Invitation to Press Conference: World Leagues Forum - 1st Meeting of the Most Important Football Leagues Worldwide

ZURICH, February 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Shortly before the FIFA Congress this Friday, the most important professional football leagues will come together in Zurich to form the new World Leagues Forum. The founding members of the World Leagues Forum include the Serie A (Italy), La Liga (Spain), die Bundesliga (Germany), La Ligue de Football Professionnel (France), the Premier League (England), the Eredivisie (Netherlands), Dimayor (Colombia), Major League Soccer (USA), Liga MX (Mexico), Premier Soccer League (South Africa), J League (Japan) and other important leagues of the world.

We look forward to welcoming you personally at our media conference for an in depth presentation of this new forum:

Media Conference World Leagues Forum

Thursday, 25 February 2016 17:00

Restaurant Au Premier, Zurich main station, Salon Alcina

Some of the Presidents and founders of the World Leagues Forums will be present at the Press Conference:

- Don Garber, Commissioner MLS

- Enrique Bonilla, President Liga MX

- Irvin Khoza, President Premier Soccer League

- Frédéric Thiriez, President La Ligue de Football Professionnel

- Jacco Steward, Director Eredivisie

- Christian Seifert, CEO Bundesliga

- Jorge Perdomo, President Dimayor

and representatives of other top leagues as LaLiga.

The football leagues participating in the new World Leagues Forum represent approximately 1,100 clubs and 20,000 football players. At the last World Cup in Brazil, 90 per cent of the athletes played in one of the leagues represented in the Forum. The new forum will help to develop modern, effective governance structures within world football, foster cooperation between the Leagues and their member clubs through exchange of best practices and represent the Leagues and their member clubs on all matters of common interest towards sport and political institutions.

We look forward to your registration: Claudio Looser, Tel. +41-78-899-62-64, claudio.looser@furrerhugi.ch