with potential influence of the menstrual cycle good integration of knowledge from discoveries from research into women´s
medical expertise that could save lives: it’s The 2022/23 season saw UEFA award its first-ever medical research grants, on women's football. Of course, you can research, but with views from football football with benefits for the men’s
estimated that timely CPR could save over to further knowledge in three important areas of sports medicine: hardly be an expert in all of them, so it’s practitioners. If we achieve that, we will game too.
100,000 lives in Europe alone each year. also about finding the right people to be successful.
• Protecting footballers from high temperatures (Germany) provide greater insight and knowledge. How is football medicine
"The European Resuscitation Council is This is also reflected on the medical How does UEFA ensure that adapting to the challenge
thrilled about our collaboration with UEFA,” • Studying head impacts among top-level female footballers (Norway) committee; we’ve increasingly become football doctors are fully informed of climate change?
said Professor Koen Monsieurs, chair of a committee that includes experts for about advances in the field of Take next year’s EURO; it's possible
the ERC. “Through this partnership we will • Assessing the role of psychosocial stress as a predictor of ACL injuries in several fields of play. sports medicine? that it will be quite hot, even in a
be able to reach a very large number of female players (Netherlands) It’s definitely important. UEFA has a regular country with a moderate climate such
people with a crucial message: all of us What is the biggest concern in football doctor education programme, as Germany, so we need to prepare
can save a life by spending a little bit of Notably, 14 of the 25 funding proposals received were directly related to football medicine right now? targeting all UEFA countries. In a typical for that. We saw heatwaves in southern
time on learning resuscitation. Together women’s football. UEFA will invite submissions for medical research grants Head injuries, and heading in children's event, one doctor per national association Europe this summer. We’re working on
we will increase the rate of survival from each year, with findings shared among all its member associations. football. Football is the only sport where is invited, and participants are asked to having regulations in place to safeguard
cardiac arrest." you voluntarily use your head, and so we organise events in their own countries to players and fans.

GOVERNANCE INTEGRITY
UNITED IN SAFEGUARDING
FOOTBALL’S INTEGRITY
Education plays a frontline role in our efforts to protect the game’s integrity, from
teaching players about the risks and consequences of doping and the importance
of clean sport to running a dedicated UEFA Academy anti-match-fixing course.
Education driving anti-doping efforts of webinars, drawing lessons learned from previous initiatives The Italian Football
The goal of ensuring that every footballer in Europe is aware of and sharing new educational materials. Federation hosted
the final session of
the importance of clean sport underlies UEFA’s anti-doping the first Fight the
education strategy. Since the strategy’s launch in 2020, each UEFA used its competitions to ensure young players’ first Fix programme.
of UEFA’s 55 member associations can request €10,000 each experience with anti-doping was educational. In total, across the
year to pay for anti-doping educational sessions through our 2022/23 men’s and women’s European Under-17 and Under-19
HatTrick development programme, which reinvests men’s EURO championship final tournaments and the Under-19 Futsal EURO, Collaboration key to combatting
revenue back into the game. 48 teams and 1,200 players and staff, including team doctors and match-fixing
coaches, attended sporting integrity sessions. From the 2023/24 Preventing match-fixing is also crucial
“The programme provided a unique opportunity
In the 2022/23 season alone, some 27,000 players and 4,000 season, in order to increase the number of educated players and to maintaining the integrity of European to learn about essential tools for investigating and
support staff benefitted from face-to-face and online sessions support staff, a revamped approach focusing on empowering football competitions. In September 2022, prosecuting match-fixing cases. These are crucial if
or e-learning modules run by associations with UEFA support. national associations will involve team-specific tailored sessions participants embarked on the inaugural we are to protect sport.”
Together with representatives from Europe’s national anti-doping delivered by local experts to teams ahead of their first UEFA Fight the Fix programme – the first-ever
organisations, associations also participated in the first of a series qualifying match. anti-match-fixing course run by the Nicolas Sayde
UEFA Academy. Secretary for the Council of Europe’s Macolin Convention and
a participant in UEFA’s first Fight the Fix programme
Drawing on the expertise of the University
‘UEFA’s support is a booster for our anti-doping activities’ of Lausanne’s School of Criminal Justice, the
programme not only equips those involved in tools for investigating and prosecuting together local football integrity officers,
fighting match-fixing with essential tools and match-fixing cases. These are crucial if we investigators, law enforcement authorities
Galiya Zhymabayeva, education manager
at the Kazakhstan national anti-doping
plus I also participate in webinars and procedures. Sports doctors are now more skills to identify, investigate and prosecute are to protect sport from the scourge of and prosecutors, among others, to discuss
organisation meetings with other national anti- confident in their knowledge and in match-fixing cases, but also emphasises the competition manipulation,” explained common challenges and potential solutions.
doping organisations, to exchange different anti-doping-related situations. importance of collaboration between public Nicolas Sayde, secretary for the Council
“For the past few years we have experience and learn new approaches. and law enforcement authorities as well as of Europe’s Macolin Convention and a The first workshop was hosted by the
worked together with the Kazakhstan “UEFA’s HatTrick funding and education other sports organisations. Combatting a participant in UEFA’s first Fight the Fix Football Federation of Kosovo in Priština
Football Federation (KFF) in “Education is crucial: education without strategy is a booster for anti-doping problem that transcends borders and programme. “It was also a practical way in April 2023, and included representatives
implementing UEFA’s anti-doping testing is not efficient, but testing education activities in Kazakhstan organisations requires a 360-degree approach. to strengthen national and international from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo,
education strategy. This has included without education is not fair for players. football. Football is a very popular sport cooperation by learning through listening, Montenegro, North Macedonia and
the launch of our own educational Together, UEFA, the KFF and the national in our country, and we are delighted The first Fight the Fix course consisted doing and sharing experiences.” Slovenia, plus an Interpol integrity in sports
plan for footballers and an anti- anti-doping organisation are raising the that we can now actively work with of three seminars. The first, in November training officer, among other experts. In
doping section on the federation’s levels of knowledge and awareness this huge part of the Kazakhstan 2022, took place in Switzerland at UEFA’s Continuous and targeted support June, the Lithuanian Football Federation
website in three languages – Kazakh, around Kazakhstan. Now we are in touch sports community.“ headquarters in Nyon and at the University The 2022/23 season also marked the hosted a workshop in Vilnius with
Russian and English. with many players, and they know they of Lausanne, and focused on how to launch of UEFA’s first anti-match-fixing participants from Estonia, Finland, Latvia,
can reach out to us for support. They recognise suspicious activity. Then, in regional workshops. Each brought Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Ukraine.
“During the 2022/23 season, we know their rights and responsibilities, February 2023, an online session looked at
conducted 21 face-to-face sessions and our young athletes are more intelligence data, investigative methods and
with all Kazakh national teams (men’s confident with doping-control evidence-gathering. The concluding seminar, Fight the Fix 2022/23
and women’s) and football and futsal hosted by the Italian Football Federation
clubs, engaging with athletes, in April 2023, taught students about the
coaches, sport doctors, managers and process of bringing evidence before courts 24 19 Three stages:
other support personnel. We use UEFA and other prosecution matters. participants nationalities detection,
educational materials to provide and three intelligence,
accurate and updated information, “Participating in the programme provided a confederations prosecution
unique opportunity to learn about essential represented

GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE FINANCE
PROTECTING THE GAME’S LAUNCH OF NEW MEN’S NATIONAL

TEAM COMPETITION CYCLE
FINANCIAL FUTURE 2022/23 UEFA Nations League revenue redistributed to participating associations
UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) oversaw the start of a three-year transition to to support pan-European development of the game.
new club licensing and financial sustainability regulations. Approved in 2022 to ensure
European football’s long-term viability, the regulations are based on three pillars: solvency,
The 2022/23 UEFA Nations League ushered
stability and cost control. in a new men’s national team competition Read more online
cycle, which incorporates the sale of For a more detailed picture of our revenue and
commercial and media rights for qualifying expenditure streams for the 2022/23 season,
As required under the new solvency These led to numerous sanctions, matches for EURO 2024 and the 2026 FIFA download the annual UEFA Financial Report.
pillar, the CFCB and licensors introduced evidence that the dramatic effects Adapting to change World Cup, as well as the Nations League
quarterly checks of overdue payables to of the pandemic on European club and friendlies. Over the next six years, this
other clubs, employees, social/tax finances are not over yet. Amendments to the UEFA Club cycle will see UEFA increase its distribution Revenue by nature
authorities and UEFA. This change is Licensing and Financial Sustainability of net revenue to member associations
designed to strengthen protection of In July 2023, the UEFA Executive Regulations (effective July 2023): for reinvestment in football development.
and competition
creditors, improve clubs’ solvency and Committee approved several adjustments By the end of the 2022/23 season,
financial discipline as well as safeguard to the new regulations, taking account • L imitation of amortisation of a associations had received UEFA payments TOTAL REVENUE 2022/23
the integrity of UEFA competitions. of three developments: new trends in player’s registration to five years for participating in the third edition of the
€4,320.8m
the transfer market, clarification of •R eview for impairment of the Nations League.
With new football earnings and cost international accounting standards and net book value of a player’s Tickets
and hospitality
control rules only coming into effect recent disciplinary cases involving European registration when the player The new men’s national team competition
from the start of the 2023/24 season, stock exchange authorities. The most is loaned out cycle, together with Georgia and Romania’s Media rights
€78.9m
2022/23 marked the last assessment of significant changes will strengthen •N eutralisation of the profit co-hosting of the European Under-21 1.8%
UEFA’s break-even rule – a cornerstone accounting procedures for player on disposal of a player’s Championship final tournament (see €3,595m Commercial rights Other
of financial fair play regulations for the transactions and provide for a more registration in case of player pages 26-27), and Women’s EURO 2022, 83.2% €601.1m revenue
past ten years. The CFCB first chamber consistent, stricter application of the exchange transactions (so-called contributed to total UEFA revenue of €4.3bn
13.9%
€45.8m
assessed all clubs participating in UEFA stability and cost control requirements ‘player swaps’) – 7% more than the previous season. 1.1%
competitions and opened 41 proceedings. across all our member associations.
Record-breaking attendance figures,
unprecedented media exposure and
the support of our commercial partners
meant that Women’s EURO 2022
generated €63.2m – a remarkable
€50m more than the previous edition. Club
This allowed UEFA to double distribution competitions
payments to participating associations €3,693m
to €16m and, for the first time in the
National
85.5%
women’s game, allocate €4.3m as Other competitions
team
rewards to European clubs for releasing and other revenue
competitions
their players to national teams. €131.9m €495.9m
3% 11.5%
UEFA’s replenishment of reserves used
to protect European associations and
clubs from the pandemic’s financial
hit is expected to accelerate in the
2023/24 financial year, thanks to a
significant net contribution from EURO
2024. Maintaining healthy reserves is
essential to ensuring that UEFA can
continue to deliver on its mission by
reinvesting in football development
and education programmes.

QA
GOVERNANCE DATA AND INNOVATION
UEFA medical community
National associations and leagues Combining player injury and

competition data has generated
The Football Association of Iceland and the Swiss tailored reports and analytics that
TOM WALLER
Super League requested support in producing support the pioneering research of
tailored 360° reports. These documents deliver the UEFA medical community.
deep dives into numerous football topics such as
league sizing and format, competitive balance,
playing squad analysis, commercial development,
club ownership, club finances and club facilities.
The intelligence centre also provided ad hoc
Wider football community
Setting the tone for innovation
support to both the Albanian Football Association
and the Swedish Football Association to guide Drawing on a range of recognised sources,
to happen
potential competition reforms. including the United Nations, the World Bank,
the UK Office for National Statistics and Eurostat, Tom Waller, senior vice-president of sports and product innovation at Decathlon,
the intelligence centre produces demographic discusses his work with the UEFA innovation hub.
data reflecting the geographical borders of
UEFA’s 55 member associations.
THE STRATEGIC How do we arrive at

great innovation?
important the competitions gets won. I
think that sets the tone for innovation to
KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
I think great innovators fall in love with take place.
the question, not the answer. You’ve got
to think big, but you also have to think What does the world need from
FOR EUROPEAN FOOTBALL about moving small and staying focused

