2 million players referees and animators

The extraordinary journey to the world of Germany Blues is a boon to French football. "It is still difficult to know what will be the impact on the licensees, but their number is expected to increase as is often the case after a good team of France", said Jacques Lambert, Director-General of the French football Federation, which are currently 2.2 million players, referees and animators. "Financially, it is all profit, even if we did not yet calculations." Reach final allows the FFF to cash a recipe for approximately EUR 15 million.

This is in addition a small profit (on the order of 300,000 to 350,000 euros) realized on the ticket. The Federation, which had spent 3.5 million in purchases of tickets in the stages, was authorized to increase by 10 the face value of tickets. In addition to the costs of organization, it will have to pay more than 5 million bonus to players to reward their beautiful performance.

Renewal of French football

However, it must be efficient. After three negative years ( an astounding 62 euros in 2002-2003, 2.6 million in 2003-2004, 9.8 million in 2004-2005), she comes to find a fragile financial balance. "The provisional budget 2005-2006, to 130.5 million in charges, provided for a loss of $ 4.6 million." "Accounts closed June 30 allow us to think that it will be positive in the amount of 1 million," continues Jacques Lambert has eye on Euro 2008. "At the end of the summer, we begin the qualifying phase for the Championship of Europe of the nations, with the match against the Georgia on September 2 and against the Italy September 6 at the France Stadium, which will be the revenge of the final of the world."

This is a new challenge for the Blues who will have to re-consolidate around new leaders, some of them (Zidane, Thuram, Makelele, Barthez) have announced their retirement after the German epic. In any event, the revival of French football at the global level should reflect on the hexagon clubs. Since the 2006-2007 season, which starts on August 5, the introduction of the new agreements signed by the League of football with the television operators and mobile radio. Tender won by Canal for the period 2005-2008 was so valued at 600 million per year of Ligue 1 matches on pay TV ( 62 from the previous contract). Given the various taxes and solidarity with the League 2, the sum paid to the whole of the 20 clubs in Ligue 1 will reach approximately EUR 470 million.

Performance of the Blues

This amount positions these last "second European behind the English Premier League", says the study INEUMconsulting-Euromed on the "Finance & prospects" for professional football. The League also increased by 15 the rights of the League Cup won by France televisions to 34.5 million annually on 2006-2009. She finally assigned the rights of the mobile phones of the League 1 (2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons) and 2 (2006-2007 season) League in Orange for a total of 29 million annually, equivalent to that obtained by the Premier League (30 million). It now remains to observe how the clubs will manage such Manna, which should help raise the level of play in the Championship of France at the level of the performance of the Blues.