Football Finance Forum
Exclusively for CFOs, CEOs, Owners, Presidents
9th November, 2026 
Lisbon, Portugal
All times are Western European Time (WET)
Monday 9th November, 2026 
Palácio Estoril Hotel, R. Particular, 2769-504 Estoril, PortugalWelcome Address
An introduction to the day led by TransferRoom, incuding key market trends from the latest window and insights gathered across 800+ clubs and 550+ agencies across the globe.
One Owner, Many Games: What Football Can Learn from Multi-Sport Ownership
Football's wave of multi-club owners increasingly sit across other sports too — motorsport, basketball, American football, rugby to name a few. Many of those sports have been running the multi-team ownership playbook for considerably longer. So what can we learn?
This panel asks what football can borrow from the likes of F1, the NBA and the NFL on building a network that works, and when the playbook should - or shouldn't - be applied.
Speaker panel to be announced soonWhat Do the RSTP Changes Mean for the Market?
The upcoming 2027 overhaul of FIFA's Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) represents the most significant shift in the global football transfer system in over two decades.This session opens with a deep dive from our guest speaker, setting out the headline changes.
From the Premier League's move from PSR to Squad Cost Ratio, and UEFA's Financial Sustainability Regulations, the panel will then unpack what the shift means in practice for clubs navigating those regimes.
Speaker panel to be announced soonOne Club, One Strategy: From the Boardroom to the Pitch
As financial sustainability rules bite and squad-cost ratios replace loss-based limits, the traditional split between a club's sporting department and its finance function is under real strain.
This panel explores what it takes to run sporting ambition and business performance as one integrated strategy, grounded in real, current examples from elite club executives.
Speaker panel to be announced soon
The Global Game: Moving Money in Modern Football
Off the back of yet another record breaking window, this panel discusses how the right financial infrastructure turns transfer-market ambition into results on the pitch.
Industry experts and club decision makers will share how some of the most active organisations in the market move decisively, invest with confidence, and back bold recruitment without constraints.
Speaker panel to be announced soon
The Business of Sport Podcast: Special Edition of 'The Breakdown'
The day closes with Charlie Stebbings bringing his industry-leading Business of Sport podcast to the stage for a live recording in Lisbon, hosting a special edition of the series 'The Breakdown'.
Alongside his trusted co-host and friend Charlie Methven, as well as a world renowned guest speaker, this session will be diving into the biggest topics and trends effecting the industry's owners and operators today.
Guest speaker to be announced soon
One-to-one Meetings
A short series of one-to-one meetings between attendees, with 5 slots of 15 minutes.
All guests attending any TransferRoom event in Lisbon are warmly invited to a champagne reception next door at the TransferRoom Awards, in celebration of our community and the milestone of 10,000 deals facilitated through the marketplace.
A champagne reception and networking will be held at the Estoril Congress Centre, with a short presentation of awards towards the start of the evening.
18:45 - 19:15 — Champagne Reception
19:15 - 20:00 — TransferRoom Intro & Awards
20:00 - 21:00 — Networking Drinks
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Champagne reception and networking
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5 awards across a range of categories
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Recognising industry leaders
Solution Designers brings together a powerful partnership for football clubs and associations who want sporting ambition and financial reality to move as one. We bring squad, budget, sponsorship and matchday data together on a single platform, with scenario simulations for promotion, relegation, injuries and transfers — creating one single source of truth, faster decisions and full budget transparency. Our solution is built on Board, the trusted planning and analytics platform, and delivered together with Better Decisions Group (bdg), who implement and service clubs across the UK and Germany. When the numbers have to add up, Solution Designers delivers
Ebury is a global fintech powering a frictionless economy for ambitious businesses and elite sports organisations. With majority backing from Santander, Ebury empowers clubs, agencies, leagues and federations to scale by simplifying money movement through an integrated business account.
The innovative platform offers end-to-end support, including seamless payments, currency risk management, working capital, escrow products, and mass payment solutions for sponsorship and payroll. Together with dedicated local expertise, Ebury provides the bespoke technology required to unlock global growth.
Ebury works alongside dozens of top-level football clubs including Aston Villa, Fulham, Rangers, Southampton and PSV Eindhoven.
Internationals Bankhaus Bodensee AG is a company of the Würth Group, specializing in the needs of medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial-minded individuals. In the field of sports financing, we work at the highest level with leading professional clubs: We finance receivables from player transfers, broadcasting and sponsorships. We aim to support the international top clubs with tailor made solutions.