over a really long period of time. There
are three important questions that follow
innovation in football?
Football could be the perfect sport. When I
think about what the world needs most at
this sort of mindset. this time – a period of volatility, disruption,
The UEFA intelligence centre has established Question one: What does the world mental well-being crises, obesity
need? We need to be in touch with the epidemics, loss of community – then you
itself as a critical hub for data-driven insights into
world – what it thinks about football, start to see that the ingredients of football
multiple aspects of European football. During the about its own basic needs. The second unite communities and nations. One of the
2022/23 season, a variety of stakeholders drew question: What are we most qualified to challenges I put to the innovation hub was
on the centre’s expertise and experience, not do? This is about understanding your that if you understood football in its
just in analysing but also applying data to DNA, your culture, your assets and your broadest sense, you should be able to
inform evidence-based decisions. competencies, then loosening them ‘de-footballise’ football. You should look
up from normal daily operations and at it as if it was a remedy to the world’s
imagining what else they could do. needs, then start to play with the assets UEFA innovation hub
The last question: What is humanly you have – potentially opening up
Club Financial Control Body possible? We often see the past as more important avenues for change, with UEFA
important than our potential, and we providing the fuel to make it happen. Established in 2018 to help
The mapping of club ownership and extrapolate from the past to imagine European football adapt to an
European football investments supports what the future might be like. We’re How important is data to what you ever-shifting landscape, the
the Club Financial Control Body in its not wired to change – whereas great do and the innovation approach? innovation hub acts as a sandbox
monitoring of clubs’ compliance with innovators take the right mindset. It’s critical. As a scientist, I’m always for finding cutting-edge
UEFA regulations. searching to understand – because if I solutions to critical challenges.
Technical observers Why is UEFA uniquely placed to can understand something, I can measure It leverages the innovation and
lead innovation in the European it, and if I can measure it, I can make it expertise of public and private
UEFA’s technical observers, who deliver match reports football community? better. That said, data and intuition must sector organisations, forging
on tactical trends and player performances across We need to make sure that we’re acting work together. We have this genius within partnerships and collaboration
our competitions (see page 31), can now customise the on behalf of football. Working with the us – match the knowledge we’ve projects with start-ups, academic
metrics used to track players during matches. We have innovation hub, one of the things I’ve accumulated over years with data, institutions and businesses.
European Club Association
also expanded our database of match statistics to been most impressed by is the desire not and magic usually happens.
cover more than 200 European domestic league and to answer anyone else’s questions, but to
An analysis based on more than 2,300 players
cup competitions. make problems and their solutions part
capped for their national Under-17 teams between
of the UEFA mission. From the clubs and
2014 and 2016 provided the European Club
associations to the providers and the
Association with a deeper understanding of career
pathways from national youth-level football to
start-ups, the hub is a sandbox for all ”Football could be the perfect sport. When I think
football stakeholders to come together in
domestic leagues, UEFA club competitions and
the best possible way. One of the things I
about what the world needs most at this time, then
senior national sides.
love about UEFA is that you don’t mind you start to see that the ingredients of football
who wins competitions – it’s just unite communities and nations.”
GOVERNANCE FOOTBALL BOARD GOVERNANCE ADMINISTRATION
AN INSTITUTIONAL YET
INDEPENDENT VOICE
The newly formed UEFA Football Board brings together experienced players and
coaches from both men’s and women’s football to ensure the perspective from
the pitch continues to guide our governance of the game.
Inaugural UEFA Football
A significant development of the European football and ensuring they Board: Who’s who
2022/23 season was the creation of the feel completely at ease sharing their
UEFA Football Board. Approved by our views and opinions,” said Zvonimir Boban,
Executive Committee in April 2023, this UEFA technical director and chief of Eric Abidal, France
new advisory body will provide UEFA with football, who chaired the first meeting.
first-hand insights into key aspects of the “Their feedback will further enhance Carlo Ancelotti, Italy
modern game from its most prominent the protection and progress of football Gareth Bale, Wales
and respected players and coaches, male and prove advantageous for all our
and female. Later that month, some of community’s stakeholders.” Rafael Benítez, Spain
the biggest names in men’s football, past
and present, assembled for the board’s In September 2023, the Football Oliver Bierhoff, Germany GENERAL STAFF INFORMATION
inaugural meeting at our headquarters Board would convene leading players As at 30 June 2023
Fabio Capello, Italy
in Nyon, Switzerland. Discussion focused and coaches representing the women’s
on refereeing across European club game. The agenda would include Petr Čech, Czechia
competitions, with participants requesting refereeing, competitions and medical
greater clarity on interpretation of the topics, as well as the post-2024 UEFA Rio Ferdinand, England
CONTRACTS Women Men 61%
handball rule. women’s football strategy. Going Luís Figo, Portugal Permanent 7 8 225 381
forward, these advisory board meetings
Fixed-term 79 100
“Success lies in creating a platform for will become annual fixtures in the Robbie Keane, Republic of Ireland
the premier players and managers in UEFA calendar.
Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany
AGE
Ronald Koeman, Netherlands >61 68
Philipp Lahm, Germany 51-60 38 74
Average
age M/F
Henrik Larsson, Sweden 41-50 75 156
40
39% ratio
31-40 128 172
Michael Laudrup, Denmark
21-30 57 69
Paolo Maldini, Italy
<20 2
Roberto Martínez, Spain
Juan Mata, Spain YEARS OF SERVICE (permanent contracts) 55 NATIONALITIES

Predrag Mijatović, Montenegro >16 7 37
8 65
Average
Gareth Southgate, England 11-15 35 69 years of
service
Patrick Vieira, France 6-10 54 96 8.8
Rudi Völler, Germany 3-5 59 105
1-2 22 24
Javier Zanetti, Argentina
<1 18 22
Zinédine Zidane, France

COMPOSITION OF UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 30 JUNE 2023 COMPOSITION OF UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 30 JUNE 2023
UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President
Aleksander Čeferin
FIFA vice-president
(Slovenia)
Vice-presidents
Karl-Erik Nilsson Luis Rubiales* Zbigniew Boniek Gabriele Gravina Laura McAllister David Gill
First vice-president (Spain) (Poland) (Italy) (Wales) Treasurer
(Sweden) (England)
Members Members
Philippe Diallo Armand Duka** Alexander Dyukov Petr Fousek Levan Kobiashvili Jesper Møller Andrii Pavelko Just Spee Hans-Joachim Servet Yardımcı Nasser Karl-Heinz Vacant
(France) (Albania) (Russia) (Czechia) (Georgia) Christensen (Ukraine) (Netherlands) (Türkiye) Al-Khelaifi Rummenigge Position
Watzke
(Denmark) (Germany) (European Club (European Club
Association/ECA) Association/ECA)
FIFA Council – European members FIFA Council – European members
Sándor Csányi Debbie Hewitt Răzvan Burleanu Evelina Christillin Fernando Gomes Georgios Koumas Bernd Neuendorf Dejan Savićević
FIFA vice-president FIFA vice-president (Romania) (Italy) (Portugal) (Cyprus) (Germany) (Montenegro)
(Hungary) (England)
* Luis Rubiales resigned on 10 September 2023

