IN THIS ISSUE

A Day at the Heart of World Football: The 19th Edition Class of the FIFA Master visits the FIFA HQ in Zürich

Football Executive Programme: End of Module 4 on Communication at CONMEBOL

Highest transfer values per club in the big-5

The four winners of the FIFA/CIES University Network Prize discover Switzerland

New Report on Attendances in Football Stadia

Where are they now? - Cem Ulkeroglu, alumni of the 1st Edition of the FIFA Master

OTHER NEWS

Compte rendu de la conférence et exposition « Du Grand Nord à Chaumont: l’implantation du ski dans les montagnes neuchâteloises » (in French only)

Foreign goals: from Cyprus to Ukraine

AND MORE

Interviews - Where are they now? Meet some of our alumni and discover their career path after graduation 

Videos - Learn more about CIES by subscribing to our YouTube channel

CIES Highlights No 72, March 2019

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Each year, the FIFA Master - International MA in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport class has the opportunity to visit the Home of FIFA in Zurich for what is one of the most important field visits of the academic year. This is indeed a key moment in the life of each edition, as it allows students to listen to talks from senior FIFA personnel and Alumni of the Master at one of the most important international sporting federations in the world.

For the current 19th edition FIFA Master class, Friday the 5th April 2019 is a date they will remember for a long time as they had the pleasure and honour to be welcomed by FIFA Deputy Secretary General, Zvonimir Boban who gave an inspiring speech about his personal vision for the future of football.

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On Thursday 4 April 2019, CIES, in collaboration with FIFA and CONMEBOL, opened module 4 of the Football Executive Programme addressing the topic of Communication at CONMEBOL headquarters in Paraguay.

The principal objective of the programme is to harmonise and broaden football knowledge, with the aim of offering enhanced, multi-disciplinary and comprehensive training to General Secretaries and key administrative staff working for member associations in South America.

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Issue number 257 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the players with the highest estimated transfer value per big-5 league club. The potentially most expensive player overall, Kylian Mbappé (€228 million), represents 25.9% of the total squad value of Paris St-Germain. A similar percentage was measured for Jadon Sancho (€148 million, 24.9%) at Borussia Dortmund.

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Picture: Vincent Schatzmann, CIES Secretary General / Lucia González / Mariana Detoni / Gonzalo Huerta / Fernando Romano / Zvonimir Boban, FIFA Deputy Secretary General and Rafael Trevisán, FIFA/CIES Executive Programme Director in Argentina.

The four winners of the FIFA/CIES University Network Prize for 2019 travelled to Switzerland last week. During their visit, they were welcomed to the headquarters of CIES and discovered the city of Neuchâtel. After presenting the conclusions of their group project to the current FIFA Master class, they travelled to Zurich to visit the FIFA museum and to attend talks given by several officers of the International Federation.

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The 44th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses match attendances in 51 national football leagues from 42 countries. Germany appears as the footballing country par excellence. Although also very popular, English and Spanish clubs have considerably less spectators than German teams. Outside of Europe, Mexican clubs attract the biggest crowds.

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Picture: Cem Ulkeroglu (right) with Cagla Buyukakcay, no.1 Turkish tennis player at a WTA tournament

Current Position: General Manager - CIC

Year of Graduation: 2001 (1st edition)

Nationality: Turkish

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