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PERSONAL PROJECT

Assessment of Futsal

Development in Europe

BORUT KUKOVEC

Lausanne

October 2009


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Assessment of Futsal Development in Europe

Borut Kukovec

ABSTRACT/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Futsal has started to grow significantly all around the globe in the last two decades. Growth of this

sport was also noticed in European countries where many Futsal national leagues were launched

and respective clubs and national teams are competing in European competitions organized by

UEFA. The purpose of this study was to assess the current situation in European Futsal in order to

help UEFA with their future Futsal development strategies. In order to achieve the objective survey

was conducted among all the UEFA affiliated member federations. Survey has been sent over the e-

mail to the representative of Futsal in the country. It was a great challenge to get replies from all the

countries but with persistency and hard work this target was achieved. Research has confirmed that

Futsal has established itself as sport discipline in Europe. First of all, 50 out 53 countries are

playing FIFA official version of Futsal. Furthermore, there are approximately 500.000 registered

and 11 million unregistered players in Europe. In 45 countries they have organized national leagues

where average budget of clubs is between 10.000 50.000 EUR. Futsal is most popular among

youth (16-25 years old) and adults (26-40 years) that represent the majority of players and fans. On

the other side, lack of financial resources, dominant position of football and lack of hall availability

were recognized as the key obstacles that prevent Futsal to grow (even) more. Main

recommendations that Futsal shall follow in future is to commercialize the sport to a higher extent(use creative approaches to attract sponsors and media), promote it in educational institutions and

give special attention to development of womens, youth and seniors Futsal.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................2

1. Table of figures/images....................................................................................................................6

2. List of abbreviations.........................................................................................................................7

3. Introduction......................................................................................................................................8

4. Literature review............................................................................................................................10

5. Research methodology...................................................................................................................12

6. European Futsal survey results ......................................................................................................14

6.1 Highlights & Key figures.........................................................................................................15

6.2 FIFA official version................................................................................................................16

6.3 Leisure sport.............................................................................................................................16

6.4 Competitive sport.....................................................................................................................16

6.5 Influential factors for development of Futsal...........................................................................17

6.6 Futsal/Football players registration..........................................................................................17

6.7 Number of registered Futsal players ........................................................................................18

6.8 Number of unregistered players...............................................................................................18

6.9 Restrictive rules Futsal/football rules ......................................................................................19

6.10 Youth national teams competition .........................................................................................20

6.11 Womens Futsal .....................................................................................................................20

6.12 Governance of Futsal .............................................................................................................22


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6.16 Futsal growth obstacles ..........................................................................................................30

6.17 Futsal stakeholders interest ....................................................................................................32

6.17.1 Futsal & different age groups..........................................................................................32

6.17.2 Futsal and sponsors .........................................................................................................35

6.18 European Futsal perspective ..................................................................................................37

6.19 Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands & Luxemburg...........................................................................38

6.20 Comments & suggestions ......................................................................................................38

7. Futsal best practices .......................................................................................................................40

8. Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................45

9. References......................................................................................................................................47

10. Appendices...................................................................................................................................49

Appendix 1: Survey Questionnaire ................................................................................................49

Appendix 2: Respondents profile...................................................................................................58

Appendix 3: FIFA Futsal version...................................................................................................59

Appendix 4: Leisure Futsal emergence..........................................................................................60

Appendix 5: Competitive Futsal emergence..................................................................................61

Appendix 6: Futsal/football players license differentiation...........................................................63

Appendix 7: Restrictive rules for Futsal/football players ..............................................................64

Appendix 8: Youth competitions interest ......................................................................................65

Appendix 9: Womens Futsal ........................................................................................................66

Appendix 10: National governance of Futsal ................................................................................68

Appendix 11: Governing body administration (full-time, part-time) ............................................69


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Appendix 19: National Futsal league & Media categories ............................................................86

Appendix 20: Evolution of the media coverage in the last 5 years................................................88

Appendix 21: European Futsal growth obstacles...........................................................................89

Appendix 22: Level of interest to play Futsal among different age groups...................................93

Appendix 23: Level of interest to watch and follow Futsal among different age groups..............95

Appendix 24: Level of interest of sponsors to support Futsal .......................................................97

Appendix 25: Do youngsters play Futsal in educational institutions?...........................................98

Appendix 26: Level of interest of educational institutions to support Futsal ..............................100

Appendix 27: European Futsal KPI table ....................................................................................103


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1. Table of figures/images

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Importance of different media categories for national league............................................29

Figure 2: European Futsal growth obstacles ......................................................................................31

Figure 3: Level of interest to play Futsal among different age groups..............................................33

Figure 4: Level of interest to watch and follow Futsal among different age groups .........................34

Figure 5: Level of interest of sponsors to support Futsal...................................................................35

Figure 6: Level of interest of educational institutions to support Futsal ..........................................36

TABLE OF IMAGES

Picture 1: Womens Futsal in 2009 ...................................................................................................21

Picture 2: Womens Futsal in the future ...........................................................................................22

Picture 3: National Futsal leagues .....................................................................................................24


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2. List of abbreviations

UEFA Union of European Football Associations

FIFA - Fdration Internationale de Football Association

Futsal EURO - European Fusal Championship for national teams

Futsal U-21 EURO - European Fusal Championship for national teams under 21 years old

KPI Futsal key performance indicators table


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3. Introduction

"Futsal will always be my first love." - Ronaldo

What do the former and current football superstars, like Pele, Ronaldo, Kaka, and Messi, have in

common? They all played Futsal when they were young! By playing this dynamic and attractive

sport they have improved their football skills. Improved technique, confidence with the ball, passing

abilities and creativity are only few examples of a positive contribution that Futsal brings to football

players.

"In Futsal you need to think quick and play quick so it's easier for you

when you move to normal football (outdoor soccer)." - Pele

However, Futsal is not only the sport that is playing supportive role to football. With all its beauty

and excitement that it can offer, Futsal has started to grow significantly all around the globe in the

last two decades. Growth of this sport was also noticed in European countries where many Futsal

national leagues were launched and respective clubs and national teams are competing in European

competitions organized by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). In the season

2009/10 domestic champions from 47 countries were competing in the Futsal Cup which is the

Futsal version of football Champions League. Furthermore, 39 national teams were competing to

qualify for the Futsal EURO (European Championship for national teams) which will take place in

Hungary in 2010. Excellent achievement for the future development of the sport was also

introduction of Futsal U-21 EURO (European Fusal Championship for national teams under 21

years old) in 2008. Youth national teams from 28 countries were competing in the qualifying

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All described facts are confirming that European Futsal recently made a big step forward in terms of

development. However, to really understand how Futsal has developed on a national level in

different European countries a comprehensive research needs to be done. The purpose of this study

is to explore the current situation about Futsal among all 53 European countries that are UEFA

members. Assessment of the situation will be made by choosing several key indicators (Futsal

organization, structure, popularity, prospects, etc.) that will give a good overview how Futsal is

developed in each of the countries. This study will therefore help UEFA to understand the stage of

development of European Futsal and will serve them as a basis for the future steps when working

on the promotion of this attractive sport.

The project has the following objectives:

To assess the current situation in European Futsal in order to help UEFA with their futuredevelopment strategies,

To make a comprehensive survey which will include all the European countries that aremembers of UEFA,

To provide UEFA with the results of this survey that will include information aboutpopularity, organization and structure of Futsal in each of the countries and in Europe in

general,

To provide UEFA with the KPI (key performance indicators) table that will serve as thecomparison when the next (similar) survey will be launched in future to measure the Futsal

progress,

To provide UEFA with indicators that are characteristic for all more developed Futsalcountries and can serve as Futsal best practices for development.