** Armand Duka appointed vice-president to replace Luis Rubiales on 26 September 2023

KEY DECISIONS IN 2022/23 BY THE UEFA CONGRESS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Executive Committee meeting – Nyon, Switzerland
Approved:
• Use of the FIFA Forward funds to be distributed to UEFA development
Constitutive meeting of programmes over the next four years (USD 15m per calendar year)
Executive Committee meeting – Hvar, Croatia Executive Committee members • 2026 FIFA World Cup – European Qualifiers format together with a request to FIFA
after the 47th Ordinary UEFA to cancel single yellow cards ahead of the play-offs
Approval taken • Amendments to the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations
Approved: by email: Congress (Lisbon)
• Final adjustments to the compositions of the UEFA committees and panels • Amendments to the UEFA men’s club competitions regulations – Article 38:
• Appointment of Tickets for away fans
• EURO 2024 qualifying draw procedure AE Mallorca Palma • Elected Laura McAllister and Gabriele
• Amendments to the men’s Under-19, Women’s Under-19, men’s Under-21 and Regions’ Cup regulations • Change of name of the UEFA Europa Conference League to UEFA Conference
Futsal (Spain) as Gravina as UEFA vice-presidents League from the start of the 2024/25 season
• General Terms and Conditions for Referees officiating at UEFA Matches (2022 edition) the host of the
• Key principles of the proposed new shareholders’ agreement for UEFA Club Competitions SA • Format and access list for the UEFA Youth League from 2024/25
2022/23 UEFA • Composition of the UEFA committees and expert panels 2023–27. Players
• English Premier League’s request to organise the 2022/23 edition of the Premier League International Cup Futsal Champions
• Authorisation Rules governing International Club Competitions (2022 edition) (through FIFPRO Europe) and fans (through Football Supporters Europe) to
League finals be represented on relevant standing committees for the first time
Appointed: • Composition of the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice 2023–27
• Poreč in Croatia as the venue for the 2022/23 men’s European Under-19 Futsal Championship final tournament • English Premier League’s request to authorise the 2023/24 Premier League
International Cup, in accordance with Article 10 of the UEFA Authorisation Rules
• 2023 edition of the UEFA Grassroots Charter
• Bonus payments for the UEFA Women’s Nations League finals in 2024
• First UEFA minimum standards framework for women’s national teams
• Regulations of the 2023/24 Women’s Under-17 and Under-19 Championships
Approval taken and men’s Under-17 and Under-19 Championships
Approval taken Approval taken Approval taken by email: by email: • New format for the men’s Under-17 and Under-19 Championships
by email: by email: • Competition format for the Nations League • Request “to determine • Request of the English FA to authorise the participation of the English club
• Standard special • Amendments to and European Qualifiers for the UEFA the representation of Bishops Castle Town in the FA of Wales Central Wales League North and
COVID-19 rules the Return To Women’s EURO and FIFA Women’s World Cup Ukraine in the UEFA the North Powys Junior League in the 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons
applicable to the Play Protocol men’s club competitions • Decision that UEFA competition matches could once again be played in
2021/22, 2022/23 in the 2023/24 season in the region of Transnistria
and 2023/24 futsal, accordance with the
youth and amateur positions of the clubs in Appointed:
competitions the final standings of
• Polish Football Association to host the UEFA European Women’s Under-19
the 2022/2023 Ukrainian
Premier League” Championship final tournament in 2025, replacing Belarus
Approvals taken by email: • UEFA Conference League final venues:
• Appointment of the Fönix Arena in
Debrecen, Hungary, as the venue for - 2024: Agia Sofia Stadium in Athens, Greece
UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO 2023 - 2025: Stadion Wrocław, Poland
• Appointment of the Netherlands as • 2025 UEFA Women’s Champions League final at the Estádio José Alvalade,
the host of the men’s 2022/23 UEFA Lisbon, Portugal
Nations League finals
16 August 31 August 20 September 28 November 13 February 5 April 5 June 28 June

2022 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023
27 July 17 August 2 November 25 January 4 April

2022 2022 2022
2023 2023
47th Ordinary UEFA Congress – Lisbon, Portugal
Approved:
• Consolidated and stand-alone financial statements for 2021/22
• Budget for 2023/24
• Appointed Deloitte to audit UEFA’s financial statements for 2022/23
Executive Committee meeting – Nyon, Switzerland Elected:

