Brera Holdings PLC (“
Brera” or the “
Company”)
(
Nasdaq: BREA), the only publicly traded multi-club
ownership company focused on football (soccer), today announced it
has been recognized with the 2024 Social Impact Through Soccer
Award at IMPACT 5050, an annual event honoring leaders and
innovators making a significant impact in their industries and
communities.
Caption: Brera Holdings’ FENIX Trophy, an
annual football competition for semi-professional and amateur
European football clubs, embodies the social impact spirit of the
group
IMPACT 5050, which took place September 12-15 at
the Mandarin Resort in the Mexican state of Nayarit, was hosted by
the Internet Marketing Association.
The Social Impact Through Soccer Award was
Brera’s second, having first received the honor in 2022.
“We are gratified to once again be recognized at
this prestigious event,” said Brera chief executive, Pierre
Galoppi. “For over 20 years, social impact has grown from a
founding principle to become a key component of our business,
including nurturing aspiring players and engaging fans from
disadvantaged backgrounds. For example, in 2021, we started
the FENIX Trophy tournament, featuring non-professional
European soccer clubs, each paired with a charity partner
recognized for its social, historical, and cultural contributions
-- and our current 2024 tournament has more teams and charity
partners than ever.”
“Also, this year, our Mongolian soccer club,
Brera Ilch, set up a social impact partnership with the youth
sector of Bayangol FC soccer club, which also plays in the
Mongolian Premier League, the country’s highest level of soccer.
This partnership currently provides Mongolian children widespread
opportunities to play soccer, engage in healthy social activities,
and tackle substance abuse.
“Additionally, in 2024, our Mozambique soccer
club Brera Tchumene launched regular visits by players
and coaches to the Infantário Primeiro de Maio orphanage in the
capital city of Maputo. During these visits, the orphanage’s
children are coached in playing soccer and other games, and the
Brera players and coaches assist in delivering basic goods,
including food and cleaning products.
In June 2024, the North Macedonian women's
football club Tiverija Strumica was officially integrated into the
Brera family through the formation of a joint-stock company,
ultimately governed by Brera Holdings, named Women's Football Club
Tiverija Brera AD Strumica (“Brera Tiverija”). This landmark
transaction marked the inaugural establishment of a for-profit
women’s football club in North Macedonia. Brera Holdings
prioritized the creation of Brera Tiverija during negotiations with
the country's football governing body, underscoring its commitment
to providing equitable opportunities for female athletes. “We look
forward to continuing this social impact and ESG work,” said Mr.
Galoppi. “and to utilize the amazing sport of soccer to elevate and
enrich disadvantaged communities worldwide.”
ABOUT BRERA HOLDINGS
PLCBrera Holdings PLC (Nasdaq: BREA) is focused on
expanding its social impact football (American soccer) business by
developing a global portfolio of emerging football and other sports
clubs, which will provide increased opportunities to earn
tournament prizes, gain sponsorships, and provide other
professional football and sports-related consulting services.
The Company seeks to build on the legacy and
brand of Brera FC, the first football club acquired by the Company
in 2022. Brera FC, known as "The Third Team of Milan," is an
amateur football association building an alternative football
legacy since its founding in 2000. The Company owns the trademarked
FENIX Trophy Tournament, a nonprofessional pan-European football
competition recognized by UEFA, inaugurated in September 2021 and
organized by Brera FC. "FENIX" is an acronym for "Friendly European
Nonprofessional Innovative Xenial." BBC Sport has called the FENIX
Trophy "the Champions League for amateurs," and ESPN covered the
2024 FENIX Trophy finals. In October 2022, the Internet Marketing
Association, at its IMPACT 22 Conference, named Brera FC as its
award recipient for "Social Impact Through Soccer," recognizing the
Company's focus at an international level with this
distinction.
In March 2023, the Company expanded to Africa by
establishing Brera Tchumene FC, a team then admitted to the Second
Division League in Mozambique, a country of nearly 32 million
people. Brera Tchumene FC won its post-season tournament and, in
November 2023, was promoted to Mocambola, the First Division in
Mozambique. In April 2023, the Company acquired 90% of the European
first-division football team Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev, now
known as Brera Strumica FC, in North Macedonia, a country with
participation rights in two major Union of European Football
Association ("UEFA") competitions.
In June 2023, Brera acquired a strategic stake
in Manchester United PLC, a portion of which was subject to a
tender offer by Sir Jim Radcliffe and sold at a 74% realized gain.
In July 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of a majority
ownership in the Italian Serie A1 women's professional volleyball
team UYBA Volley S.s.d.a.r.l. In September 2023, the Company
assumed control of Bayanzurkh Sporting Ilch FC, a Mongolian
National Premier League team, which became Brera Ilch FC when the
football season resumed in March 2024. In January 2024, the Company
announced the launch of a proactive search for an Italian Serie B
football club target designed to bring multi-club ownership of the
highest tiers of professional sports ownership to mass investors
through the Company's Nasdaq-listed shares. In February 2024, the
Brera Holdings Advisory Board was established with MLS founder and
World Cup director Alan Rothenberg, luxury lifestyle executive
Massimo Ferragamo, sports business leaders Paul Tosetti and
Marshall Geller, and Italian football icon Giuseppe Rossi.
In June 2024, the North Macedonian women’s
football club Tiverija Strumica officially became part of the Brera
family with the establishment of a joint-stock company controlled
by Brera Holdings called Women's Football Club Tiverija Brera AD
Strumica (“Brera Tiverija”). Brera Tiverija is now a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Brera Strumica FC. Brera Holdings PLC is focused on
bottom-up value creation from undervalued sports clubs and talent,
innovation-powered business growth, and socially impactful
outcomes. See www.breraholdings.com
Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release contains information
about our views of future expectations, plans, and prospects with
respect to Brera's business, financial condition, and results of
operations that constitute or may constitute forward-looking
statements. Any and all forward-looking statements are based on the
management's beliefs, assumptions, and expectations of Brera's
future economic performance, taking into account the information
currently available to it. These statements are not statements of
historical fact. Although Brera believes the expectations reflected
in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be
attained. Brera does not undertake any duty to update any
statements contained herein (including any forward-looking
statements), except as required by law. Forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of factors, risks, and uncertainties, some
of which are not currently known to us, that may cause Brera's
actual results, performance or financial condition to be materially
different from the expectations of future results, performance or
financial position. Actual results may differ materially from the
expectations discussed in forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations
include general industry considerations, regulatory changes,
changes in local, national and international economic conditions
and other risks set forth in "Risk Factors" included in our filings
with the SEC.
Company Contact Information:Pierre Galoppi,
Chief Executive Officer, Brera Holdings PLCEmail:
pierre@breraholdings.com
Investor Relations Inquiries:Skyline Corporate
Communications Group, LLCScott Powell, President1177 Avenue of the
Americas, 5th FloorNew York, New York 10036Office: (646)
893-5835Email: info@skylineccg.com
- Brera Holdings’ FENIX Trophy, an annual football competition
for semi-professional and amateur European football clubs, embodies
the social impact spirit of the group
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