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This list of fan-owned sports teams includes professional and semi-professional teams solely owned by fans/supporters, either via a collective organisation or where the assumption of majority ownership by a small group is prohibited by the club's constitution or governing documents.
In the big four sports leagues in the United States and Canada, clubs are usually franchises owned by private investors. In Germany , most professional sport teams are organized as corporations ( GmbH or Aktiengesellschaft ); however, in accordance with the 50+1 rule , the majority of votes lies with the registered associations ( e. V. ), which ...
This category has the following 39 subcategories, out of 39 total. Sports clubs and teams by populated place (29 C) Sports clubs and teams by competition (4 C) Sports clubs and teams by continent (10 C) Sports clubs and teams by country (202 C) Sports clubs and teams by sport (80 C) Sports clubs and teams by dependent ...
Pages in category "Fan-owned sports clubs and teams". The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of fan-owned sports teams.
Fan-owned football clubs in Russia (1 P) Pages in category "Fan-owned football clubs" ... Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem; FC Argeș 1953 Pitești; Athlone Town A.F.C.
Clubs that fit these criteria need to have majority ownership of their club, not minority ownership. Minority owners include Swansea City A.F.C., Cambridge City F.C., and York City F.C. Note that Merthyr Town F.C., Newport County F.C. and Wrexham F.C. are technically Welsh clubs, but play in the English league system.
The NPSL team, Nashville FC, was founded by a supporters group that intended to form a team as a fan-owned group. Chris Jones, Nashville FC's president, cited existing fan-owned clubs as inspiration for NFC's foundation, in particular the English club F.C. United of Manchester. [7]
F.C. United's first game was a friendly against Leigh RMI in 2005.. The club was founded in 2005 by disaffected supporters of Manchester United. [7] Although there were varying reasons for their dissatisfaction, [8] [9] the catalyst for F.C. United's formation was the 12 May 2005 takeover of Manchester United by American businessman Malcolm Glazer.