• UEFA president: Aleksander Čeferin (Slovenia) re-elected
Approved:
by acclamation for a further four-year term
• Financial statements for 2021/22 and the budget proposal for 2023/24
• UEFA Executive Committee – reserved female position
• Allocation of HatTrick VI investment and incentive funding
(four-year term): Laura McAllister (Wales)
• Clarifications and corrections to the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations
• UEFA Executive Committee members (four-year term):
• Extraordinary club licensing measures for participation in the 2023/24 UEFA club competitions
- Armand Duka (Albania)
• Delegation of the club licensing responsibilities for the Women’s Champions League from the Austrian Football Executive Committee meeting – - Jesper Møller Christensen (Denmark)
Association to the Austrian Football Bundesliga Lisbon, Portugal
Approval taken by email: - Petr Fousek (Czechia)
• Delegation of the club licensing responsibilities for the Women’s Champions League from the Swiss Football
• Request to authorise the - Levan Kobiashvili (Georgia)
Association to the Swiss Football League Approved:
participation of the first team - Luis Rubiales (Spain)
• Following format changes to the men’s European Qualifiers and Nations League, to be implemented from the World • Regulations of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League,
of the Welsh club Welshpool - Philippe Diallo (France)
Cup cycle starting after EURO 2024: UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa
Town FC Women in the - Andrii Pavelko (Ukraine)
- new knockout round in the Nations League – home-and-away quarter-finals between the League A group winners League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA
Staffordshire Women’s • UEFA Executive Committee member (two-year term)
and runners-up Super Cup, UEFA Youth League and UEFA Futsal
League Division 2 (2022/23 - Hans-Joachim Watzke (Germany)
- home-and-away promotion/relegation play-offs between the third-ranked teams in League A and the runners-up in Champions League
season) organised by the • FIFA vice-president (four-year term):
League B, as well as between the third-ranked teams in League B and the runners-up in League C • HatTrick VI regulations
English Football Association - Sándor Csányi (Hungary)
- European Qualifiers based on 12 groups of 4 and 5 teams instead of ten groups of 5 and 6 • Participation of the Under-22 team of the San Marino • FIFA vice-president representing the four British
• Regulations of the 2023-25 European Under-21 Championship and European Women’s Championship, including the Academy, a club affiliated to the Italian Football associations (four-year term):
women’s Nations League and European Qualifiers Federation (FIGC), in the championship organised by - Debbie Hewitt (England)
• Proposal to discontinue the UEFA Return to Play Protocol the San Marino Football Federation (FSGC) • FIFA Council member (four-year term):
• Acquisition of 10% of the shares in each of Legends Uruguay and Legends Europe for a total investment of €11.5m • Decision not to host the 2025 UEFA Women’s Under-19 - Fernando Gomes (Portugal)
European Championship in Belarus • FIFA Council member (two-year term):
Appointed: - Bernd Neuendorf (Germany)
• Slovakia as the host of the 2023–25 European Under-21 Championship final tournament Noted:
• Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens, Greece, as the venue for the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, instead of Kazan, Russia • Creation of a UEFA Football Board to build a platform
for strong, proactive engagement with elite players
Approval taken by email: and coaches in men’s football, and that a similar board
• Implementation of the Standing would be created for women’s football
Facilities Observer Programme
during the 2022/23 season Appointed:
• Switzerland as the host of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

COMPOSITION OF UEFA COMMITTEES, 30 JUNE 2023 COMPOSITION OF UEFA COMMITTEES, 30 JUNE 2023
Professional Football Governance and National Associations Committee 2nd vice-chairman Paul Philipp (Luxembourg) Youth and Amateur
Strategy Council (PFSC) Compliance Committee Football Committee
Chairman Servet Yardımcı (Türkiye) 3rd vice-chairman Gijs de Jong (Netherlands)
Chairman Aleksander Čeferin Chairman Herbert Hübel (Austria) Chairman Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
Deputy chairman Fernando Gomes (Portugal) 4th vice-chairman Mark Bullingham (England)
Representatives of the 1st vice-chairman Marco Casagrande (Finland) Deputy chairman Davor Šuker (Croatia)
UEFA Executive Committee Deputy chairman Davor Šuker (Croatia) Members Hamit Altıntop (Türkiye)
Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) 2nd vice-chairman Charles Deguara Oliver Bierhoff (Germany) 1st vice-chairman Aivar Pohlak (Estonia)
Sándor Csányi (Hungary) (Malta – independent member) 1st vice-chairman Alexander Dyukov (Russia) Robert Breiter (Switzerland)
Fernando Gomes (Portugal) Angelo Chetcuti (Malta) 2nd vice-chairman David Martin (Northern Ireland)
Members Kadir Kardaş (Türkiye) 2nd vice-chairman Hugo Quaderer (Liechtenstein) José Couceiro (Portugal)
Appointed by the European Alexandre Mestre Laurent Georges (France) 3rd vice-chairman Ian Maxwell (Scotland)
Club Association (ECA) (Portugal – independent member) 3rd vice-chairman Moshe Zuares (Israel) Virgar Hvidbro (Faroe Islands)
Fernando Carro de Prada José Juan Pintó Sala Alexander Iashvili (Georgia) 4th vice-chairman David Mujiri (Georgia)
(Bayer 04 Leverkusen) (Spain – independent member) Members Kai Erik Arstad (Norway) Lise Klaveness (Norway)
Peter Lawwell (Celtic FC) Polina Yumasheva (Russia) Adilet Barmenkulov (Kazakhstan) Emil Kostadinov (Bulgaria) Members Uladzimir Bazanau (Belarus)
Oleg Petrov (AS Monaco) Jane Bateman (England) Marijan Kustić (Croatia) Benjamin Egli (Switzerland)
Edwin van der Sar (AFC Ajax) Meetings: 13 September 2022, 13 March 2023 Dennis Beiso (Gibraltar) David McDowell (Slovenia) John Finnegan (Republic of Ireland)
François Bigot (France) Radosław Michalski (Poland) Jessica Guidi (San Marino)
Appointed by the European Leagues (EL) Tomislav Čizmić (Slovenia) José Francisco Molina (Spain) Jahangir Hasanzada (Azerbaijan)
Luigi de Siervo (Board Member) Iakovos Filippousis (Greece) Bernhard Neuhold (Austria) Oren Hasson (Israel)
Mats Enquist (Board Member)
Compensation Committee Petr Fousek (Czechia) Rod Petrie (Scotland) Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
Maksims Krivunecs Chairman David Gill (England) Cezary Kulesza (Poland) Yossi Sharabi (Israel) Francisco Hernández (Spain)
(Board Member) Pegie Leys (Belgium) Vanda Sigurgeirsdottir (Iceland) Mike Jones (Wales)
Mathieu Moreuil Members Herbert Hübel (Austria) Noel Mooney (Wales) Håkan Sjöstrand (Sweden) Marc Keller (France)
(Board Member) José Juan Pintó Sala Jorge Mowinckel (Spain) Marco Tura (San Marino) Christian Kofoed (Denmark)
(Spain – independent member) Patrick Nelson (Northern Ireland) Michal Valtr (Czechia) Yordan Letchkov (Bulgaria)
Appointed by FIFPRO Division Europe Armen Nikoghosyan (Armenia) Rudolf Marxer (Liechtensteein)
Jonas Baer-Hoffmann Consultant Stephan Hostettler Leonid Oleinicenco (Moldova) Meetings: 1 December 2022, 26 April 2023 Otakar Mestek (Czechia)
(General Secretary) (Switzerland – Peter Palenčík (Slovakia) Ludovico Micallef (Malta)
Joaquim Evangelista HCM International Ltd) Muamed Sejdini Members who left this committee during the José Oliveira (Portugal)
(Board member) (North Macedonia) 2022/23 season: Peter Bossaert (Belgium), Tiago Vito Roberto Tisci (Italy)
Mads Øland (Board member) Meetings: 1 December 2022, 11 April 2023 Bjorn Vassallo (Malta) Craveiro (Portugal), Terje Svendsen (Norway)
Damiano Tommasi Radu Visan (Romania) Meeting: 24 October 2022
(Board member) Vico Zeljkovic
(Bosnia & Herzegovina) Club Competitions Committee Members who left this committee during the
Observers 2022/23 season: Rainer Koch (Germany), José
UEFA, ECA, EL and FIFPRO Division Europe may each Co-opted member Alan McRae (Scotland) Chairman Fernando Gomes (Portugal) Couceiro (Portugal), Mustafa Erögüt (Türkiye),
appoint an observer to the PFSC, in addition to their Jose Miguel Monje Carrillo (Spain)
representatives. The PFSC chairman may also invite Meetings: 16 September 2022, 23 May 2023 Deputy chairman David Gill (England)
a third party such as a representative from FIFA.
Deputy chairman Alexander Dyukov (Russia) Women’s Football Committee
Finance Committee 1st vice-chairman Aki Riihilahti (HJK Helsinki) Chairwoman Anne Rei (Estonia)
Chairman David Gill (England)
2nd vice-chairman Dariusz Mioduski Deputy chairwoman Laura McAllister (Wales)
Members Sándor Csányi (Hungary) (Legia Warszawa)
Florence Hardouin (France) UEFA Club Competitions SA 1st
Ari Lahti (Finland) Board of Administration vice-chairwoman Sue Hough (England)
Meetings: 14 September 2022, 1 December 2022, Members Niclas Carlnén (Malmö FF) 2nd vice-chairman Jasmin Baković
12 January 2023, 4 April 2023, 28 June 2023 José Maria Cruz (Sevilla FC) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Aurelio De Laurentiis
(SSC Napoli) 3rd
Referees Committee Dan Friedkin (AS Roma) vice-chairwoman Mette Bach Kjaer (Denmark)
UEFA Club Competitions SA
Chairman Roberto Rosetti Board of Administration Members Judit Berkesi (Hungary)
(UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer) Vidar Halldórsson Yvonne Ekroth (Sweden)
(FH Hafnarfjödur) Svitlana Hrynkevich (Belarus)
Members Dagmar Damková Alexander Medvedev Katrien Jans (Belgium)
(UEFA Refereeing Officer) (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Monica Jorge (Portugal)
Björn Kuipers Stephan Reiter (FC Salzburg) Cheryl Lamont (Northern Ireland)
(UEFA Refereeing Officer) Daniel Rommedahl Anne McKeown (Scotland)
Vladimir Sajn (FC Copenhagen) Jon Morland (Norway)
(UEFA Refereeing Officer) Kuno Tehva (Nõmme Kalju FC) Nina Patalon (Poland)
Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Vinai Venkatesham (Arsenal FC) Silke Raml (Germany)
UEFA Club Competitions SA Meta Römers (Netherlands)
Meeting: 31 May 2023 Board of Administration Gudrun Inga Sivertsen (Iceland)
Michael Verschueren Sabrina Viguier (France)
Member who left this committee during the (RSC Anderlecht) Jorge Vilda (Spain)
2022/23 season: Hugh Dallas (UEFA Refereeing Officer) UEFA Club Competitions SA
Board of Administration ECA
representatives Linda Wijkström
Observers Fernando Carro de Prada (Djurgårdens IF FF – Sweden)
National Team (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Olivier Blanc
Competitions Committee Peter Fossen (Netherlands) (Olympique Lyonnais – France)
Chairman Sándor Csányi (Hungary) EL representative Claus Thomsen (Denmark) ECA observer Claire Bloomfield
Deputy chairman Gabriele Gravina (Italy) Meetings: 25 August 2022, 6 March 2023, Meetings: 13 December 2022, 27 March 2023
9 June 2023
1st vice-chairman Sergey Pryadkin (Russia) Member who left this committee during the
Member who left this committee during the 2022/23 2022/23 season: Hannelore Ratzeburg (Germany)
season: Jacques-Henri Eyraud (Olympique de Marseille)

