Live sessions with club executives, sporting leaders and football business practitioners, built around real decisions, cases and working processes.
LTT SPORTS · LTT AULA
Live Online Football Management Programme — 2026/2027.
Build the practical knowledge and connections to move your career forward!
160 didactic hours · Tuesday & Thursday evenings · English · CHF 2,500 · Applications open
Turn football ambition into football management knowledge.
Built by the team behind the ECA Club Management Programme, with lecturers from FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, the Swiss FA and professional football.
Football governance
Sports and club operations
Football business and strategy
From the writers of the Club Management Guide
The first ever guide to manage a football club
Join the 2026/27 Programme
Live online · Tuesday & Thursday evenings
Places are limited, so secure your spot early.
Programme fee: CHF 2,500
The fee includes the full 160-hour Live Online Football Management Programme, expert-led sessions, course materials, case-based learning and support for the final football project.
Participants who meet the relevant academic requirements may also be eligible to receive the programme's postgraduate certificate.
Our Key Speakers
Eric Abidal
Sporting leadership & football operations
Former France international and FC Barcelona player, with experience at the top level of European football and in football management. He later worked as Director of Football at FC Barcelona and Al Wasl.
Dominique Blanc
Governance & federation leadership (UEFA Euro 2025)
Swiss football executive, businessman, former player and former referee. He served as President of the Swiss Football Association from 2019 to 2025, after a career in business and football administration.
Charlotte Kenny
Commercial strategy, football business & esports
Sports business and commercial specialist with senior experience at Arsenal FC and BLAST. She has worked across business development, fan engagement, partnerships and revenue growth, and has delivered presentations to executive audiences including London Business School.
LTT AULA — Football Management Programme
Build your football management profile
This course is designed for people who want practical knowledge of professional football management. The programme combines online lectures, football case work and guest sessions with people who have worked in clubs, leagues, federations and international football projects.
Participants will study the main areas of a club: governance, sport, business, community, operations and strategy. The final project is based on a football club development plan.
- What you will learn?
- Football governance: Club structures, ownership, regulation, federation and league relations. Sports
- Sporting department work: player pathways, recruitment, academy connection and performance environment.
- Business: Revenue planning, commercial work, finance, investment logic and business planning.
- Community: Fans, local stakeholders, social projects, communication and football development.
- Club operations: Internal structures, staff, processes, data, reporting and project management.
- Strategy and final project: Club development planning, case work and a final football club project.
Who is this course for?
Graduates and postgraduate students planning a career in football
League and federation staff
Former and current players
Agents and football business professionals
Club staff
Investors and advisers working with football clubs
Programme format
The course is delivered live online in English.
80 live online sessions | 160 didactic hours
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
Final project based on football development
Academic framework and online learning environment (One didactic hour equals 45 minutes. Each evening session lasts 90 minutes.)
Applicants must have completed at least an undergraduate programme to receive EU Certification
Real Football Experience.
Real Management Lessons.
Lessons from inside FC Barcelona.
ACCUEIL
"A professional club must have a personalised strategy and precisely planned activities. In addition, internal responsibility is necessary, which must be introduced by the club's leaders.
For a club to be successful at the sporting level, the sports director must have his vision, have a very good knowledge of training and scouting practices and establish good relations with the medical department, while at the same time having extensive network of acquaintances.
Join the Football Management course to learn from real experience, grow your network, and take your game to the next level.
See you around!"
Eric Abidal
Academic Accreditation
The academic side of the programme will be delivered through an higher education framework in Poland. Eligible participants who complete the programme requirements will receive the relevant certificate for postgraduate studies, subject to admission and completion requirements aligned with EU Standards.
LTT SPORTS it's:
15+ years in football education
200+ club network
30+ football collaborations
FC Business Magazine supports LTT Aula
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Editor at FC Business
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