Section C · Entities
The directory.
Every actor in the system — searchable, and filterable by layer and type.
01Governance
The rules, regulators, and institutions that govern the game.
FIFA
FIFA entity profile: leadership, scale, commercial cycle, regulatory perimeter, mega-event…
L1 · Governance
UEFA
UEFA entity profile: leadership, scale, Champions League cycle, squad-cost rules, MCO…
L1 · Governance
AFC
AFC entity profile: leadership, scale, Asian Cup cycle, ACL Elite, 2027 host preparations, MENA…
L1 · Governance
The FA
The Football Association entity profile: leadership, scale, commercial cycle, regulatory…
L1 · Governance
SAFF
Saudi Arabian Football Federation entity profile: leadership, scale, commercial cycle,…
L1 · Governance
CONCACAF
CONCACAF profile: the North/Central American and Caribbean confederation — Gold Cup,…
L1 · Governance
CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL profile: South America's confederation — Copa América, Copa Libertadores and…
L1 · Governance
Independent Football Regulator
Independent Football Regulator profile: England's statutory football regulator under the…
L1 · Governance
02Leagues & Competitions
The leagues and competitions where the game is played.
Premier League
Premier League entity profile: rights cycle, distribution model, regulatory perimeter,…
L2 · Leagues
La Liga
La Liga entity profile: cycle, distribution model, CVC LaLiga Boost partnership, salary-cap…
L2 · Leagues
Serie A
Serie A (Lega Serie A) profile: 20-club top flight, broadcast cycle pressures, media-co…
L2 · Leagues
Bundesliga
Bundesliga (Deutsche Fußball Liga) profile: 18-club top flight, ~€4bn aggregate club…
L2 · Leagues
MLS
Major League Soccer entity profile: single-entity structure, Apple deal, 2026 World Cup uplift,…
L2 · Leagues
Baller League
Baller League entity profile: hybrid 6-a-side indoor football format launched in Germany and UK…
L2 · Leagues
EFL Championship
EFL Championship profile: the world's richest second tier — promotion economics worth…
L2 · Leagues
Eredivisie
Eredivisie profile: Dutch top flight as Europe's player-trading exchange — the ESPN broadcast…
L2 · Leagues
Icon League
Icon League entity profile: the Toni Kroos and Elias Nerlich creator-led 5-a-side sportainment…
L2 · Leagues
Kings League
Kings League entity profile: hybrid 7-a-side football format launched by Gerard Piqué's…
L2 · Leagues
Liga MX
Liga MX profile: North America's best-attended league — the 2026/27 return of relegation, the…
L2 · Leagues
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 entity profile: the 2024 broadcast collapse, the Ligue 1+ direct-to-consumer platform,…
L2 · Leagues
Saudi Pro League
Saudi Pro League (SPL) profile: 18-club top flight, 2023 marquee signings era, PIF-led…
L2 · Leagues
The Soccer Tournament (TST)
The Soccer Tournament (TST) entity profile: the US 7v7 winner-take-all summer event, three $1m…
L2 · Leagues
World Sevens Football (W7F)
World Sevens Football entity profile: the women's 7v7 grand-slam series with a $5m-per-event…
L2 · Leagues
03Clubs & Multi-Club Ownership
Clubs at the heart of the system and the ownership groups behind them.
City Football Group
City Football Group entity profile: 13-club global MCO platform anchored by Manchester City,…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
Fenway Sports Group
Fenway Sports Group entity profile: Liverpool FC, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
BlueCo (Chelsea / Strasbourg)
BlueCo entity profile: Todd Boehly + Clearlake Capital consortium. Chelsea FC and Racing Club…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
INEOS Sport
INEOS Sport entity profile: Manchester United minority control (~25%), OGC Nice, FC…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
Red Bull Football
Red Bull Football entity profile: the industrialised multi-club model — RB Leipzig, Salzburg,…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
777 Partners
777 Partners profile: the collapsed Miami multi-club group — the fraud indictments, A-CAP's…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
Eagle Football
Eagle Football profile: John Textor's collapsed multi-club group — the March 2026…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
V Sports
V Sports profile: Aston Villa's multi-club group under Sawiris and Edens — record £378m…
L3 · Clubs/MCO
04Capital
Investors and capital providers fuelling growth across football.
