Sefton Perry. The European Club Footballing Landscape 2015

Club Licensing Benchmarking Report: Financial Year 2015. — UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Unit, 2017. — 130 p.
UEFA's annual report covering various aspects of European club football in 2015. Published January 2017.Welcome to the eighth edition of the UEFA Club Licensing Benchmarking Report, which once again focuses on financial and off-the-pitch developments in European club football.
In this latest edition of our report, the success story of football as a cultural and commercial force stands out once more. It shows that UEFA’s regulatory role in financial fair play has not only steadied the ship of European football finances but also provided the framework for unprecedented growth, investment and profitability.
Just as gratifying is the finding that football remains hugely popular as a spectator sport. There was an increase of 2.6 million in European stadium attendance last season, when more than 170 million fans went to league matches across the continent.
Reflecting the objective of financial fair play to bring ever greater transparency to European football, this report provides fascinating, forensic details on clubs from all 55 UEFA member associations on such diverse topics as foreign ownership, league formats and head coach stability. It also ranks clubs on a number of financial measures.
We hope you enjoy the report.
Aleksander Čeferin, UEFA President.