COMPOSITION OF UEFA COMMITTEES, 30 JUNE 2023 COMPOSITION OF UEFA COMMITTEES, 30 JUNE 2023
Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee Development and Technical Stadium and Security Committee David Newton (England) Members Olzhas Abrayev (Kazakhstan) 4th vice-chairman Edgars Pukinsks (Latvia)
Assistance Committee Antoine Nokerman (Belgium) Nicole Bekkers (Netherlands)
Chairman Aleksandr Alaev (Russia) Chairman Michael van Praag Agnieszka Olesińska (Poland) Holger Blask (Germany) Members Jacinto Alonso (Spain)
Chairman Luis Rubiales (Spain) (Netherlands) Matthew Paris (Malta) Ian Davis (Wales) Francisca Araújo (Portugal)
Deputy chairman Pedro Dias (Portugal) Rogier Peltenburg (Netherlands) Katerina Gkonta (Cyprus) Milovan Djukanovic
Deputy chairman Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) Deputy chairman Servet Yardımcı (Türkiye) Lukas Pitek (Slovakia) Annika Gralls (Sweden) (Montenegro)
1st vice-chairman Boris Durlen (Croatia) Igor Popov (Moldova) Jonathan Hill Paul Elliott (England)
1st vice-chairman Les Reed (England) Deputy chairman Armand Duka (Albania) Denis Rogachev (Russia) (Republic of Ireland) Ekaterina Fedyshina (Russia)
2nd vice-chairman Hans Schelling (Netherlands) Jean-Jacques Schonckert Manu Leroy (Belgium) Conrad Kirkwood
2nd vice-chairman Hannu Tihinen (Finland) 1st vice-chairman Phivos Vakis (Cyprus) (Luxembourg) Nuno Moura (Portugal) (Northern Ireland)
3rd vice-chairman Philippe Lafrique (France) Stoyan Sirakov (Bulgaria) Aleksandra Pejkovska Edvin Libohova (Albania)
3rd vice-chairman Per Widén (Sweden) 2nd vice-chairman Martin Kozelj (Slovenia) Tomislav Svetina (Croatia) (North Macedonia) Haris Loizides (Cyprus)
Members Tommy Andersson (Sweden) Tibor Vámos (Hungary) Andrey Petrov (Bulgaria) Charles Schaack
Gian Luca Angelini (San Marino) Members Mehmed Baždarević 3rd vice-chairman Stephen Williams (Wales) Chris Rawlings (Scotland) (Luxembourg)
Luca Bergamini (Italy) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) EL representative Ansgar Schwenken (Germany) Borghildur Sigurdardottir Gaston Schreurs (Belgium)
Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) Karol Belanik (Slovakia) Members Bert Andersson (Sweden) (Iceland) Stefanie Schulte (Germany)
Mustafa Caglar (Türkiye) Reinhold Breu (Lithuania) Claus Christensen (Denmark) ECA observer Mario Flores Chemor Navin Singh (England) Dragan Soldo
Avi Halevi (Israel) Kakha Chumburidze (Georgia) Paul Cooke Jaroslav Šišolák (Slovakia) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Yerlan Jamantayev (Kazakhstan) Bent Clausen (Denmark) (Republic of Ireland) Meeting: 19 October 2022 Denis Solovev (Russia) Peter Tornbo (Denmark)
Pablo Lozano (Spain) Truis Dæhli (Norway) Peter Dedik (Slovakia) Grzegorz Stańczuk (Poland) Johan van Geijn (Netherlands)
Bojan Pavićević (Serbia) Nemanja Filipović (Serbia) Volodymyr Geninson (Ukraine) Members who left this committee during the
Daniel Petcu (Romania) Ion Geolgau (Romania) Cécile Grandsimon (France) 2022/23 season: Rainer Koch (Germany), Eva Meeting: 24 January 2023 EL representative Marcin Animucki (Poland)
Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania) Dzmitry Kasenak (Belarus) Hendrik Grosse Lefert Straatsma (Netherlands), Jesus Arroyo (Sevilla FC)
Sandro Stroppa (Switzerland) Petar Krpan (Croatia) (Germany) – ECA representative Member who left this committee during the Meetings: 8 October 2022, 25 April 2023
Sergii Vladyko (Ukraine) Andrey Vlasov (Russia) Adrian Ixari (Moldova) 2022/23 season: Ursula Scully (Republic of Ireland)
Ronny Zimmermann (Germany) Nikola Zerdeski Siniša Kostrešević Member who left this committee during the
(North Macedonia) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Legal Committee 2022/23 season: Benjamin Egli (Switzerland)
Meeting: 25 April 2023 Fríðin Ziskason (Faroe Islands) Dimosthenis Kouptsidis Media Committee
(Greece) Chairman Christian Andreasen
Members who left this committee during the Meeting: 30 March 2023 Ģirts Krastiņš (Latvia) (Faroe Islands) Chairman Răzvan Burleanu (Romania) Football Committee
2022/23 season: Philippe Hertig (Switzerland), Charles Robba (Gibraltar)
Emils Latkovskis (Latvia) Members who left this committee during the Deputy chairman Andrii Pavelko (Ukraine) Deputy chairman Jesper Møller Christensen Chairman Levan Kobiashvili (Georgia)
2022/23 season: Lise Klaveness (Norway), Andrius EL representative Benjamin Viard (France) (Denmark)
Skerla (Lithuania) 1st vice-chairman Efraim Barak (Israel) Deputy chairman Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria)
HatTrick Committee Meetings: 8 November 2022, 24 April 2023 Deputy chairman Just Spee (Netherlands)
2nd vice-chairman Henrik Ravnild (Denmark) 1st vice-chairman Pavel Cebanu (Moldova)
Chairman Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) Club Licensing Committee 1st vice-chairman Nicolai Cebotari
Medical Committee 3rd vice-chairman Emilie Doms (France) (Moldova) 2nd vice-chairman Dejan Savićević (Montenegro)
Deputy chairman Armand Duka (Albania) Chairman Gabriele Gravina (Italy)
Chairman Tim Meyer (Germany) Members Panayiotis Baltakos (Greece) 2nd vice-chairman Momir Djurdjevac 3rd vice-chairman Luís Figo (Portugal)
Deputy chairman Leo Windtner (Austria) Deputy chairman Just Spee (Netherlands) Mark Boetekees (Netherlands) (Montenegro)
Deputy chairman Zoran Bahtijarević (Croatia) Vladimir Gasevski 4th vice-chairman Demetrio Albertini (Italy)