In order to achieve these objectives survey questionnaire will be prepared and distributed to UEFA

member countries. Received replies will be analysed precisely and presented in a comprehensive


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4. Literature review

There was possible to identify several interesting findings when reviewing literature about emerging

sport, particularly about the process of measuring and evaluating the development progress of a

sports discipline.

According to Hylton (2008, p.236-37), many sports development professionals seem to mistrust

sports evaluation research, perhaps because it is seen to be conducted by outsiders. That is the

reason why also insiders should be informed and competent enough to be able to evaluate their

sport by themselves. The first important step is to identify what you need or what is the aim of your

research. The crucial thing is to plan these carefully in order to identify the research challenges and

identify what needs to be done. Planning should ensure that you dont jump into the research

without proper preparation.

There are some important principles that one should follow when preparing the research (Hylton,

2008, p.237):

1. Define key terms. It is important to be precise about the investigated subject. You have to fully

aware what are you investigating in order to avoid any confusion from your side or respondents in

future steps.

2. Narrow the focus. The important thing is to focus on the specific areas, otherwise the research is

too broad and it doesnt bring enough specific knowledge.

3.Decide what evidence you will need. It is important to identify what would be the best way to get

nece ar an er I it better to make a q antit or q alitati e re earch? Who ho ld e inter ie ?


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a questionnaire. But the basic skills about the surveys should be acquired prior creation of your own

if one wants it to be useful and bring some important (reliable) findings.

Research methodology that is becoming popular in terms of adaptation and utilization is the Internet

or Web Site survey. The most attractive factors for use of this instrument are not only simplified

designing and more structured results but also an absence of cost and staff time. There are also other

benefits of web based surveys (Mullin, 2007, p.121-22):

They can be completed within a given time parameter at the discretion of respondents, They are inexpensive because no paper, printing, data entry costs are involved, Large amounts of data can be collected in a short period of time, Received data are already collected in a usable format.

Mullin (2007, p.125) presented some useful tips that one should follow when conducting a survey:

The researcher should know what kind of answers does he expects to get and what he willdo with each answer,

Simple and objective questions are easier to interpret than open-ended questions, Similar and related questions should be grouped together on the basis of topic areas. They

should have a logical sequence and flow from general to specific.

The questions should be free of ambiguities, Each question should have a distinct purpose and questions may be interrelated and initiated

from the responses of previous questions,

Survey is a way of communication and it is often good practice to offer a respondent a finalopen-ended question to the organization directing the research. This ensures that

communication process is two-way and respondent has an opportunity to express his opinion

about the survey or add any relevant information propose a question to researcher


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5. Research methodology

After the mutual understanding and agreement with the UEFA staff and my supervisor in terms of

the objective and scope of the project, extensive study was carried out in the following ways:

1. Literature about Futsal

Futsal is an emerging sport and there was not a lot of scientific literature available. However, it was

possible to find number of articles on different web pages: UEFA.com, FIFA.com, etc. These

articles with the main Futsal stakeholders (players, coaches, administrators, fans, etc.) helped to

understand the phenomenon of Futsal better and provided s lot of important information for survey

questions.

2. Literature related to sport development evaluation

Specific literature was reviewed on the subject of sport development. It was especially useful to

review the literature regarding research and evaluation of sports development. In the end it had a

significant impact on the way that survey questionnaire was structured and how precisely the

objectives were set.

3. Survey

In order to achieve the research objectives survey was conducted among all the national federations

affiliated to UEFA. Survey has been sent over the e-mail to the representative of Futsal in the

country. More specifically, either to the football federations (if Futsal is governed within football

federation) or separate Futsal governing body (if they have an agreement with national football


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use and it also displayed the results in a well-organized and structured way so it was easier make

analyses.

Aim of the survey was to answer the following questions:

How developed is Futsal on a global European level? How popular is Futsal in each of the respective European countries? How is Futsal structured and governed? When has Futsal started and what were the main triggers for development of Futsal in

different countries?

What is level of media interest for Futsal in respective countries? What is the financial status of clubs in different countries? What are the obstacles that are preventing Futsal to grow (even) more in different countries? How will the countries promote Futsal in future? What are the common indicators among different countries that allow Futsal to grow faster

in one and slower in another country?

After collecting all information, statistical analyses of the results have been made in order to make a

general assessment of the current situation of Futsal in Europe and to identify what are the key

indicators that enable Futsal to grow more in some of the countries.


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6. European Futsal survey results

In order to reach research goals and make a general assessment about European Futsal, an extensive

survey was conducted. It has been sent to all 53 European Futsal governing bodies (or football

governing bodies if Futsal is under their umbrella). Contacts of people responsible for Futsal in each

of the countries were provided by UEFA Futsal competition Manager, Mr. Morel. The survey has

been launched on September 10 and finished on October 23. It was a great challenge to get repliesfrom all the countries but with persistency and hard work this target was achieved. A lot of

respondents found the survey interesting and made a special request to be informed about the final

results.

In Appendix 1 you can find the survey questionnaire, while the profile (occupation with Futsal: full-time, part-time, volunteer) of the respondents can be find in Appendix 2. Questions in the survey

were related to the different indicators and results will be insightfully analysed in this chapter.

Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands had to answer only few questions because FIFA version of

Futsal is not played in their countries yet. Their current problems and future plans about Futsal willbe explained in the end.

KPI table has been created to present the results of the survey from country to country. Indicators

that were selected are measurable and KPI table shall serve as a platform for the future comparisons

when similar survey will be launched in future. Table can be found in the Appendix 27.


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6.1 Highlights & Key figures

Official version of FIFA Futsal is played in 50 European countries (UEFA members). There are more than 10.000 registered players per country on average. There are approximately 11 million recreational players in Europe. Womens Futsal is played and managed in 17 European countries. In 66% of the countries Futsal is governed by a Futsal section or department (not an

independent federation) that is contained within the national football association.

In national Futsal governing bodies averagely from 1-2 people are working full-time andanother 2-3 people are working part time.

45 countries have established a national Futsal league. 45% of the countries have at least 3 different league levels. Average attendance of top division league matches (season 2008/09) in European countries

was approximately 450 spectators.

Average budget of a top division club in European national leagues is between 10.000 50.000 EUR.

In 52% of the countries league matches are shown on TV (live, replay, highlights) Internet & New Media was identified as the primary Futsal media


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6.2 FIFA official version

FIFA official version of Futsal is the one that completely complies with the FIFA rules4

about thesize of the pitch, type of the ball used, number of players, duration of the match, etc.

Results have shown that FIFA Futsal is played almost in all European countries, except in

Liechtenstein, Luxemburg and Faroe Islands. Therefore Futsal as a sports discipline practically

completed its diffusion around the European continent and has confirmed its enormous potential for

the future development.

For more detailed information see Apendix 3.

6.3 Leisure sport

In rare countries (3) Futsal has been played as a leisure sport already before 1960. In the 1960s

Futsal has managed to diffuse to eight other countries. In the 1970s this growth has stopped before

in the 1980s again reached the same growth rate of development as in 1960s. Period from 1991-95

was the period of the biggest growth of leisure Futsal in the history of this sport. In the period of 5years Futsal got its amateur players in 9 European countries. Similar growth has happened in the

first five years of this century when last European countries were convinced by excitement and

attractiveness of Futsal. After 2005 the expansion of leisure Futsal has finished and its now played

almost over the whole Europe.