PIF
Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia entity profile: AUM, football-allocated capital,…
L4 · Capital
Apollo Global Management
Apollo Global Management entity profile: ~$700bn AUM, the first major PE-control deal in…
L4 · Capital
CVC Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners entity profile: ~€200bn AUM generalist PE, the league-level…
L4 · Capital
Silver Lake
Silver Lake entity profile: the tech-specialist PE giant whose football exposure is a single…
L4 · Capital
Oaktree Capital
Oaktree Capital profile: the distressed-debt giant that took control of Inter Milan after…
L4 · Capital
Arctos Partners
Arctos Partners entity profile: ~$10bn AUM sport-only PE platform, PSG (12.5% at €4.3bn val),…
L4 · Capital
Ares Management
Ares Management profile: the credit giant lending into football — the ~$644bn platform,…
L4 · Capital
Clearlake Capital
Clearlake Capital profile: the private-equity firm controlling Chelsea via BlueCo — 61.5%…
L4 · Capital
Gamma Waves Partners
Gamma Waves Partners entity profile: Andrea Agnelli's April 2026 permanent-capital sports fund…
L4 · Capital
Kingdom Holding
Kingdom Holding Company entity profile: Alwaleed Bin Talal's listed vehicle, 70% Al-Hilal…
L4 · Capital
Mubadala
Mubadala Investment Company entity profile: Abu Dhabi sovereign vehicle, AUM, indirect sport…
L4 · Capital
Qatar Sports Investments
Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) entity profile: PSG ownership, Arctos minority transaction,…
L4 · Capital
RedBird Capital Partners (Sport platform)
RedBird Capital Partners sport platform: AC Milan (full control 2022), Toulouse, FSG minority,…
L4 · Capital
Sixth Street
Sixth Street profile: the structured-capital pioneer in football — 25% of Barcelona's TV…
L4 · Capital
Verance Capital
Verance Capital entity profile: a New York sports/media/live-entertainment growth-equity…
L4 · Capital
05Agencies
Agents and agencies representing players, managers, and clubs.
CAA Stellar
CAA Stellar entity profile: largest player-representation agency in football. Combined…
L5 · Agencies
IMG
IMG entity profile: Endeavor-owned multi-sport agency-and-events company. Tennis, golf,…
L5 · Agencies
Wasserman
Wasserman entity profile: multi-sport agency anchored by football representation. Strong NWSL…
L5 · Agencies
Gestifute
Gestifute entity profile: Jorge Mendes's Porto-headquartered agency. Cristiano Ronaldo, José…
L5 · Agencies
Roc Nation Sports
Roc Nation Sports entity profile: JAY-Z's brand-first sport agency. Smaller transfer-fee…
L5 · Agencies
CAA Base
CAA Base profile: CAA's London football agency (formerly Base Soccer) under Leon Angel — a…
L5 · Agencies
One Sports
One Sports profile: the Monaco boutique led by Rafaela Pimenta, inherited from Mino Raiola's…
L5 · Agencies
You First
You First profile: the Madrid multi-sport agency owned by Gersh — a ~400-player football…
L5 · Agencies
06Media & Broadcasting
Broadcasters and streaming platforms distributing football worldwide.
