Big News! The Super League Changes Its Face to Convince FIFA and UEFA

The Super League has been forced to change its face to convince FIFA and UEFA. A22 Sports Management issued a statement last Tuesday announcing that they had sent a new proposal to the highest football bodies to obtain official recognition of their new club championships.

Among its innovative suggestions, A22 revealed the creation of the platform 'Unify', a streaming service that will broadcast all matches of its competitions live, which will be aired for free or through one of the premium packages that the project will implement, which in its goal to demonstrate the importance of this platform in the league, has been renamed 'Unify League'.

However, the Unify League still does not have a launch date, as when asked about when the competition would be revealed, the General Director of A22, Bernd Reichart, stated that it would be "very ambitious" to think that the project could start from the 2025/26 season.

The New Format of the Unify League

In addition to changing its name, the format of the Unify League has also been revolutionized. The men's category will have four leagues, which will be divided into Star and Gold, both with 16 clubs divided into two groups of eight, and Blue and Union, which will have 32 clubs distributed in groups of eight.

In total, 96 teams from 55 different countries, which will qualify annually based on their results in their domestic leagues. Each club will play 14 matches, 7 at home and 7 away. The top four teams from each group of the Star and Gold Leagues will advance to the quarter-finals in a two-legged tie, while in the Blue and Union, the top two from each group will proceed. The semi-final and final will be played as a single match at a neutral venue.

Finally, the women's Unify League will have two leagues, Star and Gold, each with 32 clubs from 52 countries. They will consist of two groups of eight per league, and the knockout round will maintain the same format as the men's category.