Who are the G14?

The Editor — Mon, March 20th 2006

The G14 are a group of successful and rich European clubs that formed in September 2004 “to find a constructive way of reforming a system in which their voice was not heard and to establish for the clubs a meaningful executive role in the management of the international game.” (The G14 website)

Its original 14 members (the eponymous G14) were arranged in 4 tiers with Real Madrid at the top due to its number of European Cup/Champions League trophy wins.

Tier 1: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax, Liverpool

Tier 2: Juventus, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan

Tier 3: Barcelona, Manchester Utd, Borussia Dortmund, PSV Eindhoven

Tier 4: Porto, Marseille, Paris St-Germain

A fifth tier was in 2002:

Tier 5: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Lyon, Valencia

Its stated aims are:

To promote the cooperation, amicable relations and unity of the member clubs.

To promote and improve professional football in all its aspects and safeguard the general interests of the member clubs.

To promote cooperation and good relations between G-14 and FIFA, UEFA and any other sporting institutions and/or professional football clubs, paying special attention to negotiating the format, administration and operation of the club competitions in which the member clubs are involved.

Listed in: Competitions, Champions League, Teams, Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Countries, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain



Comments

I wish the G14 would all fook off and take their money / greed with them, football should be about football

United Kingdom .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 1:38 PM on Monday, April 03, 2006

Wake up. You don’t think that the bureaucrats at UEFA aren’t as rich and greedy as anyone else? Give the clubs a voice….

United Kingdom .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 10:46 PM on Monday, November 13, 2006

Which clubs are getting the “voice” exactly ??? 

Who do you supoort Ged, United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool ???

United Kingdom .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 8:39 AM on Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Chelsea aren’t in it mate.  That’s why when Scousers, United & Arsenal fans cry about Chelsea’s spending they should have a long look at the corporate football pimps of the G14.

United Kingdom .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 1:01 PM on Monday, December 11, 2006

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