European Club Association now called European Football Clubs | OneFootball

The powerful European Club Association (ECA, in English), chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, also president of the Paris Saint-Germain, has changed its name to European Football Clubs (EFC, also in English), the organization announced on Wednesday, during its general assembly in Rome.

"This new name better reflects who the organization represents and what it stands for," the now EFC said in a statement, which "brings together more than 800 member clubs spread across 55 nations."

"The EFC brings together male and female clubs of all categories across the continent. Its mission: to help each member club grow and develop, ensuring that, collectively, the clubs are at the center of decisions at the regional and global level of football," the text adds.

800 associated clubs and leadership

In its statement, the European Football Clubs explains that, in the last two years, it has tripled its membership, which "now exceeds 800 clubs", "played a leadership role in the evolution of competition formats" and "strengthened its long-term strategic partnerships with UEFA and FIFA, so that the voice of the clubs influences the evolution of world football."

While players protest against the large number of games and the frenetic pace of the calendar, the ECA, attracted by the financial advantages of the Club World Cup, has always supported FIFA, which organized the first edition of the competition this year in the United States.

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