European Super League

The European Super League is a proposed club football competition backed by major European teams. Its plans have centered on guaranteed places for founding clubs, provoking disputes over sporting merit and football governance.

Florentino Pérez: Florentino Pérez is a Spanish businessman and president of Real Madrid. He became the proposal’s most prominent advocate and its first public president.
Promotion and relegation: Promotion and relegation move teams between divisions according to their sporting performance. A closed league limits this route into or out of its membership.
UEFA: UEFA is the governing body for association football in Europe. It opposed the breakaway and asserted authority over European club competitions.
European football pyramid: The European football pyramid is a system of connected divisions in which clubs can rise or fall through sporting results. Its open structure conflicts with permanent or protected Super League membership.
European Super League announcement: The European Super League announcement was the public launch of the competition proposal in April 2021. Twelve clubs announced the project, triggering immediate opposition and withdrawals.
European qualification in football: European qualification in football allocates continental competition places through domestic league results and cup wins. The Super League’s founding places challenged qualification based on season performance.
FIFA: FIFA is the international governing body for association football. Its threatened sanctions raised questions about players’ access to national-team competitions.
Premier League: The Premier League is England’s top professional association football division. Its domestic league provides a major alternative source of elite clubs’ income and competition.
European Club Association: The European Club Association is an organization representing European football clubs in dealings with governing bodies. Its members’ interests and governance role shaped clubs’ negotiations over the proposal.
Round-robin tournament: A round-robin tournament gives each participant a scheduled match against every other participant or a subset of them. The original proposal used league matches among its founding clubs.

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