A level playing field for football
EFAA stands to represent the interests of national football agent associations in an international capacity.
What is EFAA?
Our aims
EFAA has emerged as the leading body to represent the interests of football agents in the professional football industry. This role is further accentuated by our primary objectives:
Defend the collective interests of agents;- Bring together existing agent associations or assist in creating new ones;
- Bolster members’ positioning in front of professional football stakeholders;
- Promote the commercial image of football agents; and
- Foster cooperation with professional football stakeholders.
Our approach
As a professional representative body, EFAA operates on express mandates from its members. This ensures a democratic governance structure that accounts directly to EFAA’s constituents, who are ultimately the agents themselves. For the first time in the EU, EFAA has emerged as a guardian of the agents’ profession and gives agents a voice in the regulation, development and image of their own profession. Our primary tasks are to:
Coordinate
Coordinate the registration and accreditation of football agents across jurisdictions in the EU, and facilitate compliance with regulations
Provide
Provide expert legal and practical assistance to national agent associations on EU and national legislation, especially in contract and employment law
Facilitate
Facilitate amicable dispute resolution between agents and football stakeholders
Improve
Improve the positioning of EFAA members amongst key football governing bodies via critical enagement and discussion on all issues relevant to the agency profession
Grow
Grow EFAA's membership base so as to reflect the global nature of the agency profession, and more so, the sport itself
Exchange
Exchange best practices amongst members so as to stimulate greater harmonization within the profession
The way we see football
Our expertise
EFAA’s wide membership base of national associations across the world means that, as a member, your association will benefit from a collective voice in the governance of industry-level decisions. EFAA equips its members with the power to self-regulate their own profession, thereby safeguarding their interests. EFAA is the culmination of years of rigorous legal and practical expertise involving active industry knowledge and academic research. This knowledge is enhanced through the cross-border exchange of good practices.
Our governance structure
EFAA’s Board is comprised of reputable football agents, lawyers and corporate leaders; with years of experience in the football industry, they collectively offer an unparalleled insight and keen awareness of the nature of the football agency profession. Their interdisciplinary expertise and deep knowledge of the transfer market ensures that they are equipped to act in a manner reflecting the best interests of football agents not only in Europe, but worldwide. This has culminated into the Board helping to enhance the relationships EFAA holds with other football stakeholders, and indirectly, the image of the football agent in the football sector at large.