For more detailed information see Appendix 4.


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that year the growth has decreased as a logical consequence of the fact that Futsal is now played

competitively in a big majority of European countries.


6.5 Influential factors for development of Futsal

Sometimes it is useful to look back to the history to better understand the process of development of

a sport, in our case Futsal. Therefore specific triggers for development can be identified and best

practices can be shared among countries. The most interesting answers provided by the respondents

will be presented in the following points:

Hosting UEFA Futsal Tournaments and launch of the National Futsal League and RegionalFutsal Competitions,

Weather conditions during winter time, Number of regional non professional tournaments, Popularity as the leisure sport for people from 10 60 years old, Group of Futsal enthusiasts who worked hard to develop the sport, Cooperation and integration in the Football association they were keen to explore if Futsal

is beneficial as a football skill development tool,

Support from the football clubs to have their own Futsal team, Significant number of sport halls was built, Lack of football fields, Good results of top clubs and a national team on international level, Bad financial situation or financial crisis.


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6.7 Number of registered Futsal players

Before starting to analyse this indicator it needs to be clarified that some numbers provided by

Futsal governing bodies, especially from the countries that dont have a separate Futsal players

registration system, might be less reliable and accurate. Futsal is a very young sport in some of the

countries and it was possible to predict these kinds of difficulties. However, in the end it was still

possible to determine the extent of the European Futsal family in terms of registered players.

There are approximately 500.000 registered Futsal players in Europe.

Looking at this figure it needs to be stressed out that 20 % of the countries bring more than 90% of

total registered players in European countries. As an example, Spain as itself has 110.000 registered

players, closely followed by Sweden, Italy and Netherlands who all have more than 65.000

registered players. According to this data it is possible to make inferences that number of registered

players Futsal players in Europe is enviable but it is concentrated in few European countries. On the

other hand it shows that future of Futsal can be promising if countries with less registered players

will manage to follow the leading ones.

6.8 Number of unregistered players

It was hard for the Futsal governing bodies to estimate the number of unregistered (occasional,

amateur) players because it is extremely hard to measure this category. Anyway, from the received

estimations it was possible to get an approximate number.


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6.9 Restrictive rules Futsal/football rules

In big majority of countries Futsal is in close relation to football. In many of them they have players

who have decided to play Futsal instead of football or the opposite, or players who are playing both

Futsal and football. In some of the countries, Futsal or football governing body has decided to

implement certain restrictions in order to prevent high profile football players to play Futsal or the

opposite. Aim of this question was to examine how many countries have implemented these kinds

of restrictions in order to make a theoretical conclusion about which option is better for

development of Futsal.

Analyses of the results have shown that European Futsal nations are incredible equally divided into

two parts. 50% of the countries have restrictions for players who want to participate in both sports

and 50% dont have restrictions.


In the following points you can find examples of restrictions:

If you are a registered football player playing in football top division you are not allowed toplay Futsal in first two divisions,

A registered football player playing in football top three divisions (1st, 2nd and 3rd) is notallowed to play Futsal in first two top divisions (1st and 2nd league),

You need a written permission from your football club to be allowed to play Futsal, They can play both sports, but only for the same club. They cannot play football in one club

and Futsal in another club,

Player can register only for one sport: Futsal or football, From the first division club only one player can play Futsal and from second division club


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6.10 Youth national teams competition

In the introduction part of this research was mentioned that in 2008 first European Futsal

U-21 championship was organized. 28 countries was involved in the qualifying round and they

were fighting for seven places on the final tournament in Russia (their team was qualified directly

as they were host). Since the tournament has been later removed from the UEFA competition

schedule, the aim of this question was to explore how many countries would take part in a similar

competition if it would have been re-launched. Countries also had an opportunity to choose the age

category in which they would prefer to compete in (U-17, U-19 and U-21).

The results have shown that 32 European countrieswould participate in the European competition

for youth national teams, if the one would be organized. It might be also interesting to know that

only 3 countries had answered that they wouldnt compete while other 15 countries dont know at

the moment and would take that decision later.

27 out of 32 countries that are interested to take part in potential youth competition would prefer to

compete in age group of U-21 (under 21 years old)., 3 countries U-17 and other 2 countries U-19.


Moreover, there is definitely a great interest from the countries to have a European competition for

youth national teams, ideally in U-21 age category. Having youth players involved is essential for

the future development of the every single sport and it also gives more negotiation power to the

national Futsal governing bodies when they try to convince the football association (this example is

given because in big majority of the countries Futsal is under the football association umbrella) that

it is important to support and promote Futsal among youth.


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Picture 2:Womens Futsal in the future (green colour organized, red colour unorganized)

According to the results, womens Futsal has already established itself in almost half of the

European countries. As another half is expected to join them soon there is definitely enormous

potential to develop the female part of the sport as well.


6.12 Governance of Futsal


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These results are certainly displaying the trend of Futsal governance among different countries.

However, it is difficult to decide which type of governance is the most effective one. But one thing

is almost certain Futsal needs assistance (financial and technical support) from football

association to develop itself.


6.13 Futsal administration

Goal of this indicator was to identify how many members of the staff national governing body

employs for Futsal administration. Results have shown that on average there are 1-2 people(1,70)

employed full-time and 2-3 people(2,42) part-time.

On the one hand it may be interesting to know that 26% of the countries have no one employed full-

time, but on the other hand 42% of the countries have 2 or more full-time employees. Five countries

even have 6 or more people employed for Futsal administration. Results about part-time employees

are quite identical. 29% of the countries dont have part-time Futsal administration employees,

while 56% of the countries have 2 or more people employed. 10 countries have 6 or more people

part-time Futsal administration employees.

In total, there are around 90 full-time and 130 part-time employees working in European countries

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6.14 National Futsal league

National Futsal leagues are organized in 45 European countries

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. Furthermore, three out of eightnations that dont have a national Futsal league yet, will establish a league in between the next 5

years period.

Picture 3:National Futsal leagues ( green colour league, red colour no league)


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6.14.1 League levels & number of clubs per level

Out of the countries with a national Futsal league, 10 of them has only one league level, 14 of them

has two league levels, while other 20 countries has three or more league levels. These statistics are

definitely proving that there is a lot of demand to play Futsal in European countries, especially in

the countries with Futsal tradition. It is expected that most of the other countries will follow them in

future.


On average, there are approximately 12 clubs are competing in the first division. Having 12 clubs in

elite division is also the most often used format followed by the ones with 10 and 8 clubs. In second

division there are on average approximately 16 clubs competing, although it needs to be

emphasized that in 1/3 of the countries that have second division they have 21 or more clubs

competing in it ( in some of them even more than 30). In half of the European countries with Futsal

third division they have more than 30 clubs competing in it. However, average number of clubs in a

third division is 20. Fourth, fifth and sixth division are only played in few European countries and

there are on average approximately 18 clubs competing in it.


