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🧵⬇️ Five things that happened in European football this week.

Football 🤝Innovation 🔎 This season, in strategic collaboration with Atleti Lab, the innovation engine of Club Atlético de Madrid, we're heading to Madrid for the #UCLfinal in search of bold ideas to improve the fan mobility journey. 🏙️ Champions Innovate connects innovators, UEFA and local stakeholders to solve real-world challenges and create impact beyond matchday. We’re calling on innovators to: 🔮 Anticipate: understand fan travel demand before the event 🧭 Optimise: improve movement at critical journey moments ⚡ Adapt: use real-time insights to support operations and fan communications 💰 Selected innovators could pilot their solution at the 2027 #UCLfinal in Madrid, with up to €25,000 in funding and direct collaboration with UEFA and local stakeholders. 💡 Have an idea that could make a difference? 👉 Learn more and apply by 29 November: https://lnkd.in/eRXZtmQx

🎓 Developing coach education across Europe.   ⚽ Last week, 160 coach education leaders, senior educators and football development specialists joined us in Rome for the 15th UEFA Coach Education Conference.   Over three days, participants considered how national associations can help coaches continue learning, adapt to a constantly changing game and create better environments for players at every level. 📚 Topics explored included: - Turning new knowledge into lasting behavioural change - Using assessment as a development tool - Supporting and developing coach educators - Harnessing technology and artificial intelligence - Recruiting more female coach educators and coaches   👉  Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehsK75Ck

📈 Talent accelerates growth. Infrastructure sustains it. 🏟️ From better facilities and stronger staffing structures to investment in youth development, the UEFA Business Case for Women's Football demonstrates why building the right foundations is essential to unlocking the game's full potential. 💡 Read more about the investments helping women's football thrive both on and off the pitch: https://lnkd.in/eWMyhbPR

✨An incredible night celebrating football’s finest! 🗓️ Since 2024, we’ve co-organised the prestigious #ballondor alongside L'EQUIPE. This week, the ceremony came to London for the first time, where some of the biggest names in football celebrated the players, coaches and clubs whose achievements defined the past season. 🌕Congratulations to all those honoured throughout the evening, including Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas, who received the men’s and women’s #ballondor awards. 👏 Delivering an event of this scale takes an enormous collective effort. Thank you to every UEFA and L'EQUIPE colleague whose hard work, expertise and commitment made the evening possible.

🥗🏆 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐔𝐄𝐅𝐀 #𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬! The 2027 #FootbALL Awards recognise outstanding individuals and organisations across European football driving positive social impact through inclusion, accessibility, diversity and community engagement.   This year also marks the launch of a new Special category: Nutrition - Powered by Lidl in Germany, celebrating initiatives that promote active lifestyles and better nutrition in and through football.   Whether you're a national association, club, league, player, school, or grassroots organisation, this is your chance to showcase projects making a real difference in communities across Europe.   The winning projects in the Nutrition category will also receive financial support to help expand their impact:  🏆 1st place: €10,000 🥈 2nd place: €4,000 🥉 3rd place: €1,000   📅 Applications close on 30 November 2026.   Know a project that deserves recognition? We'd love to hear about it. 👉 Submit your application: https://lnkd.in/eKKx7i5S 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/evKKEaMF #FootbALL #Sustainablefootball

🧵⬇️ Five things that happened in European football this week.