1st vice-chairman Georgios Koumas (Cyprus) 1st vice-chairwoman Ivančica Sudac (Croatia) (North Macedonia) 3rd vice-chairman Edgaras Stankevičius
Deputy chairwoman Charlotte Cowie (England) Tomas Gonzalez Cueto (Spain) (Lithuania) Members Panagiotis Chatzialexiou
2nd vice-chairman Tomas Danilevičius (Lithuania) 2nd vice-chairman Thomas Christensen Artan Hajdari (Albania) (Germany)
(Denmark) 1st vice-chairwoman Helena Herrero (Spain) Taulant Hodaj (Kosovo) Members Matej Damjanović Marcin Dorna (Poland)
3rd vice-chairman Michail Kassabov (Bulgaria) Vladimir Iveta (Croatia) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mustafa Eröğüt (Türkiye)
3rd vice-chairman Yuriy Zapisotskiy (Ukraine) 2nd vice-chairman John MacLean (Scotland) Krzysztof Malinowski (Poland) Márton Dinnyés (Hungary) Salvador Gomar (Spain)
Members Agim Ademi (Kosovo) Krister Malmsten (Sweden) Louisa Fyans (England) Peter Jehle (Liechtenstein)
Tom Borgions (Belgium) 4th vice-chairman Kieran O’Connor (Wales) Members Petros Agathangelou (Cyprus) Michalis Moushouttas (Cyprus) Otar Giorgadze (Georgia) Katri Mattsson (Finland)
Wojciech Cygan (Poland) Eduard Bezuglov (Russia) Michael Mulraney (Scotland) Julie-Ann Gross (France) John McDermott (England)
Niccolò Donna (Italy) Members Roman Babaev (Russia) Bisser Bochev (Bulgaria) Borislav Popov (Bulgaria) Jakub Kwiatkowski (Poland) Zvjezdan Misimović
Peter Frymuth (Germany) Sébastien Cazali (France) Mete Düren (Türkiye) Martin Procházka (Czechia) Gazmend Malo (Albania) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Sylvain Grimault (France) David Courell Andrea Ferretti (Italy) Line Rasmussen Petersen Georgi Matevosyan Ruben Nazaretsyan (Armenia)
Neil Jardine (Northern Ireland) (Republic of Ireland) Magnus Forssblad (Sweden) (Norway) (Armenia) Oleh Protasov (Ukraine)
Kaarlo Kankkunen (Finland) Laura Dougan (Scotland) Georgios Godolias (Greece) Danill Savitski (Estonia) Tomaž Ranc (Slovenia) Anja Rein (Faroe Islands)
Alkın Kalkavan (Türkiye) Aitor Elizegi (Spain) Simone Grana (San Marino) Bernhard Schwarz (Austria) Stilian Shishkov (Bulgaria) Ilir Shulku (Albania)
Bagdat Kassenov (Kazakhstan) Ludvik Georgsson (Iceland) Juan Carlos Miralles (Andorra) Adrian Stangaciu (Romania) Alexandros Spyropoulos Libor Sionko (Czechia)
Vadym Kostiuchenko (Ukraine) Tamás Gudra (Hungary) Marko Noc (Slovenia) Saša Zagorc (Slovenia) (Greece) Mihai Stoichita (Romania)
Gerry McAnaney Axel Hellmann (Germany) Emmanuel Orhant (France) Gunay Zamanli (Azerbaijan) ECA representative Jiří Vrba (SK Slavia Praha) Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)
(Republic of Ireland) Paulo Lourenço (Portugal) Zsolt Szelid (Hungary)
Armen Melikbekyan (Armenia) Siniša Mitrović (Slovenia) Elke Van den Steen (Belgium) EL representative Claudius Schäfer (Switzerland) Meeting: 26 January 2023 EL representative Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Maxim Mitrofanov (Russia) Nick Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Alfredo Olivares (Spain) Arne Larsen Økland (Norway) Meetings: 9 November 2022, 3 May 2023 ECA representative José Luís Andrade Member who left this committee during the ECA observer Diederik Dewaele
Filip Popovski (North Macedonia) Nevra Özhatay (Türkiye) 2022/23 season: Janusz Basalaj (Poland)
Teresa Romão (Portugal) Nenad Santrač (Serbia) Meeting: 18 October 2022 Special advisor Roberto Rosetti
Samuel Scheidegger Philipp Studhalter Players’ Status, Transfer and Agents (UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer)
(Switzerland) (Switzerland) Members who left this committee during the Fair Play and Social
Ane Guro Skaare-Rekdal Nils Van Brantegem (Belgium) and Match Agents Committee 2022/23 season: Evangelos Grammenos (Greece), Members who left this committee during
(Norway) Milan Vojtek (Slovakia) Chairman Andrii Pavelko (Ukraine) Espen Auberg (Norway), Eroll Salihu (Kosovo)
Responsibility Committee 2022/23 season: Ridvan Dilmen (Türkiye), Hrachya
Jovan Surbatović (Serbia) Łukasz Wachowski (Poland) Chairman Dominique Blanc (Switzerland) Ghambaryan (Armenia), Stefan Majewski (Poland)
Márton Vági (Hungary) Deputy chairman Jesper Møller Christensen
Yury Verheichyk (Belarus) EL representative Marc Lenz (Germany) (Denmark) Marketing Advisory Committee Deputy chairman Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Meetings: 26 October 2022, 9 March 2023 ECA observer Hugo Hamon 1st vice-chairman Marco Casagrande (Finland) Chairwoman Florence Hardouin (France) Deputy chairwoman Florence Hardouin (France)
Members who left this committee during the Meetings: 11 November 202, 28 April 2023, 2nd vice-chairman Andreu Camps i Povill (Spain) Deputy chairman Luis Rubiales (Spain) 1st vice-chairman Norman Darmanin Demajo
2022/23 season: Miroslaw Malinowski (Poland), 20 June 2023 (Malta)
Amirzhan Tussupbekov (Kasakhstan), Kurt 3rd vice-chairman Sofoklis Pilavios (Greece) 1st vice-chairman Kadir Kardaş (Türkiye)
Zuppinger (Switzerland) Members who left this committee during the 2nd vice-chairman Kairat Boranbayev
2022/23 season: Peter Peters (Germany), Hilmi Sinan Members Siarhei Ilyich (Belarus) 2nd vice-chairman Marco Brunelli (Italy) (Kazakhstan)
Güreli (Türkiye), Alex O’Connell (Republic of Ireland), Marc Juillerat (Switzerland)
Heinrich Schifferle (Switzerland) Stefano La Porta (Italy) 3rd vice-chairman Vadims Lašenko (Latvia) 3rd vice-chairwoman Klara Bjartmarz (Iceland)