All things considered, is it possible to make assumptions what kind of league format is the best? It

seems that the best Futsal countries with a lot of registered players (Spain, Russia, Portugal, andItaly) prefer to make first division with 12-16 clubs competing and second division with up to 30

clubs competing. On lower league levels there are more than 30 clubs competing. They have an

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In some of the countries where Futsal leagues have just been launched they had some problems

providing data about the average and highest attendance in their top division. Either they didnt

have this information or there is practically no spectators present in their country because Futsal has

just started to develop. There were also other more developed Futsal countries that had some

problems defining the figures about number of spectators on their national league matches. It has to

be stressed out that having spectators is crucial for development of every sport so it is important to

measure and evaluate this numbers on regular basis.

Analyses have shown that European average is 460 spectators on a national league match.

However, it needs to be emphasized that gap between the countries is tremendous. On the one hand

there are countries like Spain, Russia, Romania and Italy with high attendance (from 1500 3000

spectators/match) but on the other hand we have a group of countries with very low attendance

less than 50 (Scotland, England, Albania, Georgia, etc.). Majority of the countries has an average

attendance close to the total average of countries mentioned above.

Regarding the highest attendance it might be interesting to know that if we make a sum up of all the

highest attendances in different countries we would have 68.000 Futsal spectators in 43 national

leagues. This would mean that on average around 1.600 people would see a top division match

which is definitely a decent number for an indoor sport. Again the gap between the countries needs

to be emphasized but most of the countries are close to the average.

6.14.3 Average and the highest budget top division club

Analyses of the results have shown that in 42% of countries their top division clubs have a budget

of less than 10.000 EUR. Furthermore, in 72% of the countries the average budget is lower than

50.000 EUR and in only 14% of the countries the average budget is higher than 100.000 EUR.


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Italy and Kazakhstan are dominating the figures and they are the only countries in which clubs

budgets exceed 1 million EUR, in Russia it is even possible to speak about few million EUR. In

most of the other countries the highest budget is bellow 100.000 EUR and rarely up to 300.000

EUR.

Average of the highest budgets of a top division club in European national leagues is approximately

380.000 EUR.

6.14.4 TV coverage

For some sports TV revenues are one of the main sources of incomes. Unfortunately, it is still too

early to expect that Futsal would be able to attract major TV coverage. However, this is certainly

something that countries should aim for in future. Futsal is a TV sport and it is crucial for future

development that it becomes visible to the wider audience.

According to the results, Futsal league matches are shown on TV in 52% of the countries with a

national Futsal league. In most of them matches are shown on regional and national TV channels.

According to the results, it is possible to say that Futsal receives most TV coverage in Italy,

Romania, Russia, Czech Republic and Spain.

Regional TV channel coverage

In 65% of the countries with TV coverage, national league matches are shown on regional TV.Majority of these countries had great difficulties defining details about broadcasters potential

audience, accumulated number of viewers, average and highest number of viewers per match.

Either they didnt have the information to answer this question or the answer was incomplete.


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6.14.5 Media & national Futsal league

Figure 1: Importance of different media categories for national league

According to the results, the most important media category for a national league is Internet & New

Media. It is also important to emphasize that this media category was rated as very important by 23countries, while 11 countries rated it as important. These results are showing that Internet is already

serving as a great promotion tool for Futsal. Countries that didnt yet recognize the importance of

this media category shall definitely take advantage of it in future.

Internet & New Media are closely followed by Written press media category (newspapers,

magazines, etc.). For someone it might be a surprise but 34 countries rated this media category as

important or very important for their national league. It seems that Futsal is still mostly relying on

traditional media like newspapers and magazines but with the increasing importance of Internet &


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Not surprisingly, Radio was rated as the least important media category. On the one hand there were

15 countries who rated this media category as not important and 11 of them as less important but on

the other hand there were 18 countries who rated it as important or even very important. These

results are showing that Radio has completely lost importance in some countries but in some other

has still kept its position as an important media category for Futsal.


6.15. Evolution of Futsal media coverage in the last 5 years

Goal of this question was to identify a global trend about Futsal media coverage in European

countries in the last 5 years. After reviewing the results it was possible to recognize (on average)

slow growing interest from the media for Futsal. Interestingly, in most of the countries the evolution

of media coverage was average growing interest but because there are 12 countries with no general

interest for Futsal the average is lower. The gap between countries was again noticeable but this is

again consequence of the fact that in some of the countries Futsal is a very young sport while in

others it has a longer tradition.

All things considered, interest of media to report and offer coverage to Futsal is not on the level as

one would want it to be. However, interest is slowly increasing and should increase even more if

Futsal administrators will continue to work hard to get more media exposure. It is crucial that the

administrators seriously consider how they will make their Futsal events more attractive for the

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Figure 2: European Futsal growth obstacles

The most influential factor that is preventing Futsal to grow is a lack of financial resources. Low

involvements of the media and low attendance (with exception of few countries) are not attracting

sufficient sponsorship funds that would enable Futsal to progress even more. Some of the countries,

especially the ones without Futsal tradition, have found themselves in a vicious circle (low quality

product, low attendance, low media interest, lack of sponsors, low incomes not enough money to

invest to improve the product).

90% of the countries have rated this factor as the important or very important one.

The second most important factor that is preventing Futsal to grow is dominant position of football.

In most of the countries where Futsal is played, football already has a long tradition and is very

popular. Therefore it receives a lot of media coverage, sponsorship funds, number of spectators,

etc., and it is very hard for Futsal to compete with football for all these stakeholders.

88% of the countries rated this factor as the important or very important one.


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Futsal players

Figure 3: Level of interest to play Futsal among different age groups

Analyses of the results have shown that the highest level of interest comes from Youth and Adult

age group. On the average their level of interest is between medium and high (closer to medium).

There were some anecdotes before, that especially Children (up to 15 years old) are interested in

playing Futsal. However, according to results their level of interest is about the same than the one

from Seniors (between low and medium) and much lower than the one from Youth and Adult. If the

results about Childrens interest might be a negative surprise it is just the opposite with Seniors. It is

very promising to know that this part of population is showing decent level of interest to play Futsal

as well because one of the biggest strengths of Futsal is that can be played by people of all different

ages, even the ones who are in less good physical shape.


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Futsal fans

Figure 4: Level of interest to watch and follow Futsal among different age groups

Adult age group is the most interested in watching and following Futsal. On average they have a

medium level of interest. They are closely followed by Youth, while Seniors came third

(low/medium interest). Not surprisingly, Children age group is the one that is least interest in

watching and following Futsal. They are not yet financially independent and they dont follow

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6.17.2 Futsal and sponsors

Figure 5: Level of interest of sponsors to support Futsal

Goal of this indicator was to identify the level of interest (1-no interest, 2-low, 3-medium, 4-high)

of companies and public entities (municipalities, regional authorities, state) to financially support

Futsal. Unfortunately the results have shown that interest of all these institutions is low. However,

this means that there is some interest and these results are the consequence of the fact that in most

of the countries Futsal doesnt yet attract high level of media interest and great number of

spectators. Considering this fact one could say that these results are not so bad and should only

improve in future (especially for companies).


obligatory/secondary/high schools in 24 countries and on colleges/universities in 32 countries (out


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obligatory/secondary/high schools in 24 countries and on colleges/universities in 32 countries (out

of 50 European countries that play Futsal at the moment). Especially in the obligatory/primary

schools (but also on other educational levels) they play football variations that are close to FIFA

Futsal but there are some differences like playing with walls, playing 5+1, without Futsal ball, no

time-stopping, etc. Changing these small differences (providing educational institutions with Futsal

balls or educate them about the rules of the game) might have an important impact future

development of Futsal in some countries. Similar promotions were already successfully

implemented in Germany7.


