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Football club budget calculatorAdd your season costs and income. Calculate the fee each player needs to pay.Football sponsorship valuation calculatorEstimate a sponsorship price using matchday reach, social reach, rights and hospitality.Football transfer fee calculatorCalculate the transfer fee, wages, agent fee, amortisation and player book value.Football matchday break-even calculatorCalculate break-even attendance, ticket revenue and expected matchday profit.Football age group checker (FA 2026/27)Find a player's FA age group by date of birth or school year, with match format and ball size.Football sponsorship proposal builderTurn a sponsorship value into clear packages, prices and a proposal you can copy or print.Squad cost & compliance plannerModel squad wages, amortisation, agent and loan costs. Test headroom and proposed signings.Football player offer comparatorCompare guaranteed compensation, possible bonuses, contract length and payment risk across offers.Player transfer readiness packCreate a club-ready player brief and check the mandate, evidence and deal file before an approach.FIFA solidarity fee calculatorSplit the 5% solidarity contribution between a player's training clubs under FIFA RSTP Annexe 5.GBE calculator (FA work permit points)Score a player against the FA's 2025/26 Governing Body Endorsement criteria and the 15-point pass mark.FIFA training compensation calculatorEstimate what each training club is owed under FIFA RSTP Annexe 4, by club category and years trained.

Club technology stacks

Liverpool FC5 documented technology relationshipsManchester City FC3 documented technology relationshipsTottenham Hotspur FC5 documented technology relationshipsChelsea FC5 documented technology relationshipsReal Madrid CF4 documented technology relationshipsManchester United FC3 documented technology relationshipsFC Barcelona4 documented technology relationshipsFC Bayern Munich3 documented technology relationshipsAC Milan3 documented technology relationshipsBorussia Dortmund4 documented technology relationships

Technology records

SAS — Customer Intelligence 360 + ViyaCRM & fan dataWasabi Technologies — Wasabi AiRCloud & storageOrion Innovation — Digital transformation servicesDigital transformationSeatGeek — SeatGeek EnterpriseTicketingAcronis — Cyber backup and Snap DeployCybersecurityQualtrics — Experience ManagementFan experienceCisco — Enterprise networkingConnectivitySAP — SAP Sports One + Challenger InsightsPerformanceSalesforce — Salesforce Platform + Data CloudCRM & fan dataTicketmaster Sport — Ticketing platformTicketingTicketmaster Sport — 3D Virtual VenueTicketingHewlett Packard Enterprise — Aruba networking + HPE infrastructureConnectivityHP — Stadium endpoint and POS hardwareStadium operationsTwilio — Twilio SegmentCRM & fan dataInfinite Athlete / Tempus Ex — FusionFeed + Match View XContent & mediaFPT — Digital transformation servicesDigital transformationIFS — IFS Industrial AIClub operationsAdobe — Experience Platform + GenStudioCRM & fan dataCisco — ACI, SDA, Wi-Fi 7 + IP Fabric for MediaConnectivitySofttek — Digital fan ecosystemDigital transformationDaktronics — Halo displays + Show ControlStadium operationsDXC Technology — Digital platform and data transformationDigital transformationExtreme Networks — ExtremeCloud IQ + Wi-Fi 6ConnectivityTeamViewer — Remote access and supportClub operationsFever — Ticketing and experience platformTicketingQloo — Taste AICRM & fan dataSalesforce — Service Cloud and CRM platformCRM & fan dataSAP — Business Suite, Datasphere and Analytics CloudClub operationsAdobe — Experience Cloud + Document CloudCRM & fan dataKraft Analytics Group — Fan data and analytics strategyCRM & fan dataIterpro — Football Intelligence Platform + Player AppPerformanceAfinnaOne — DiPaaSDigital transformationLenovo — AI-ready PCs, workstations, ThinkSmart and serversClub operations1&1 — OpenRAN 5G stadium networkConnectivityWorkday — Finance and HR enterprise cloudClub operations