Unique Soccer Cooperations GmbH has made its business to accompany or support ambitious clubs in the context of projects with a focus on the sports sector as well as in the context of structural and economic challenges; our international relationships with soccer clubs all over the world form a decisive added value. Our global network contributes significantly to the success of projects in economically essential areas such as optimizing the market value of players through the development of sustainable international club partnerships or the development of sustainable training programs for academies, as well as innovative topics such as the establishment and expansion of women’s soccer departments.
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Background
Our many years of experience in handling projects & transactions, holding positions and providing legal advice to football clubs – show very clearly that there is definitely potential for optimization in the vast majority with regard to important components for development at crucial interfaces between football and business enterprises as well as in the creation of human resources or professional management structures. It is exactly at these crucial interfaces that our company offers added value to the clubs. Unique Soccer Cooperations advises and supports in structural development, especially in the areas of: Value creation through transfers at professional and youth level and the financing of transfers & infrastructure (academy/stadium). We also accompany the clubs in innovative topics such as: Marketing, E-Sports and ESG.
Experience
The know-how of our founders & associates and our permanent observation of various innovative approaches brings football clubs together on an international level to form partnerships at eye level with added value for all cooperation parties. We can avoid the inclusion of false trends and short-lived hypes through sound analysis of potential partners paired with the necessary outside view of the club. The choice of an appropriate cooperation partner with a reasonable use of existing resources is of high importance for the chances of success of a strategic alliance not only in business, but also in sports. For cooperation partners in professional soccer, a detailed analysis of their own business situation and the resulting objectives for holistic further development is very significant. The approach of possible partners is explicitly adjusted to this by Unique Soccer Cooperations. Our worldwide network of contacts enables us to approach adequate partners.
Services
As part of our consulting mandates, we offer clubs assistance in achieving the greatest possible financial flexibility as needed. Together, we develop customized financing solutions. In doing so, we follow a holistic consulting and service approach that focuses on the needs of our clients. Our focus ranges from loans and credit lines to more complex off-balance sheet structures and more difficult transactions. We also develop concepts for direct investments within the club and in infrastructure. Upon request, we review the acquisition of investors & shareholders, optimize banking relationships & insurance services.
In the following business areas we analyze and optimize processes:
- Legal & Sports
- Budget & clearing circles
- Representation of interests / control functions
- Development of personnel plans – concepts
- Internal organization
In New Business & Marketing we accompany our clients in the implementation in the following areas:
- ESG / CSR issues
- social media
- E-Sports
- NFT Crypto
In the field of transfers, we focus on the development of international cooperations between football clubs worldwide in order to create value through transfers at the professional and junior level. In addition, we provide legal advice to clubs worldwide on the drafting of professional transfer agreements, taking into account current FIFA regulations and FIFA reforms as well as certain priorities, in particular with regard to special clauses for the professional and junior levels.
In the field of training, we analyze training situations as needed and advise on optimization, taking into account digital tools for structuring, optimization and modernization.
Upon request, we organize the following events:
- Friendly matches
- Preparation tournaments
- training camps
Managing Partners
- Management consultant based in Austria with a focus on sports consulting
- In football business for more than 25 years, for example in an executive position in a professional club in the Austria League, as a member of the Austrian League, as a member of the presidential Board of the Austrian Football Association and as a club representative in the European Club Association (ECA)
- At USC as Managing Director responsible for: Strategy, structuring/restructuring, process optimisation, infrastructure development, CSR/ESG issues as well as contact and committee management
- Entrepreneur based in Switzerland & lawyer specialising in sports law as well as former footballer and sports teacher ETH
- In football business since 2002, specialising in the following areas: legal advice and representation of players, clubs, associations as well as investors; structuring and coordination of sport/school education
- academy and training concepts, junior and
Women’s soccer as well as contact management.
- Entrepreneur for over 20 years based in Germany, Great Britan and Louxemburg with a focus on financing in the sports sector
- Active in football business since 2010, in particular in the following specialist areas: Financing of football clubs (debt & equity), financing of football transactions on a global level
- At USC responsible for: Acquisition, contact management, implementation & optimisation of all financing topics and financial transactions as well as M&A processes
- Entrepreneur based in Argentina and Switzerland, former footballer and holder of FIFA Pro Coach Licence
- Active in football business for over 20 years in the following specialist areas: Optimisation, development and international strategic positioning of football clubs and associations; evaluation and optimisation of the sporting prospects of clubs
- At USC as COO South America responsible for: Strategy & structuring of South America-Europe partnerships, infrastructure development and contact management
Staff
- Working in the event industry for more than 10 years, with a focus on supporting international partners in the realization of events & projects.
- With a particular passion for football, he heads the Vienna USC office.
- At USC, responsible as assistant to the management for the areas of organization, marketing, events, sales & Administration.
- Sports management / football management student from Vienna.
- Committed to everything related to football with professionalism and passion.
- As a sales assistant at the USC office in Vienna, he takes care of sales, administration and organizational matters.
- Coach and technical advisor, studies in German, English and journalism, bachelor’s degree in sports science, master’s degree in sports management.
- Active in the soccer business for over 40 years. As head coach among others: National coach New Zealand, Kotoku Royals FC Ghana, SC Kriens, FC Aarau U21, Grasshopper Club Zürich U21. As co-trainer with, among others: Tottenham Hotspur FC, FC Basel, FC Zürich, Grasshopper Club Zürich, National Team Austria. Technical Director Football Association Malaysia FAM, Technical Advisor and Mentor UEFA and FIFA
- At USC as Sports Director responsible for: Sporting analysis, training and strategic direction
- Entrepreneur involved in numerous football projects in Egypt, Spain and Ukraine. FIFA licensed agent, holder of an MBA in sports management and co-founder of the sports management agency “MQF”.
- At USC, responsible for: contact management, strategy development and the design of partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa.
- Social Entrepreneur and football philosopher based in India, founder of the Football Next Foundation and author of “Bayern Factor – the untold story”
- Active in the football business for more than 20 years, especially in the following areas: cross-club youth work in football clubs, building and maintaining an international network of government representatives, sports associations and football clubs
- Responsible at USC as senior advisor, initiator of sporting events, sponsoring, partnerships between India and Europe, infrastructure management and contact management.
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