Unsurprisingly, when measuring level of interest to support Futsal by educational institutions the

results were quite similar to the ones about playing Futsal. Highest level of interest is shown by

colleges/universities (low/medium) and it is closely followed by secondary/high schools(low/medium) while primary schools are the ones that show least interest (low).

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normal football and a lot more goals are scored, as a player you can have more ball possession and

that is the reason why it could be sometimes even more attractive than association football to

children. And Futsal should recognize and use this potential and strength.

6.18 European Futsal perspective

How bright is the European Futsal future? In order to find the answer on this question each of the

countries was asked to predict the Futsal development and what will be their actions to promote thesport. According to their answers Futsal has a bright future in big majority of the European

countries. They expect that number of players (professional and amateur), clubs and competitions

will increase and in many of the countries long-term Futsal development plans were created.

It is also important to emphasize that some successful football nations ( England, Germany), inwhich Futsal is less established at the moment due a long tradition of other variations of football

played, have serious plans to promote Futsal in future and make it popular in their country. Great

potential and willingness to promote Futsal was also recognized in Scandinavian and South Eastern

European countries if they manage to finance prepared programmes and in some of them, solve the

problem of halls availability.

In the following points it is possible find the most interesting planned activities that should enable

the growth of European Futsal:

Promotion among youth population (establishment of U-21, U-19 or/and U-17 leagues,creation Futsal schools/centres),

Promotion among womens (creation of national league and a national team), Increase the media coverage of national league (education of journalists about Futsal,

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Increase number of international matches played (more national team friendly games,compete in European Futsal competitions),

Organization of major international competitions (Futsal Cup tournaments, Futsal EURO,Futsal World Cup, etc.),

Educational courses for coaches (over the internet and through seminars), Increase number of league levels and/or teams playing in one division, Promotion over the internet web pages and special Futsal magazines, Improve cooperation with football clubs (integrate Futsal in established football clubs youth

academies),

Improve structure and organization of a national league (implementation of licensing forclubs similar to football, improve marketing of the league).

Countries are fully aware of the Futsal potential and have already identified tools how to promote

the sport in future. However, some of them have raised some concerns especially regarding the

current financial situation that could potentially delay the process of development. This problem

was also emphasized by some of the most developed Futsal countries. Nevertheless, this is not only

a problem of Futsal at the moment whole sport industry is facing this problem and the situation

will definitely change in the future.

6.19 Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands & Luxemburg

As already mentioned before, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands and Luxemburg are the only UEFA

member countries that dont play FIFA version of Futsal yet. In Faroe Island and Liechtenstein

unfortunately dont have any plans to start with Futsal in the near future. Main reasons for this

decision two: lack of players and playing grounds. On the other hand, Luxemburg is planning to

join European Futsal family very soon They plan to create a national team in 2010 and launch a


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Here some of the most interesting and/or frequent answers:

We would particularly like for UEFA to begin a promotional campaign featuring quotations from

high profile footballers speaking about how Futsal helped develop their skills as a child. I believe

this is hugely important to help develop grassroots Futsal and has been influential in getting media

to take notice of the game.

We wish that UEFA would re-launch the U-21 Futsal competition in order to secure the Futsalfuture.

It would be great if UEFA would organize more educational seminars for coaches, referees and

administrators .

Having been involved with the sport for many years and been fortunate to have met many new

friends and enthusiasts through the game I personally find it very difficult to maintain the

motivation to keep up the battle against a national association which has many other important

issues. Funding for Futsal is not the only aspect of sport which is finding the recession difficult. The

national game of football is also falling on hard time so it is understandable that the governing bodyis unable to financially support Futsal. Unfortunately it seems that any funding which goes from

UEFA/FIFA to the FA does not necessarily find its way to the Futsal organisers. I believe UEFA

have created an excellent tournament in the UEFA Futsal Cup and should be commended in this

regard.


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7. Futsal best practices

Is there anything to learn from experiences of more developed Futsal countries?

In Europe we can divide Futsal countries in three different groups: (1) developed, (2) developing

and (3) undeveloped. Undeveloped Futsal countries are those in which Futsal has started only

recently. For them it might be important to know how is Futsal organized and structured in more

developed Futsal countries from the first and to some extend also from the second group. All the

European countries that are among the top 20 countries in the world on the ELO-based ranking8

were taken as a sample. They were analyzed through the different indicators and here are the

results:

Tradition

From the survey results is evident that Futsal tradition is playing a big role in the development of

Futsal. Most of the developed Futsal countries have started to play Futsal as a leisure sport already

in 60s or at least in 80s/early 90s. Therefore Futsal has already been played for one or two

decades before they have started to play it on a competitive level. By now only one country that

started with Futsal after 2000 (Romania) is among top European Futsal nations.

Development factors

In some of the most successful countries like Spain and Russia, Futsal has developed through small

regional tournaments. For these two countries we can say that Futsal has started to grow from the

bottom of the pyramid first as a leisure sport and then as competitive. In other countries (Portugal)

there was a push from football clubs to promote the sport in order to still have presence of


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Registrations of the players

Big majority of the most successful Futsal countries distinguishes between the registrations of

Futsal and football players in terms of a license. This helps them to develop and monitor the

progress of the Futsal more efficiently and it is definitely an indicator that other Futsal countries

shall (should) follow.

Restrictive rules: Futsal /football players

According to the survey results it is hard to assert that having restrictive rules for Futsal players

(they are not allowed to play football and the opposite) helps countries to develop Futsal. Some of

the best Futsal nations like Spain and Russia for example dont have any restrictive rules but on the

other hand you have countries like Serbia, Romania and Slovenia who have restrictive rules and

have made a significant progress in recent years. It might be possible to assume that if Futsal has

only started to develop in a country than these kinds restrictive rules help Futsal in terms of quality

because this system encourages emergence of Futsal specialists (players).

Governance of Futsal

From the survey results it is possible to assert that having a Futsal section or department (not an

independent federation) that is contained within the national football association (FA) or an

independent Futsal federation integrated within the FA are the best options for the governance of

Futsal. However, it is hard to judge which one is better both options bring success to different

countries.

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countries Futsal is not played in any of the educational institutions because youngsters dont play


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according to the FIFA Futsal rules.

Furthermore, Futsal is played among youth in those countries, where educational institutions areready to support it. Unfortunately this is not the case in many of the top European Futsal countries,

which is definitely slowing down development progress of Futsal.

Level of interest to PLAY Futsal

Considering the top European Futsal nations, most of the people that are interested to play Futsal

are from 16-40 years old. Only some of the nations have a high level of interest from children

(Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Netherlands) and seniors (Slovakia, Slovenia). However, it is again

possible to notice that the top 6 European countries on Futsal world ranking have medium or high

level of interest of children (5-15 years old).

Futsal fans

In most of the countries Futsal fans are from 16 40 years old. It is possible to make a conclusion

that people play Futsal (most of them on recreational basis) are also following Futsal. Only

interesting exception are elite Futsal nations ( Spain and Portugal) have a high level of interest to

follow Futsal from seniors ( above 40 years old), even if these people are not very much interested

in playing Futsal.

