Biography | Nasser Al-Khelaifi — The Nyon Office That Made Him Chairman of Europe's Clubs
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Biography | Nasser Al-Khelaifi — The Nyon Office That Made Him Chairman of Europe's Clubs
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Route de Saint-Cergue 9 in Nyon, a short walk from UEFA's Maison du football européen, is the registered office of the European Club Association.
The body speaks for professional clubs inside UEFA's map.
On 21 April 2021 its executive board appointed Al-Khelaifi chairman. Reuters, L'Équipe and the association's own statement all date the vote to that Wednesday.
Andrea Agnelli of Juventus had quit days earlier, after twelve clubs tried to launch a Super League. Eight of those founders walked back within 72 hours.
PSG had not joined the breakaway. Bayern Munich had not either.
Al-Khelaifi was already on the UEFA Executive Committee. UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin welcomed the ECA vote the same day.
The association has since been restyled European Football Clubs. Al-Khelaifi remains chairman. UEFA.com lists him as the EFC representative on the UEFA Executive Committee, and from October 2025 on the FIFA Council.
The Super League cases kept moving through the courts. The political fact on this street is simpler: the man who runs a Qatari-owned French club now chairs the lobby of European clubs.
Nyon is a small lakeside town. The football offices sit above the water between the old town and the autoroute.
A visitor looking for drama will find a brass plate and a reception desk. The decision that put Al-Khelaifi's name on the letterhead was taken in the wreckage of that April week, by a board that needed a chairman who had not signed the Super League paper.
Photo: Christophe Pelletier, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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