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BeNe (Belgium-Netherlands) League?

Postby LMAO » Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:48 am

Netherlands and Belgium want to merge leagues - €400m in television revenue

The Netherlands and Belgium are planning a revolution in European football. The Dutch Eredivisie and the Belgian Jupiler Pro League are in talks to merge their leagues to create a new 18 team league, according to a report by the German magazine kicker.

"We cannot ignore the new reality," Club Brugge CEO Bart Verhaeghe said to kicker. "Sooner or later, there will be a European Super League with games between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on Sundays."

The consulting company Deloitte has calculated that a so-called BeNe League could generate in the region of €400 million a year in television revenue. In comparison, both the Dutch and Belgium top leagues earn about €80 million a season in television revenue at the moment.

A merger would create the sixth-largest league by television revenue, behind England, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France. The Deloitte study was commissioned by Gent, Club Brugge, KRC Genk, RSC Anderlecht, and Standard Liège from Belgium and Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Utrecht, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven and Vitesse.

The eleven top clubs want a league with 18 teams, ten from the Netherlands and eight from Belgium. Those numbers would remain stable with the two lowest-ranked teams from each country to be relegated at the end of the season, replaced by the respective national champions.

Some questions remain, however. Fans would be required to travel greater distances—although distances within Belgium and the Netherlands would still be small in comparison to other European countries. "We are not enthusiastic," Matthijs Keuning from the Dutch Supporters said. "A lot of questions, very few answers," Eddy Janssis from Belgian Supporters added.

Another question is what will happen to UEFA spots. Would the league be categorized as a single national championship, or would the two countries continue to send their respective national representatives?

Finally, Twente Enschede, the fourth most popular club by fan volume in the Netherlands, were not part of any talks, and not surprising upset with the talks. The same can be said about club officials from Sparta Rotterdam, Heracles Almelo, and Heerenveen, who were also opposed to a potential merger.

And UEFA? The European football governing body has not yet been presented with plans for a potential merger and will not comment at the time.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/netherlan ... ews/354233


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Re: BeNe (Belgium-Netherlands) League?

Postby UFGN » Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:19 am

A European Super league is certainly not "inevitable"

Also I cant see this going down well with French speaking Belgians
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Postby Dejan » Fri Feb 07, 2020 4:05 am

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Re: BeNe (Belgium-Netherlands) League?

Postby LMAO » Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:02 am

https://sporza.be/nl/2020/06/13/plannen ... 031212624/

Ran the text through Google Translate since I don't know Dutch.

Plans for the Belgian-Dutch football league become more concrete

While it is not yet clear what the Belgian football league will look like next season, the top clubs are thinking of the BeNeLiga again. AA Ghent, Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Racing Genk and Standard will receive an update from a research agency in the coming weeks. This is reported by Het Nieuwsblad and the Dutch public broadcaster NOS.

The BeNeLiga in a nutshell:
• 8 Belgian and 10 Dutch clubs
• 34 match days
• no playoffs

6th top league in Europe?
NOS and Het Nieuwsblad have been able to view a promotional brochure for the BeNeLiga. The initiators crave European success for Belgian and Dutch clubs.

"After 150 years of football, it's time to reassess our future. The last silverware dates back some 20 years. The fans are longing for European glory," it reads.

The BeNeLiga has to close the gap with the European top competitions. The Belgian and Dutch clubs dream of becoming number 6 in Europe: after England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.

On the design table is a competition with 8 Belgian and 10 Dutch clubs. They compete against each other in a classic formula with 34 playing days, without play-offs. Names of the 18 clubs are not yet known.

Clubs that do not compete in the BeNeLiga play a national competition.

Study ordered by 5 Belgian and 6 Dutch clubs
The BeNeLiga has been on the table for years. A football competition between Belgian and Dutch top clubs should boost the level in the Low Countries.

In our country, AA Ghent, Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Racing Genk and Standard - the so-called G5 - follow the plans closely. In the Netherlands, Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, AZ, Utrecht and Vitesse finance the feasibility study.

The 11 clubs will receive an update from research agency Deloitte in the coming weeks. This mainly concerns the financial and legal side of the matter. According to Deloitte, marketing and media contracts alone can bring in 250 to 400 million euros.

The study must be completed by the end of August. All parties, including the unions and the professional leagues, can then start the discussion.

But first it is still about the coming season in our country. Will it stay with 16 teams or will you see more teams in the highest division? On June 29 (or early July), the professional clubs will gather again for a new episode of football soap.


Also, the last place Dutch and Belgian clubs would get relegated to their respective national leagues, and the top finisher in each national league would gain promotion to the BeNeLiga.

If this does happen, I see it being used as a case study for a European superleague.
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Re: BeNe (Belgium-Netherlands) League?

Postby Royal Gooner » Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:39 am

What are they smoking over there? Oh wait......

That's like suggesting the English and Scottish leagues merge. Sounds good politically but has a lot more far reaching consequences that would not be good for the game.
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