Futsal and financial support

Willingness of companies to financially support Futsal is, with rare exceptions, low. It seems that a

lot more financial support is coming from public funding who is more willing to support Futsal. It

Lessons to learn for undeveloped Futsal countries:


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Lessons to learn for undeveloped Futsal countries:

Tradition of Futsal is playing an important role when you evaluate why Futsal has progressmore in a certain country. In the most successful countries Futsal is played at least a decade,

usually even more,

Good way to start to promote Futsal in a country is to organize a lot of small regionaltournaments,

In order to develop Futsal you need to assure that you have enough halls available, It is recommended to distinguish between the registration of Futsal and football players in

terms of a license,

Restrictive rules on Futsal/football players might be useful when you want to increasequality of Futsal (result - Futsal specialists)

Having Futsal section or department (not an independent federation) that is contained withinthe national football association (FA) or an independent Futsal federation integrated within

the FA are most frequently used options for the governance of Futsal,

To assure development of Futsal in a country you need at least 1 full-time (on average 3)and some (on average 3) part-time working staff in your Futsal governing body,

Futsal national league is a MUST and more developed Futsal countries have 3-4 leaguelevels,

Presence on regional or national TV channels is very important for development of Futsal ina country,

Dominant position of football and lack of financial resources are biggest challenges thatFutsal is facing in more developed Futsal countries,

Futsal needs to be present (played) in educational institutions if country wants to develop itto the highest level,

Futsal is played mostly played and followed by people from 16 - 25 and 26 - 40 years old,

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8. Conclusion

Main objective of this research was to assess current situation in European Futsal in order to help

UEFA with their future Futsal development strategies. A comprehensive survey that was conducted

among all the UEFA affiliated members has certainly given some important indications about the

challenges that Futsal is currently facing. Nevertheless, there were primarily many positive

findings. Findings that have confirmed that Futsal certainly has its place on the European sport

market. Furthermore, its potential for future development is enormous but the results can be only

achieved with the corporation of all Futsal stakeholders.

FIFA official version of Futsal is played in 50 UEFA affiliated members with approximately of half

a million registered players. Furthermore, there are approximately 11 million unregistered players

all over the Europe. Considering the fact that Futsal was played in only few European countries two

decades ago, these statistical findings are definitely proving that it has made a significant step

forward in terms of development. However, it is important to emphasize that there are great

differences between the countries. The biggest Futsal countries have high number of registered

players, greater financial resources, higher level of interest from the media, etc., while some others

are struggling regarding these aspects. Nevertheless, these kinds of problems are a logical

consequence of the fact that Futsal has been just introduced in some of the countries and the gap

should eventually decrease. Great boost for the future development of Futsal is the fact that some of

the leading European football nations (England, Germany) decided to intensively promote Futsal

despite having other variations of football with strong tradition present in the country.

Research has identified three main areas that should enable the growth of European Futsal in future:

media, sponsors and educational institutions. All these areas are closely related to the current

Many of the countries have already identified the importance that Internet & New Media can have

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on Futsal. This media category can certainly help Futsal to accelerate its growth because it allows

effective communication. According to the UEFA competition manager, Mr. Morel, it can also

serve as substitute to the lack of TV coverage in some of the countries because the Futsal matchescan be played over the Internet at low production costs. A lot of Futsal related web pages has

already been created and information about international competitions and many of the national

leagues are easily accessible. Countries that are not using this increasingly important media for

promotion of Futsal yet are certainly advised to take advantage of it in future.

Things that should certainly be considered in future are development of womens and youth and

seniors Futsal. There is one big advantage that Futsal has compared to football - Futsal is not

physically exhausting as football. Smaller playing ground and unlimited number of substitutions are

making this game easier to play even for less well physically prepared players. Futsal should

definitely consider this fact and attract senior players, as it is already the case in some of thecountries. Considering the answers from national governing bodies there is also nice future ahead of

womens Futsal, which is already organized in many of the countries while big majority of others

are planning to start it. Currently the biggest Futsal stakeholders (fans, players) are the age group of

people from 16-25 years old. That is probably one of the reasons why many of the nations will

establish national youth competitions and they are also appealing to UEFA to re-launch the U-21

Futsal European Championship.

All things considered, Futsal certainly has a bright future. Hopefully, this research will give its

contribution to development of this wonderful sport in future years. It is important that Futsal

administrators believe in progression of Futsal and perhaps, one day we will watch it on the

Olympic Games.

9. References


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De Vaus, D. (2002), Surveys In Social Research, 5th

edition, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, London.

Hylton, K. and Branham, P. (2008), Sports development: policy, process, practice, New York:

Routledge.

Mullin B.J., Hardy S. and Sutton A.W. (2007), Sport Marketing, 3rd edition, Champaign: Human

Kinetics.

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FIFA Big count 2006: 270 million active in Football, FIFA official web page,

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15/10/2009)

Festival of Futsal, English FA official web page,

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(accessed 08/10/2009)

New tournament begins, UEFA official web page,

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10. Appendices

Appendix 1: Survey Questionnaire

1. Please write-down your name, surname and the name of the Futsal country that you represent?

2. What is your position in Futsal in your country?

3. What is your occupation with Futsal in your country?

Full-time Part-time Volunteer Don't work in Futsal

4. How much of your work-time is dedicated to Futsal? (If part-time)

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

5. How many hours per week do you dedicate to Futsal? (If volunteer)

1-5 hours/week 6-10 hours/week 11-15 hours/week 16-20 hours/week

21-25 hours/week 26-30 hours/week more than 30 hours/week

8 Since when has it been played as a competitive sport (with official national club competitions) in


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8. Since when has it been played as a competitive sport (with official national club competitions) in

your country? (please define a year)

9. Were there any particular factors that led to the development of Futsal in your country?

10 Does your country distinguish between the registrations of Futsal and football players in terms


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10. Does your country distinguish between the registrations of Futsal and football players in terms

of a license?

Yes No

11. How many Futsal players are registered? (numbers only); (If answer on question 10. is No)

12. What is the estimated number of registered Futsal players in your country? (numbers only); (If

answer on question 10. is Yes)

13. How many people are approximately playing Futsal as a hobby (non-registered players) in your

country? (numbers only)

14. Is there any restrictive rule applying for a registered Futsal player to participate in domestic

football top leagues or vice versa?

Yes No

15. What kind of restrictions do they have? (example: If you are a register football player playing in

football top three divisions you are not allowed to play Futsal in first two divisions); (If answer onquestion 14. is Yes)

16. In the educational institutions listed below, do youngsters play FIFA Futsal (i.e. using Futsal

ball)?

Obligatory/Primary school (6-12 years old) Yes No Don't play Futsal

Obligatory/Secondary/High school (12-18) Yes No Don't play Futsal

College/University (over 18) Yes No Don't play Futsal

17 If they don't play according to the FIFA rules please briefly describe below which version of

20 Is women's Futsal organized in your country?


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20. Is women s Futsal organized in your country?

Yes No

21. Is women's Futsal managed on a national or/and regional level?

Yes No

22. Are there any future plans to start women's Futsal?

Yes No

23. How is Futsal governed on a national level? (please select one answer)

A Futsal section or department ( not an independent federation) that is contained within the

national football association (FA)

An independent Futsal federation integrated within the FA

An independent Futsal federation that is outside of the FA, but with a contractual agreement

between the two bodies

Futsal is played at a lower level (local or regional), but there is contact with the FA

An independent Futsal federation that has only minor connections with the main FA

24. If Futsal is governed outside the football association (FA), does a Futsal representative holds a

position within FA (member of the board, commission, etc.)?

