The geopolitical dimension of the failed European Football Super League project

an essay on economics, politics and sport in the 21st century

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.120308

Keywords:

Football (DECS 13298), InternationalPolitics (DECS 36441), Economy (DECS 4535)

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to analyse and understand the reasons behind why the European Football Super League project, promoted by twelve teams from the Premier League (EPL), LaLiga and Serie A, from April 2021, has failed. In this sense, after reviewing the underlying precedents of such a phenomenon, and focusing the study from an interdisciplinary field such as geopolitics of football, the authors question whether, apart from the popular clamour against a semi-closed competition, it has been the combination of geopolitical interests of the various actors which has not let the project succeed.

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Author Biographies

Carles Viñas Gracia, Universitat de Barcelona

Profesor lector Serra Húnter, Departamento de Historia y arqueología, sección Historia contemporánea y mundo actual

Xavier Ginesta Portet, Universitat de Vic

Profesor titular de la Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya

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Published

2022-03-20

How to Cite

VIÑAS GRACIA, C.; GINESTA PORTET, X. The geopolitical dimension of the failed European Football Super League project: an essay on economics, politics and sport in the 21st century. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 28, p. e28013, 2022. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.120308. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/120308. Acesso em: 6 may. 2025.

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v. 28, jan./dez. 2022

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Essays

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