Towards a Europeanization of football? Historical phases in the evolution of the UEFA European Football Championship

Mittag, Jürgen; Legrand, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/14660970.2010.510727

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“…The major factors explaining the emergence of the Champion Clubs' Cup are therefore chiefly footballrelated, and at this stage of research, it would probably be premature to draw links with the creation, around the same time, of other major European organizations such as the Council of Europe, Eurovision or the European Coal and Steel Community and the actors involved with these processes. However, it was the takeover of the contest by UEFA that truly marked its Europeanization, 117 as several national federations which had not initially received the journalists' invitation instantly expressed their interest in taking part in the competition. In this regard, a more detailed exploration of UEFA's role in the development of the competition would probably provide new insights into the connections between football and European consolidation at the political level.…”

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A Competition that Shook European Football: The Origins of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, 1954–1955

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2014

Sport in History

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A Competition that Shook European Football: The Origins of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, 1954–1955

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2014

Sport in History

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“…During its first month, the organization, renamed UEFA in October 1954, was hardly an authoritative voice of football administration. For example, the idea of a European Championship it mooted in 1955 was rejected by the majority of the associations (Mittag and Legrand 2010). However, some members, notably the president Ebbe Schwartz wanted to consolidate the organization quickly.…”

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Did South America foster European football?: transnational influences on the continentalization of FIFA and the creation of UEFA, 1926–1959

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Quin

2016

Sport in Society

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UEFA was formed in Basel in June 1954, and began to take control of European football soon after its inception. It was an exceptional Pan-European organization in the context of the ongoing cold war since it almost exclusively granted memberships to football associations from Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula, managing to tower above divisive ideological antagonisms. This article approaches the history of UEFA's establishment from a global history perspective. It highlights the hitherto overlooked impact of FIFA's dialogues with the South American football confederation and national associations on the creation of UEFA as a representative European institution. Firstly, it traces the South American demand for more influence on the governance of world football (especially within FIFA's committees) in the inte-rwar years, a situation that created a rift between South American and European representatives in FIFA. This confrontation arguably 'helped' the European associations to self-integrate, leaving behind their internal differences, in order to restore the hegemony they used to exercise inside FIFA before the South American dissent. Secondly, it emphasizes the role played by the South American confederation in the reorganization of FIFA in the early 1950s. Thirdly, it briefly focuses on how the South American confederation initially served as a model for the activities of UEFA.

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“…As part of a widepsread Europeanization process, interest in continental competitions has gradually risen over the past sixty years, transforming football from a "national" to a "European" matter, with continental glory becoming the utmost indicator of sporting success (Mittag, Legrand, 2010). Mutz (2015) believes that, while also being concerned with what happens within their national boundaries, fans tend to shift attention towards more developped international contests, particularly so in the case of peripheral football states with less powerful national leagues.…”

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The Influence of European Cup Performances on Domestic Stadium Attendances in Romanian Football

Roşca

2018

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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Widespread belief posits that a relationship exists between results obtained in European football competitions and live attendances at domestic league games. As part of the Europeanization process, international tournaments increasingly attract fans’ attention, often at the expense of national competitions, yet research up to date has focused on a wide array of explanatory variables for game attendance (spectator demand), but less on variables concerning how domestic teams perform in Europe. This article aims to fill the research gap by asking whether match attendances in national leagues can be predicted based on the results obtained by the domestic club teams in international competitions. UEFA team coefficients and domestic attendance figures for 74 European cup participations of Romanian teams spread over seventeen years from the 2000/2001 to the 2016/2017 season serve as input data for a regression model with an F-test and a p-value test. The Null Hypothesis instinctually claims no relationship exists between the variables, yet research results invalidate it for the good of the Alternative Hypothesis. The Discussions section presents what effects winning or losing in European cups can have on fans’ motivation to come and watch matches in the national league.

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Towards a Europeanization of football? Historical phases in the evolution of the UEFA European Football Championship

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

A Competition that Shook European Football: The Origins of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, 1954–1955

A Competition that Shook European Football: The Origins of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, 1954–1955

Did South America foster European football?: transnational influences on the continentalization of FIFA and the creation of UEFA, 1926–1959

The Influence of European Cup Performances on Domestic Stadium Attendances in Romanian Football

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