History
Formed on the dissolution of the G-14 group in January 2008, the European Club Association represents 207 clubs, made up of 103 ordinary members and 104 associated members, with at least one from each of the 53 national associations. The precise number of clubs from each member association will be established every two years at the end of the UEFA season on the basis of the UEFA ranking of its member associations according to the following principles: The three highest-ranking associations will have five clubs; the next three, four clubs; the associations ranked from 7th to 15th will each have three clubs; associations ranked from 16th to 26th will have two clubs; and those remaining associations will have one club. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was the acting chairman before officially being elected chairman of the ECA when its 103 members met for the first time on the 7–8 July 2008 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
In addition to replacing the G-14, which was dissolved in favour of the ECA on 15 February 2008, the new ECA also replaces UEFA's European Club Forum (of which Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was also chairman). The European Club Forum currently has 102 members picked every two years on the same basis as will be used for selecting the members of the ECA.
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