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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <small><i>(April 2011)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clube.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150525002629im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Clube.JPG/300px-Clube.JPG" width="300" height="225" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150525002629im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Clube.JPG/450px-Clube.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150525002629im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Clube.JPG/600px-Clube.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clube.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> A sport club in <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo_Horizonte" title="Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, showing various paved and painted surfaces for <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, with two <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_pool" title="Swimming pool">swimming pools</a> in the foreground.</div> </div> </div> <p>A <b>sports club</b> or <b>sport club</b>, sometimes <b>athletics club</b> or <b>sports society</b> or <b>sports association</b>, is a <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club" title="Club">club</a> for the purpose of playing one or more <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport" title="Sport">sports</a>. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and may play other similar clubs on occasion, watched mostly by family and friends, to large commercial organisations with <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional</a> players which have <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_team" title="Sports team" class="mw-redirect">teams</a> which regularly compete against those of other clubs and attract sometimes very large crowds of paying <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_fan" title="Sports fan" class="mw-redirect">spectators</a>. Clubs may be dedicated to a single sport or to several (multi-sport club).</p> <p>The term <b>athletics club</b> is sometimes used for a general sports club, rather than one dedicated to <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" title="Athletics (sport)" class="mw-redirect">athletics</a> proper.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Organization"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Organization</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Sports_clubs_around_the_world"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sports clubs around the world</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Organization">Organization</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sports_club&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Larger sports clubs are characterized by having professional and amateur departments in various sports such as <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_handball" title="Team handball" class="mw-redirect">handball</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_hockey_(Quad)" title="Roller hockey (Quad)" class="mw-redirect">rink hockey</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling" title="Bowling">bowling</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">water polo</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">rugby</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field_athletics" title="Track and field athletics" class="mw-redirect">track and field athletics</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling" title="Cycling">cycling</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a> and others, including less traditional sports such as <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airsoft" title="Airsoft">airsoft</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiards" title="Billiards" class="mw-redirect">billiards</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering" title="Orienteering">orienteering</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paintball" title="Paintball">paintball</a> or <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">roller derby</a>. The teams and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsperson" title="Sportsperson" class="mw-redirect">athletes</a> belonging to a sports club may compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(person)" title="Fan (person)">fan base</a>, supporters and facilities. Many sports clubs have an associate system where the affiliated supporters pay an annuity fee. In those cases, the supporter becomes eligible to attend the club's home matches and exhibitions across the entire season, and has the right to practice almost every kind of sport at the club's facilities. Registered associate member fees, attendance receipts, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">sponsoring</a> contracts, team <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchandising" title="Merchandising">merchandising</a>, TV rights, and athlete/player <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_(football)" title="Transfer (football)" class="mw-redirect">transfer fees</a>, are usually the primary sources of sports club financing. In addition, there are sports clubs, or its teams, which are publicly traded and listed on a <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange" title="Stock exchange">stock exchange</a> - several professional European football clubs belonging to a larger multistports club are examples of this (namely, Portuguese SADs (<a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedade_An%C3%B3nima_Desportiva" title="Sociedade Anónima Desportiva">Sociedade Anónima Desportiva</a>) such as <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.L._Benfica" title="S.L. Benfica">Sport Lisboa e Benfica</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporting_Clube_de_Portugal" title="Sporting Clube de Portugal">Sporting Clube de Portugal</a>, or Spanish SADs (<a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_An%C3%B3nima_Deportiva" title="Sociedad Anónima Deportiva">Sociedad Anónima Deportiva</a>) <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Zaragoza,_S.A.D." title="Real Zaragoza, S.A.D." class="mw-redirect">Real Zaragoza, S.A.D.</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Betis_Balompi%C3%A9_S.A.D." title="Real Betis Balompié S.A.D." class="mw-redirect">Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.</a>, as well as Italian clubs like <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S._Lazio" title="S.S. Lazio">Società Sportiva Lazio S.p.A.</a>).</p> <p>Some sports teams are owned and financed by a single non-sports <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company" title="Company">company</a>, for example the several sports teams owned by <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_GmbH" title="Red Bull GmbH">Red Bull GmbH</a> and collectively known as <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bulls" title="Red Bulls" class="mw-redirect">Red Bulls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Other examples of this are the several sports teams owned by <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_AG" title="Bayer AG" class="mw-redirect">Bayer AG</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a> corporations through the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSV_Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen" class="mw-redirect">TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a> respectively, that originally were <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_team" title="Works team">works teams</a>, the teams owned by the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group" title="Samsung Group" class="mw-redirect">Samsung Group</a>, and the teams owned by the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a> (AEG). They may compete in several different sports and leagues, being headquartered in some cases across several countries.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sports_clubs_around_the_world">Sports clubs around the world</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sports_club&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sports clubs around the world">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In many regions of the world like <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> or <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, sports clubs with several sports departments (multisports clubs) or branches, including highly competitive professional teams, are very popular and have developed into some of the most powerful and representative sports institutions in those places. In general, student sports can be described as composed by multisports clubs, each one representing its educational institution and competing in several sport disciplines.</p> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America" title="United States of America" class="mw-redirect">United States of America</a> major institutions like <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Athletic_Club" title="The New York Athletic Club" class="mw-redirect">The New York Athletic Club</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Athletic_Club" title="Los Angeles Athletic Club">Los Angeles Athletic Club</a> or many university athletic programs such as the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Golden_Bears" title="California Golden Bears">California Golden Bears</a>, <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal" title="Stanford Cardinal">Stanford Cardinal</a> and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Longhorns" title="Texas Longhorns">Texas Longhorns</a> are good examples of a sports club (<i>see the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_athletic_programs_by_U.S._state" title="List of college athletic programs by U.S. state">List of college athletic programs by U.S. state</a></i>). However, examples abound of sports clubs that are in effect one sports team. Each team from the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> (basketball), <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> (American football) or <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> (association football) American <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_league" title="Sports league">sports leagues</a>, can be called sports clubs, but in practice, they focus solely on a single sport. On the other hand, American <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity teams</a> are generally organized into a structure forming a true multi-sport club belonging to an educational institution.</p> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, almost all major sports organizations are dedicated to a single sport, with a few minor multisport clubs such as <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catford_Wanderers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catford Wanderers (page does not exist)">Catford Wanderers</a>. In addition, like in several other countries, many universities and colleges develop a wide range of student sport activities including at a professional or semi-professional level. <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham F.C.</a> once ran a professional <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> team and <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing</a> club, which other football clubs have emulated since. Many <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs originate from <a href="/web/20150525002629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> teams. 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