Football no longer has the amateur character it had in previous decades. The football industry is a sector that ranks among the top five in capital movement on the planet. As FIFA states: "Football has become a huge-scale business." Is it possible for a business to exist without management?

The same principles that apply to any other contractual business also apply to the management and administration of football clubs, but there are several peculiarities:

• planning
• organization
• administrative structure
• budgeting
• financial management
• academies
• equipment
• the club as a brand
• Marketing
• risks
• business plan
• organizational chart
• staffing
• management ethics
• fans
• investors
• institutions
• teams
• football players
• obligations, etc.

Professional-level knowledge of the management of a football club is more than necessary. This knowledge is contributed to by the book you hold in your hands.