Super League promoters revealed on Tuesday that they had asked FIFA and UEFA for “official recognition” of their proposed competition, renamed the “Unify League”, based on a ruling by Europe’s Supreme Court.
A22 Sports management said it sent the proposal after discussions with various leagues, clubs and other interested parties, reviewing its qualification system to base participation on annual domestic performances.
It submitted plans for the competition, which will feature 96 teams divided into four leagues and will be played from September to April, followed by a knockout stage starting with the quarter-finals.
Promoters also said the matches would be shown live for free via a streaming platform.
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European football suffered a bombshell in early 2021 when 12 of its biggest clubs announced they had signed up to the planned Super League, prompting a furious reaction from fans and a stern warning from UEFA that clubs and players who take part in the competition would be banned from the competition from competitions such as the World Cup.
Within 48 hours, nine of the 12 rebel clubs – including six in the English Premier League – withdrew and the project collapsed.
Last year, the European Court of Justice ruled that UEFA had broken EU law by abusing its “dominant position” in European football to suppress a fledgling, breakaway league of elite clubs.
In May, a Spanish court found that FIFA and UEFA had “prevented free competition” by opposing the Super League.
UEFA insisted the ruling did not expressly support the creation of the Super League and said it had since introduced new rules to bring it into line with EU law.
