association football club
Let an agent explain association football clubs and their forms, relay governance, ownership and regulation from football bodies, describe teams within clubs, and distinguish clubs from teams, franchises and national teams.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain association football clubs and their forms, relay governance, ownership and regulation from football bodies, describe teams within clubs, and distinguish clubs from teams, franchises and national teams.
A sports club that fields teams in association football, from amateur and community clubs to professional clubs with men and women first teams, reserve teams such as those in Italian and Norwegian reserve leagues, youth academies and sometimes beach soccer or futsal sections, organised as associations, companies or supporter-owned bodies, affiliated to national associations and competing in leagues and cups; clubs are central to football culture and local identity, and defunct clubs are recorded in historical registers.
What it is for: Organising football teams and competition.
It can be explain forms and structure; relay governance and regulation; describe teams within clubs; distinguish from related entities.
Distinguishing features
Organisational form
Multiple teams and sections
League affiliation
Community identity
What it looks like
Not a physical object; an organisation with teams, grounds and supporters.
Physical character
clubs affiliated worldwide: hundreds of thousands count - FIFA estimates
How it is recognised
Sports club fielding football teams
Amateur, professional, reserve, youth, women and beach soccer sections
A team is one squad; a franchise is a licensed league member; a national team represents a country
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
fields - in competitions
is affiliated to - under FIFA
In practice
Families and kinds
professional clubs
amateur and community clubs
men and women first teams within clubs
reserve and B teams, including Italian and Norwegian reserve teams
youth academies
beach soccer and futsal clubs and sections
defunct and re-founded clubs
Standards and regulation
National association and league licensing rules
UEFA and FIFA club licensing and financial regulations
Company, association and charity law for club forms
Ownership tests in some leagues
Failure modes and hazards
Insolvency and dissolution
Ownership disputes
Confusing clubs with teams
Stale information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a football club is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and structure.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an association football club, and how are teams, sections and academies organised within it? definition
- Is the question about a club, a single team, a franchise or a national team? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of club exist, from community clubs to global professional clubs? definition
- Which entry fits the specific club? action
Govern Ownership and governance.
Regulation.
Ownership
Ownership models.
Ownership
Ownership.
- What ownership models exist, from member associations and supporter trusts to companies and state-linked owners, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Licensing
Licensing and finance.
Licensing
Licensing.
- How do licensing and financial rules regulate clubs? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Operate Operations.
Practice.
Teams
Teams and reserves.
Teams
Teams.
- How do reserve teams, youth academies and women teams operate within clubs and leagues? provenance
- Which entry fits reserve team? action
Economics
Economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How are clubs financed through matchday, broadcasting, sponsorship and transfers, with sources? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and culture.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did football clubs develop from Victorian associations to global brands? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of football? action
Culture
Supporters and identity.
Culture
Culture.
- How do clubs shape local identity and supporter culture, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits football supporters? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should professional football club and women football club be separate entries?
- How should licensing rules be linked by country?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming team types and statuses; should they be split off?