TURKSIH FOOTBALL AFTER COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 has affected all kinds of economic activity in the world adversely. Sports in particular, was one of the most affected industries due to the postponement of leagues and abandoning of tournaments. Football is the most popular sport in Europe as well as in Turkey and football leagues are the highest revenue generating leagues in Europe. Pandemic’s impact on football clubs’ revenues was very severe which caused losses worth millions of euros. In addition to COVID-19’s effects, Turkish economy was struggling with high inflation, unemployment and an exchange crisis and furthermore, Turkish clubs were already in a financial bottleneck. Due to the current issues in Turkish economy and football, Turkish clubs’ revenues are going to be affected more than their European counterparts. Especially the problems in the broadcasting agreement and the uncertainty regarding the future would most likely to cause the Turkish clubs to lose more revenue. Currently, Turkish clubs are the most sanctioned clubs by the UEFA due to failing to meet the financial fair-play requirements. The following seasons might be even harder for the Turkish clubs, financially. The results indicate that recovery for the Turkish clubs are going to be much more difficult which might cause a shift of power in the Turkish Super League in the years to come.

COVID-19 SONRASI TÜRK FUTBOLU

Abstract

COVID-19 dünyadaki her türlü ekonomik aktiviteyi olumsuz etkilemiştir. Spor sektörü, maçların durması ve liglerin yarım kalması sebebiyle en çok etkilenen sektörlerden biri olmuştur. Futbol, Avrupa'nın her yerinde olduğu gibi Türkiye'de de en popüler spor branşıdır. Pandemi, kulüplerin milyonlarca avro zarar etmesine sebep olmuştur. COVID-19'un olumsuz etkilerine ek olarak, Türkiye ekonomisinde yaşanan yüksek işsizlik, enflasyon ve kur şokları sebebiyle Türk kulüpleri daha da zor duruma düşmüştür. Naklen yayın ihalesinde yaşanan sorunlar ve bu konudaki belirsizlikten ötürü kulüplerin daha fazla gelir kaybı yaşaması da oldukça oldukça kuvvetli bir ihtimal olarak gözükmektedir. Hali hazırda, UEFA tarafından finansal fair-play yönetmeliklerine uyamama sebebiyle en çok ceza alan kulüpler olan Türk kulüplerini, önümüzdeki dönemde daha sıkıntılı günler beklemektedir. Bu dönemden, finansal olarak güçlü çıkacak kulüplerin önümüzdeki yıllarda Türk futbolunu domine etmeleri oldukça muhtemeldir.

Keywords

• Süper Lig
• COVID-19
• Avrupa Futbolu
• Futbol Kulüplerinin Finansal Durumu

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