Doc. 1
This organization is responsible for creating and organizing the Club World Cup
What is FIFA?
This type of financial reward, earned through winning matches and tournaments, is one way major clubs continue to grow richer
What is prize money?
From 2013 to 2022, what percentage of player transfers stayed within the same league?
What is 29%?
Which region dominates the global soccer market with a 56.5% share as of 2024?
What is Europe?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles in men's soccer
What is Brazil?
The Club World Cup will feature 32 clubs from this many continents
What are six continents?
As the game becomes more global, fans are choosing to support these kinds of teams instead of their local third-division clubs
What are major clubs?
Most player transfers between 2013 and 2022 occurred between the top leagues of England, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany. What percentage of transfers went to these “other big-5 leagues”?
What is 36%?
According to the data, what region is experiencing growth due to rising youth programs and increasing local interest in soccer?
What is North America?
This player, often referred to as "The Atomic Flea," spent over 20 years at FC Barcelona and is widely considered one of the greatest of all time
Who is Lionel Messi?
The first “world champions” of football in 1888 were this Scottish team
Who are Renton Football Club?
This failed 2021 proposal would have created a new elite competition with clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United
What is the European Super League?
Only a small percentage of transfers moved to lower divisions in other big-5 league countries. How small was that percentage?
What is 2%?
In May 2024, which major European club acquired a majority stake in Inter Miami CF to expand its influence in Major League Soccer?
What is Real Madrid?
This English club, nicknamed "The Red Devils," plays its home games at Old Trafford
What is Manchester United?
Renton Football Club beat this English team to be called “champions of the world.”
Who are West Bromwich Albion?
Europe's top five football divisions are found in these countries
What are England, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany?
When players left the big-5 leagues, 20% transferred to teams in what category of countries?
What are other UEFA countries?
Between 2024 and 2030, clubs like Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea made investments in smaller European clubs. What does this trend reveal about the globalization of soccer ownership?
What is that major clubs are expanding their financial and competitive influence across multiple leagues and countries?
The U.S. Women’s National Team has won this many FIFA Women’s World Cup titles as of 2023
What is 4?
The revamped Club World Cup will take place every four years, a schedule known as this
What is quadrennial?
This kind of economic inequality is being reinforced not only within football leagues but also between different countries
What is the wealth gap?
The data shows that most transfers occur among wealthy European leagues, while very few go to non-UEFA countries. What broader trend in soccer does this illustrate?
What is the concentration of wealth and talent within Europe’s richest leagues (or global soccer inequality)?
Taken together with Europe’s dominance and the investment patterns of major clubs, what broader economic trend in global soccer does this data highlight?
What is the concentration of wealth and power in Europe’s elite clubs, reinforcing global inequality in the sport?
This club holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in Premier League history, going 49 games without defeat from 2003 to 2004
What is Arsenal?