Amazon
Amazon Prime Video sport-rights position. Premier League Friday-night package, NFL Thursday…
L6 · Media
DAZN
DAZN entity profile: streaming-led sport broadcaster, Serie A primary position 2024-29, Italian…
L6 · Media
beIN Sports
beIN Sports entity profile: Qatari-anchored regional broadcaster. MENA dominance under…
L6 · Media
TNT Sports
TNT Sports profile: WBD's UK sports brand — the Premier League package to 2029, the Champions…
L6 · Media
Netflix
Netflix profile: the streaming giant's selective sport strategy — the FIFA Women's World Cup…
L6 · Media
Apple
Apple entity profile: tech-platform sport-rights bidder. $2.5bn 10-year exclusive global MLS…
L6 · Media
Canal+
Canal+ profile: the London-listed French pay-TV group — the MultiChoice acquisition and…
L6 · Media
Sky Group
Sky Group entity profile: 30-year Premier League incumbent, Comcast-owned, defending pay-TV…
L6 · Media
SSC and Shahid
SSC and Shahid: combined profile of the two principal Saudi sport broadcasters. SSC as…
L6 · Media
07Commercial
Brands and platforms powering commercial revenue and fan engagement.
Kit Suppliers
Nike
Nike entity profile: dominant football kit supplier. Marquee club partnerships at Barcelona,…
L7 · Commercial
Adidas
Adidas entity profile: structural football category co-leader. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich,…
L7 · Commercial
Puma
Puma profile: the third sportswear brand — the 2025 crisis and restructuring, new CEO Arthur…
L7 · Commercial
New Balance
New Balance profile: the privately held Boston challenger in football — a player-led roster…
L7 · Commercial
Shirt Sponsors
Emirates Airline
Emirates entity profile: anchor front-of-shirt football sponsor. Real Madrid, Arsenal, AC…
L7 · Commercial
Etihad Airways
Etihad entity profile: anchor Manchester City sponsor. Front-of-shirt and stadium naming rights…
L7 · Commercial
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways profile: the Qatari state airline as football soft-power vehicle — FIFA partner…
L7 · Commercial
Riyadh Air / AlUla / NEOM
Riyadh Air, AlUla and NEOM entity profile: three PIF-linked Vision 2030 nation-brand vehicles…
L7 · Commercial
Merchandise & Licensing
08Football-Tech
Technology and data companies driving performance and operations.
Catapult Group International
Catapult entity profile: leading sports wearable-analytics platform. GPS-tracking hardware plus…
L8 · Football-Tech
Opta (Stats Perform)
Opta / Stats Perform entity profile: the canonical football data brand and its Vista-owned…
L8 · Football-Tech
StatsBomb
StatsBomb entity profile: leading football data analytics platform serving recruitment,…
L8 · Football-Tech
Hudl (Agile Sports Technologies)
Hudl entity profile: dominant sports-performance video and analytics platform across football,…
L8 · Football-Tech
Genius Sports
Genius Sports profile: the official-data and media-tech company — exclusive NFL and Premier…
L8 · Football-Tech
Jamestown Analytics
Jamestown Analytics entity profile: founding, ownership, model, client roster, outcomes, and…
L8 · Football-Tech
SkillCorner
SkillCorner profile: the French AI broadcast-tracking company — recruitment-grade data from…
L8 · Football-Tech
Sportradar
Sportradar profile: the listed sports-data and integrity giant — €1.29bn FY2025 revenue,…
L8 · Football-Tech
TransferRoom
TransferRoom entity profile: the B2B marketplace that disintermediated the transfer market —…
L8 · Football-Tech
09Stadium / Fan Experience
Venues, operators, and platforms shaping the matchday experience.
AEG
AEG profile: Philip Anschutz's venue and live-entertainment empire — the O2 and Crypto.com…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
ASM Global
ASM Global entity profile: leading venue management and operations platform. 350+ venues across…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
Populous
Populous entity profile: dominant sports venue architect. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Wembley,…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
Legends Hospitality
Legends entity profile: dominant venue services and hospitality platform. Premium experiences…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
Oak View Group
Oak View Group profile: the venue developer behind Climate Pledge Arena and Co-op Live — the…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
Socios / Chiliz
Socios / Chiliz profile: the fan-token platform — the CHZ token's ~96% collapse, 70+ club…
L9 · Stadium/Fan
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