Specialized Diploma in Football Business Online

Introduction

The Specialized Diploma in Football Business is a program that delves into the fundamental aspects of football business, offering knowledge and experiences that will help you in your development as a football business professional.

Objectives

The main objective of the Specialized Diploma is to educate you in the proper use of management tools for organizations linked to football.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand how the football industry works and know who the main stakeholders are in the football industry.
• Understand the different interests in football and the consequences for business in general, the competitive and financial framework of football in addition to the different business models of football clubs.
• Know how to design a basic strategic plan for football clubs of different sizes.
• To master the skills necessary to obtain the best results in the management of professional football teams.
• To interpret the financial statements of a football organization and create financing strategies for new projects.
• Identify what assets a football club sells and learn about the different business areas of a club and how it works.
• Know how to respond to the new challenges of digital transformation in football stadiums and clubs and generate new revenue streams for the club.
• Know and know how to manage the relationship with the fan and differentiate between match day and non-matchday operations.

Program

The program has 15 credits (ECTS),distributed in 4 modules, which can be consecutive or not, depending on the academic calendar. It contains 1 module of 6 ECTS and 3 modules of 3 ECTS. Each module is composed of various teaching units (UD) and each one consists of a continuous assessment test, in which you interactively apply theory, complemented with solving exercises and practical cases.

CERTIFICATESpecialized Diploma in Football Business from Johan Cruyff Institute.

Learning model

The Specialized Diploma in Football Business puts you at the center of your education through a learning by doing methodology. We encourage collaborative work and transfer the content to specific situations in sport marketing and sponsorship (connective teaching methodologies and social constructivism). Our faculty of expert professors and tutors will guide you in the learning process, providing high quality training combined with the flexibility of online study.

PERSONALIZED TUTORINGThe academic team will support you throughout the program, helping you to expand your knowledge and keep pace with the program requirements and content. For each module, you will have one or two professors, depending on the particular module, and they will give you support so you are able to achieve the learning objectives. You will also have the support of a coordinator who will monitor your performance and learning throughout the academic program.

Communication and queries will be handled by:

• E-mail: reply within a maximum of 24 hours.
• Support via chat / call / video conference.

BENEFITS

• Learning 3.0: flexible schedules, different learning environments and technologies.
• World-class faculty: interaction with expert faculty and industry professionals.
• Collaborative tools, teamwork, communication and debate.
• Sports-industry oriented: training that approaches the business sector of the sports industry.
• Learning from experience: designed for professional improvement.

Faculty

The Johan Cruyff Institute teachers are experts from the sports sector and combine research and consultancy with teaching. Through their experience and knowledge, they have developed a broad variety of cases and concepts to work with.

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Student services

VIRTUAL CAMPUSAs a student of the Specialized Diploma in Football Business, you will have exclusive access to the learning platform which allows you to monitor your academic progress 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world. The virtual campus offers a collaborative environment between teachers and students facilitating e-mails, chats, books, articles, case studies, simulations, experiences, websites, blogs and a video library. You will have a wide range of tools at your disposal to make your learning experience interactive, rewarding and complete.

NETWORKING & ALUMNI CRUYFF INSTITUTEJohan Cruyff Institute offers students, alumni, faculty and members of our network the opportunity to connect and collaborate, to share their passion for sports and their professional expertise.

The Alumni Cruyff Institute provides a means of interconnection that will enable the whole community not only to re-establish contact with fellow students, but also to create new links with people from the sports sector throughout the whole network who can offer new experiences and initiatives to keep growing in the profession.

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