Episode 1448
The Super League
Tue, 2021-Apr-20 03:10 UTC
Length - 1:56
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With 391,944 views on Monday, 19 April 2021 our article of the day is The Super League.
The Super League (legal name: European Super League Company, S. L.), also referred to as the European Super League, is a planned annual club football competition to be contested by an exclusive group of twenty European football clubs. As a breakaway competition, it is planned to rival or replace the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA.
After long speculation about the formation of a "European Super League", the competition was established by twelve clubs in April 2021, with three more anticipated to join. These fifteen "founding clubs" are permanent participants in the competition, which they will govern. An additional five teams will be able to qualify annually for the competition based on their performance in the previous season. According to the organisation, the competition will commence "as soon as practicable" with talks of it commencing before or during August 2021.
Florentino Pérez is the first chairman of the organisation.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:10 UTC on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see The Super League on Wikipedia.
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