Everything about The European Club Association totally explained
The
European Club Association (
ECA) is an organisation representing
football clubs in
Europe. Formed on the dissolution of the
G-14 group in January 2008, it'll have 103 members, with at least one from each of the 53 national associations. The precise number of clubs from each member association will be established every two years at the end of the
UEFA season on the basis of the UEFA ranking of its member associations according to the following principles. The three highest-ranking associations will have five clubs; the next three, four clubs; the associations ranked from 7th to 15th will each have three clubs; associations ranked from 16th to 26th will have two clubs; and those remaining associations will have one club.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge will be the first chairman.
In addition to replacing the G-14, which was dissolved in favour of the ECA on February 15, 2008, the new ECA also replaces UEFA's
European Club Forum (of which Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was also chairman). The European Club Forum currently has 102 members picked every two years on the same basis as will be used for selecting the members of the ECA.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed by UEFA, the ECA would be recognized as the sole body representing the interests of clubs at European level. As part of the memorandum of understanding UEFA also agreed to distribute every four years an amount from the
UEFA European Championship to national associations for them to pass on to their clubs who have contributed to the successful staging of a European Championship. The target distribution amount for
Euro 2008 is €43.5 million ($62.8 million), with the payments made on a 'per day per player' basis of approximately €4,000.
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!width="150" | Football Club
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RSC Anderlecht
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www.rsca.be
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NK Dinamo Zagreb
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www.nk-dinamo.hr
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F.C. Copenhagen
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www.fck.dk
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Chelsea F.C.
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www.chelseafc.com
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Manchester United F.C.
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www.manutd.com
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Olympique Lyonnais
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www.olweb.fr
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FC Bayern Munich
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www.fcbayern.t-home.de
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Olympiacos F.C.
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www.olympiacos.org
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Juventus F.C.
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www.juventus.com
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A.C. Milan
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www.acmilan.com
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Birkirkara F.C.
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www.birkirkarafc.com
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AFC Ajax
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www.ajax.nl
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F.C. Porto
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www.fcporto.pt
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Rangers F.C.
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www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk
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Real Madrid C.F.
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www.realmadrid.com
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FC Barcelona
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www.fcbarcelona.cat
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