We are thrilled to announce that SFS has entered into a strategic partnership with Football Benchmark, a leading football business advisory firm known for its industry-trusted data and analytics platform. This collaboration represents a significant step forward in our mission to provide unparalleled insights into the rapidly evolving football business landscape. This partnership will come to life at our upcoming event, where we will unveil a series of sessions and panels that will empower attendees with actionable knowledge. With Football Benchmark’s data-driven approach and SFS’s strategic

A new report published today by European Club Association lays bare the challenges facing young players as they make the step up from academy to playing at senior level, possibly the most challenging step during a player’s entire career. The report, Transition from Academy to First Team football, has been produced by ECA in association with Football Benchmark and is the latest in a series of studies by the association on youth football. Ultimately, the key objectives of the study were to