The European football competition model (under stress)

Katarina Pijetlovic

doi:10.4337/9781802206975.00009

The European football competition model (under stress)

Katarina Pijetlovic^*

^*Autor correspondente para este trabalho

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This chapter will look at the European football competition model through the lens of de facto utility of open competition system with promotion and relegation that represent its core. For this purpose, UEFA’s club competition format will be set out before examining the negative effects of various UEFA rules on competitive balance between teams, including UEFA’s ranking and seeding system. The individual and cumulative effect of these rules is to distort the equality of opportunities, entrench the market power of elite clubs, and make the access to the European contest market by small- and medium-sized clubs excessively difficult. This is followed by the theme of breakaway leagues that inevitably emerges from the described European competition ecosystem, and analysis of the pending European Super League case. The chapter ends with suggestions on reforms needed to restore competitive balance and bring stability to the model, with emphasis on representation and revenue distribution.

Idioma original	English
Título da publicação do anfitrião	Research handbook on the law of professional football clubs
Editores	Robby Houben
Editora	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Capítulo	3
Páginas	48-71
Número de páginas	24
ISBN (eletrónico)	9781802206975
ISBN (impresso)	9781802206968
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802206975.00009
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 21 set. 2023

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Pais, S. O. (Professor Associado), Costa, A. C. R. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Afonso, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Ribeiro, A. T. (PI), Martins, A. A. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Guedes, A. (Professor Associado), Sousa, A. F. D. (Professor Auxiliar), Triunfante, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Botelho, C. S. (Professor Auxiliar), Fraipont, C. D. (Estudante), Tavares, E. (Estudante), Ferreira, A. S. (Estudante), Antunes, A. F. M. (PI), Fonseca, A. (PI), Abrantes, A. M. (Estudante), Amaro, A. E. L. (Bolseiro), Cortês, A. U. (Professor Associado), Rocha, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Baldé, A. (Estudante), Sardinha, C. (Professor Auxiliar), Lucena, C. (Estudante), Sequeira, E. V. D. (Professor Auxiliar), Ferreira-Pinto, F. A. (Professor Auxiliar), Calvão, F. (Professor Associado), Alves, F. C. (Docente Assistente Convidado), Ribeiro, G. A. (Professor Auxiliar), Matias, G. (Professor Auxiliar), Ferreira, H. P. (Estudante), Salinas, H. (Professor Auxiliar), Antunes, H. S. (Professor Associado), Sousa, I. P. D. (Docente Assistente Convidado), Costa, I. G. (Estudante), Duarte, I. T. (Bolseiro), Dalhuisen, J. (Professor Visitante), Geng, J. (Estudante), Vasconcelos, J. (Professor Associado), Gomes, J. S. (Estudante), Lopes, J. F. (Estudante), Silva, J. P. D. (Professor Auxiliar), Lopes, J. A. (Professor Associado), Moutinho, J. L. (Professor Associado), Antunes, J. E. (Professor Associado), Proença, J. C. B. (Professor Associado Convidado), Estaca, J. (Estudante), Domingos, J. L. (Estudante), Cunha, J. D. D. (Professor Associado), Rodrigues, J. (Estudante), Taborda, J. (Estudante), Araújo, L. (Estudante), Fábrica, L. (Professor Auxiliar), Naia, L. R. (Bolseiro), Campos, M. F. (Professor Associado), Queiroz, B. M. (Professor Auxiliar), Cunha, M. D. C. (Professor Associado), Baptista, D. (Professor Auxiliar), Ribeiro, M. D. F. (Professor Associado), Ferreira, M. E. (Professor Auxiliar), Quadros, I. (Professor Auxiliar), Tavares, M. I. (Professor Auxiliar), Campos, I. M. (Professor Auxiliar), Martins, M. D. (Professor Auxiliar), Faria, M. P. R. D. (Professor Associado), Xavier, R. (Professor Catedrático), Faria, R. L. D. (Professor Auxiliar), Rocha, V. (Professor Auxiliar), Almeida, M. A. D. (Professor Catedrático), Domingos, M. P. (Bolseiro), Rosas, M. (Docente Assistente Convidado), Portocarrero, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Rouxinol, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Alija, N. (Estudante), Silva, N. S. E. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Martins, P. F. (Professor Auxiliar), Pichel, P. (Docente Assistente Convidado), Cunha, P. O. (Professor Associado), Albuquerque, P. P. D. (Professor Catedrático), Marques, P. G. (Professor Auxiliar), Machete, P. (Professor Associado), Gomes, P. C. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Freitas, P. (Professor Auxiliar), Carvalho, R. (Professor Associado), Moreira, R. R. (Bolseiro), Andrade, R. (Docente Assistente Convidado), Morais, R. D. (Professor Catedrático), Medeiros, R. (Professor Catedrático), Duarte, R. P. (Professor Catedrático), Carvalho, C. D. O. (Professor Associado), Tavares, S. (Professor Auxiliar), Vasques, S. (Professor Associado), Venda, S. B. E. (Estudante), Maltez, S. (Bolseiro), Rendas, T. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Tavares, T. (Professor Auxiliar), Ventura, V. (Estudante) & Nogueira, J. F. P. (Professor Auxiliar)
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The European football competition model (under stress)

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