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Who are the G14?

The Editor — Mon, March 20th 2006

The G14 are a group of successful and rich European clubs that formed in September 2004 “to find a constructive way of reforming a system in which their voice was not heard and to establish for the clubs a meaningful executive role in the management of the international game.” (The G14 website)

Its original 14 members (the eponymous G14) were arranged in 4 tiers with Real Madrid at the top due to its number of European Cup/Champions League trophy wins.

Tier 1: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax, Liverpool

Tier 2: Juventus, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan

Tier 3: Barcelona, Manchester Utd, Borussia Dortmund, PSV Eindhoven

Tier 4: Porto, Marseille, Paris St-Germain

A fifth tier was in 2002:

Tier 5: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Lyon, Valencia

Its stated aims are:

To promote the cooperation, amicable relations and unity of the member clubs.

To promote and improve professional football in all its aspects and safeguard the general interests of the member clubs.

To promote cooperation and good relations between G-14 and FIFA, UEFA and any other sporting institutions and/or professional football clubs, paying special attention to negotiating the format, administration and operation of the club competitions in which the member clubs are involved.

Listed in: Competitions, Champions League, Teams, Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Countries, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain

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