FIFA expands club management and governance programme across the Americas

FIFA has completed a series of workshops in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica designed to strengthen club management and governance across Central America and the Caribbean.The sessions formed part of the Americas edition of the FIFA Campus – Essential Course in Club Management, delivered under FIFA’s Leagues and Clubs Professionalisation Programme.FIFA said the workshops brought together senior executives from domestic clubs and the relevant FIFA member associations, creating a forum to share practical approaches to running professional football organisations.The curriculum covered strategic planning and governance alongside operational and financial management, plus marketing and communications topics that FIFA said are increasingly central to sustainable growth.Ornella Desirée Bellia, FIFA director of professional football relations and development, said: “Through the Americas edition of the FIFA Campus – Essential Course in Club Management and the FIFA Leagues and Clubs Professionalisation Programme, we continue to enhance the professional foundations of football in Central America and the Caribbean by providing clubs and our Member Associations with the tools they need to grow sustainably and implement best-practice standards.”Jair Bertoni, FIFA regional director Americas, said: “Well-managed clubs are essential to the long-term credibility and growth of the professional game.”He said FIFA is supporting leaders in the region “in adopting modern management practices, strengthening governance and operations, and ultimately building stronger, more sustainable football institutions”.FIFA has been scaling education and compliance initiatives ahead of World Cup 2026 and as part of a wider effort to raise governance and operational standards across domestic ecosystems, particularly in regions where clubs face structural constraints around revenue, resourcing and administrative capacity.The Americas programme builds on similar FIFA “Essential Course” workshops delivered across the Caribbean in late 2025, as FIFA continues to position professionalisation as a lever to improve competition credibility, attract investment and stabilise club operations.