2023-09-14 11:18:44
Thursday, September 14, 2023 – 3:16 p.m
Abu Dhabi, September 14 / WAM / With Spaniard Pep Guardiola winning the historic treble (English League, Cup and Champions League) with Manchester City last season, and the great breakthrough achieved by his compatriot Mikel Arteta with Arsenal in the English Premier League, this success reflected a clear dominance of Spanish coaches over… The European arena in the recent period.
The report “Football Talents in European Clubs and the Competitive Scene” issued by the European Football Association (UEFA) confirmed that Spanish coaches are more prevalent than any other nationality in the major European leagues and European national teams.
The report focused on last season, explaining that Spanish coaches are the most prevalent in the major European championship clubs and national teams on the continent, as their total number reached 49, including 5 coaches with the national teams.
Among them are very prominent coaches such as Guardiola, Arteta, Xavi Hernandez, the coach of Barcelona who won the Spanish League title, Luis Enrique, the former coach of the Spanish national team and his predecessor, Luis de la Fuente, and Roberto Martinez, the former coach of the Belgium national team and the current coach of the Portuguese national team.
The report indicated that there were also 49 Italian coaches, but the number of Italian coaches in clubs was less than their Spanish counterparts. The number of coaches in the clubs reached 40, the most prominent of whom is Luciano Spalletti, who won the Italian League title with Napoli, and Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Real Madrid, compared to 9 coaches in the national teams.
He also noted that there were 14 Spanish coaches who took charge of clubs in Gibraltar and Andorra last season, and 16 Italian coaches who took charge of clubs in San Marino.
Portuguese nationality comes in third place with 35 coaches, including 26 with clubs and 9 national team coaches, most notably Fernando Santos with Portugal and then with Poland before his dismissal yesterday from his position, followed by German nationality with 32 coaches, including 25 in clubs, most notably Jurgen Klopp with Liverpool, and 7 in national teams. .
The report also indicated that European clubs attracted coaches from outside the continent, especially from South America (CONMEBOL), where their number in Europe last season reached 18 coaches, compared to 6 from Asia, 4 from CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean), and two coaches from Africa.
The report pointed to another exciting piece of information, which is that the total number of fans attending local league matches in Europe has risen to 109 million fans in the 2022-2023 season, an increase of 4% over the previous record, which was achieved in the 2018-2019 season.
The total number of fans attending matches in Europe reached 209 million fans, with 68 million fans attending lower league matches, 13 million fans attending cup matches, 16 million fans attending tournament matches organized by the European Football Association (UEFA), and 3 million fans attending championship matches. Women’s.
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