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23

Photos: UEFA, Getty Images,

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Every player can of revenue >200 domestic

How UEFA invests in European football’s future

Running men’s Supporting one of the Developing the game from

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UEFA STRATEGY 2019–24

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TIME FOR ACTION

2017 178m viewers

Champions League final UEFA will ensure minimum standards for

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UEFA European Under-21

First Women’s Finalissima

UEFA Regions’ Cup

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Winners: Real Madrid CF

Women’s Under-17 Championship

Winners: Sevilla FC Host city: Istanbul

Portugal 0-1 Italy

Winners: Mallorca Palma

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The principle has been reinforced in the

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Technical reports provide tactical insight

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‘THIS MIGHT Czechia, while Paweł Słonecki, who wears

IMPORTANT Despite falling short of defending his

OF OUR LIVES’ stage,” said Słonecki. “For people like me

Equally, Słonecki recognises

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LAUNCHING LEGACIES Establishing a clear development

Rei also highlights the opportunities

GIVING YOUTH A CHANCE

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Futsal Champions League

The event represented a breakthrough

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A DIFFERENT PATH TO THE TOP Lionel Scaloni

Lionel Scaloni, Argentina’s men’s football

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EVOLVING ENGAGEMENT page views

UEFA.tv UEFA.com and apps 73m

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DEVELOPMENT A new grassroots charter and a club

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HatTrick UEFA Academy Grow Assist Solidarity payments

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space to nurture their talent’

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EMPOWERING THE FC Innovative new partnership

FOOTBALL COMMUNITY Player-focused development Football environment

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A GAME FOR ALL Best Disability Initiative

94 Data and innovation