Yes No

25. What kind of position does he holds? (If answer on question 24. is Yes)

Yes No


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29. When will domestic league be launched? (please select one answer) (If answer on question 28.

is Yes)

in 2010 in 2-3 years in 4-5 years in more than 5 years

30. In which year has the league been established? (please define a year)

31. How many league levels do you have?

1 2 3 4 5 6 or more

32. How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels?

First division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30Second division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30

Third division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30

Fourth division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30

Fifth division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30

Sixth division 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21-30 more than 30

33. Are all league levels played indoors?

Yes No

34. Which league levels are played outdoors? (If answer on question 33. is No)

35. What was the average season attendance in top division league matches last season? (numbers

only)

38. What is approximate budget of the wealthiest top division club? (please answer in EUR -


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pp g p (p

numbers only)

39. Are Futsal league matches shown on TV?

Yes No

40. Are matches shown on regional TV channel(s)? (If answer on question 39. is Yes)

Yes No

41. If possible please define (for each regional TV channel) broadcaster(s) potential audience,

accumulated number of viewers, average and the highest number of viewers per match?

42. How often are league matches shown on regional TV channel?

1-10 hours/season 11-30 hours/season 31-50 hours/season 51-100 hours/season

more than 100 hours/season

43. What kind of TV coverage do Futsal matches get on regional TV channel? (it is possible to

select more answers)

Live

Replay

Only highlights

44. Are matches shown on national TV channel(s)? (If answer on question 39. is Yes)

47. What kind of coverage do Futsal matches get on national TV channel? (it is possible to select

more answers)


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Live

ReplayOnly highlights

48. Please evaluate importance of different media categories for the national Futsal league?

(evaluate them from 1-4: 1 - not important, 2 - somewhat important, 3 - important, 4 - very

important)

TV

Radio

Written press (newspaper, magazine, etc,)

Internet and new media

49. What was the evolution of the media coverage of Futsal in your country during the last 5 years?(please select the most suitable answer)

No general interest Decreased interest Interest remained unchanged

Slow growing interest Average growing interest Substantial growing interest

50. Please identify the most influential factors that are preventing Futsal to grow (even) more inyour country. Rate each of the them according to the importance from 1-4 (1 - not important, 2 -

somewhat important, 3 - important, 4 - very important).

Competition from other indoor sports

Hall availability

Lack of financial resources

Lack of support from the football governing body

Lack of professional management of the clubs

L k f F t l t diti

Children (5-15) Youth (16-25) Adult ( 26-40) Senior (above 40)


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53. What is the level of interest of sponsors to SUPPORT Futsal? (1-no interest, 2-low, 3-medium,

4-high)

Companies

Public funding (municipalities, regional, state)

54. What is the level of interest of educational institutions to SUPPORT Futsal? (1-no interest, 2-

low, 3-medium, 4-high)

Primary schools Secondary/High schools Colleges/Universities

55. Please give us a brief comment on the Futsal perspective in your country for the forthcoming 5

years and how do you intend to promote the sport?

56. What are the main reasons that your association did not started with Futsal yet. Please rate eachof them from 1-4 (1 - not important, 2 - somewhat important, 3 - important, 4 - very important).

There is another version of indoor football played

Lack of players

Lack of playing grounds (indoor and outdoor)

Lack of knowledge of Futsal rules

Lack of financial resources

57. Do you foresee any kind of development of Futsal in your country in future years?

58. Do you plan to launch a domestic Futsal league?

Yes No

59. When will domestic league be launched? (please select one answer); (If answer on question 58.

is Yes)

62 D h t t ti ith d t F t l thi i


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62. Do you have any request, comment or suggestion with regards to Futsal or this survey in

particular?

Appendix 2: Respondents profile


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Alternatives Percent Value

1 Full-time 49,1 % 26

2 Part-time 22,6 % 12

3 Volunteer 18,9 % 10

4 Don't work in Futsal 9,4 % 5

Total 53

Appendix 3: FIFA Futsal version


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1 Yes 94,3 % 50

2 No 5,7 % 3

Total 53

Appendix 4: Leisure Futsal emergence


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1 Before 1960 6,0 % 3

2 1960-1965 6,0 % 3

3 1966-1970 10,0 % 5

4 1971-1975 2,0 % 1

5 1976-1980 4,0 % 2

6 1981-1985 8,0 % 4

7 1986-1990 8,0 % 4

8 1991-1995 16,0 % 8

9 1996-2000 12,0 % 6

10 2001-2005 18,0 % 9

11 After 2005 10,0 % 5

12 Don't know 0,0 % 0

Total 50

Appendix 5: Competitive Futsal emergence


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1 before 1960 2,0 % 1

2 1961 0,0 % 0

3 1962 0,0 % 0

4 1963 0,0 % 0

5 1964 0,0 % 0

6 1965 0,0 % 0

7 1966 0,0 % 0

8 1967 0,0 % 0

9 1968 0,0 % 0

10 1969 0,0 % 0

11 1970 0,0 % 0

12 1971 0,0 % 0

13 1972 0,0 % 0

14 1973 0,0 % 0

29 1988 0,0 % 0

30 1989 0,0 % 0

31 1990 4,0 % 2

32 1991 4 0 % 2


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32 1991 4,0 % 2

33 1992 2,0 % 1

34 1993 6,0 % 3

35 1994 4,0 % 2

36 1995 6,0 % 3

37 1996 2,0 % 1

38 1997 10,0 % 5

39 1998 2,0 % 1

40 1999 4,0 % 2

41 2000 4,0 % 2

42 2001 2,0 % 1

43 2002 2,0 % 1

44 2003 4,0 % 2

45 2004 0,0 % 0

46 2005 4,0 % 2

47 2006 12,0 % 6

48 2007 6,0 % 3

49 2008 2,0 % 1

50 2009 6,0 % 3

Total 50

Appendix 6: Futsal/football players license differentiation


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1 Yes 70,0 % 35

2 No 30,0 % 15

Total 50

Appendix 7: Restrictive rules for Futsal/football players


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1 Yes 50,0 % 252 No 50,0 % 25

Total 50

Appendix 8: Youth competitions interest


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1 Yes 64,0 % 32

2 No 6,0 % 3

3 Don't know 30,0 % 15

Total 50

Appendix 9: Womens Futsal


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1 Yes 40,0 % 20

2 No 60,0 % 30

Total 50


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1 Yes 63,3 % 19

2 No 36,7 % 11

Total 30

Appendix 10: National governance of Futsal


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1 A Futsal section or department ( not an 66,0 % 33

independent federation) that is contained within

the national football association (FA)

2 An independent Futsal federation integrated 20,0 % 10

within the FA

3 An independent Futsal federation that is 0,0 % 0

outside of the FA, but with a contractual

agreement between the two bodies

4 Futsal is played at a lower level (local or 6,0 % 3

regional), but there is contact with the FA

5 An independent Futsal federation that has only 2,0 % 1

minor connections with the main FA

6 Other, please specify 6,0 % 3

Total 50

Appendix 11: Governing body administration (full-time, part-time)


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26.1 How many members of the staff does your Futsal governing body employs for Futsal administration (within oroutside the FA)? - Full-time


1 0 26,0 % 13

2 1 32,0 % 16

3 2 18,0 % 9

4 3 14,0 % 7

5 4 0,0 % 0

6 5 0,0 % 0

7 6 or more 10,0 % 5

Total 50

26.2 How many members of the staff does your Futsal governing body employs for Futsal administration (within oroutside the FA)? - Part-time


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1 0 30,0 % 15

2 1 14,0 % 7

3 2 10,0 % 5

4 3 16,0 % 8

5 4 10,0 % 5

6 5 0,0 % 0

7 6 or more 20,0 % 10

Total 50

Appendix 12: National Futsal league establishment


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1 before 1960 2,3 % 1

2 1961 0,0 % 0

3 1962 0,0 % 04 1963 0,0 % 0

5 1964 0,0 % 0

6 1965 0,0 % 0

7 1966 0,0 % 0

8 1967 0,0 % 0

9 1968 0,0 % 0

10 1969 0,0 % 0

11 1970 0,0 % 0

12 1971 0,0 % 0

13 1972 0,0 % 0

14 1973 0,0 % 0

29 1988 0,0 % 0

30 1989 0,0 % 0

31 1990 2,3 % 1

32 1991 9,1 % 4

33 1992 4 5 % 2


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33 1992 4,5 % 2

34 1993 4,5 % 235 1994 6,8 % 3

36 1995 2,3 % 1

37 1996 0,0 % 0

38 1997 15,9 % 7

39 1998 2,3 % 1

40 1999 6,8 % 3

41 2000 2,3 % 1

42 2001 4,5 % 2

43 2002 4,5 % 2

44 2003 2,3 % 1

45 2004 0,0 % 0

46 2005 4,5 % 2

47 2006 4,5 % 2

48 2007 4,5 % 2

49 2008 6,8 % 350 2009 4,5 % 2

Total 44

Appendix 13: Number of national league levels


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1 1 22,7 % 10

2 2 31,8 % 14

3 3 25,0 % 11

4 4 15,9 % 7

5 5 0,0 % 0

6 6 or more 4,5 % 2

Total 44


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32.2 How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels? - Second division


75/110


1 4 0,0 % 0

2 6 5,9 % 2

3 8 11,8 % 4

4 10 8,8 % 3

5 12 11,8 % 4

6 14 5,9 % 2

7 16 11,8 % 4

8 18 5,9 % 2

9 20 5,9 % 2

10 21-30 14,7 % 5

11 more than 30 17,6 % 6

Total 34

32.3 How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels? - Third division


76/110


1 4 0,0 % 0

2 6 4,8 % 1

3 8 0,0 % 0

4 10 4,8 % 1

5 12 14,3 % 3

6 14 9,5 % 2

7 16 4,8 % 1

8 18 0,0 % 0

9 20 4,8 % 1

10 21-30 9,5 % 2

11 more than 30 47,6 % 10

Total 21

32.4 How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels? - Fourth division


77/110


1 4 0,0 % 0

2 6 0,0 % 0

3 8 11,1 % 14 10 0,0 % 0

5 12 22,2 % 2

6 14 0,0 % 0

7 16 11,1 % 1

8 18 0,0 % 0

9 20 0,0 % 0

10 21-30 0,0 % 0

11 more than 30 55,6 % 5

Total 9

32.5 How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels? - Fifth division


78/110


1 4 0,0 % 0

2 6 0,0 % 0

3 8 0,0 % 04 10 0,0 % 0

5 12 50,0 % 1

6 14 0,0 % 0

7 16 0,0 % 0

8 18 0,0 % 0

9 20 0,0 % 0

10 21-30 0,0 % 0

11 more than 30 50,0 % 1

Total 2

32.6 How many clubs does compete in each of the league levels? - Sixth division


79/110


1 4 0,0 % 0

2 6 0,0 % 0

3 8 0,0 % 04 10 0,0 % 0

5 12 50,0 % 1

6 14 0,0 % 0

7 16 0,0 % 0

8 18 0,0 % 0

9 20 0,0 % 0

10 21-30 0,0 % 0

11 more than 30 50,0 % 1

Total 2

Appendix 15: League levels indoors or outdoors


80/110


1 Yes 84,1 % 37

2 No 15,9 % 7

Total 44

Appendix 16: Average budget of a top division club


81/110


1 less than 10,000 EUR 41,9 % 18

2 10,000 - 50,000 EUR 30,2 % 13

3 50,000 - 100,000 EUR 14,0 % 6

4 100,000 - 500,000 EUR 7,0 % 3

5 500,000 EUR or more 7,0 % 3

Total 43

Appendix 17: Regional TV coverage (number of hours/season, form of coverage)


82/110


1 Yes 65,2 % 152 No 34,8 % 8

Total 23


83/110


1 Live 46,7 % 7

2 Replay 53,3 % 83 Only highlights 53,3 % 8


Total 15

Appendix 18: National TV coverage (number of hours/season, form of coverage)


84/110


1 Yes 69,6 % 162 No 30,4 % 7

Total 23


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Alternatives Percent Value1 Live 62,5 % 10

2 Replay 62,5 % 10

3 Only highlights 37,5 % 6


Total 16

Appendix 19: National Futsal league & Media categories


86/110


1 1 20,5 % 92 2 20,5 % 9

3 3 11,4 % 5

4 4 47,7 % 21

Total 44


87/110


1 1 6,8 % 3

2 2 15,9 % 73 3 38,6 % 17

4 4 38,6 % 17

Total 44

Appendix 20: Evolution of the media coverage in the last 5 years


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1 No general interest 24,0 % 12

2 Decreased interest 4,0 % 2

3 Interest remained unchanged 4,0 % 2

4 Slow growing interest 28,0 % 14

5 Average growing interest 34,0 % 17

6 Substantial growing interest 6,0 % 3

Total 50


89/110


90/110


1 1 2,0 % 1

2 2 8,0 % 4

3 3 42,0 % 21

4 4 48,0 % 24

Total 50


91/110


1 1 6,0 % 3

2 2 28,0 % 14

3 3 38,0 % 19

4 4 28,0 % 14

Total 50


92/110


1 1 4,0 % 2

2 2 30,0 % 15

3 3 34,0 % 17

4 4 32,0 % 16

Total 50

Appendix 22: Level of interest to play Futsal different age groups


93/110


1 No interest 12,0 % 6

2 Low 36,0 % 18

3 Medium 26,0 % 13

4 High 26,0 % 13

Total 50


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2 Low 10,0 % 5

3 Medium 42,0 % 21

4 High 44,0 % 22

Total 50

Appendix 23: Level of interest to watch and follow Futsal among different age groups


95/110

Alternatives Percent Value1 No interest 16,0 % 8

2 Low 46,0 % 23

3 Medium 26,0 % 13

4 High 12,0 % 6

Total 50


96/110



2 Low 16,0 % 8

3 Medium 48,0 % 24

4 High 32,0 % 16

Total 50

Appendix 24: Level of interest to support Futsal companies and public entities


97/110



2 Low 62,0 % 31

3 Medium 26,0 % 13

4 High 2,0 % 1

Total 50

Appendix 25: Do youngsters play Futsal in educational institutions?


98/110


1 Yes 32,0 % 16

2 No 42,0 % 21

3 Don't play Futsal 26,0 % 13

Total 50


99/110


1 Yes 64,0 % 32

2 No 28,0 % 14

3 Don't play Futsal 8,0 % 4

Total 50

Appendix 26: Level of interest of educational institutions to support Futsal


100/110



2 Low 34,0 % 17

3 Medium 30,0 % 15

4 High 6,0 % 3

Total 50

54.3 What is the level of interest of educational institutions to SUPPORT Futsal? - Colleges/Universities


101/110



2 Low 36,0 % 18

3 Medium 36,0 % 18

4 High 14,0 % 7

Total 50


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