Club_of_Pioneers

Club of Pioneers

Club of Pioneers

Network of association football clubs

The Club of Pioneers is a worldwide network of the oldest continuing association football clubs from each country.

Countries of origin of member clubs, as of February 2022.

The Club of Pioneers was founded in 2013 by Sheffield FC, the first and oldest association football club in the world. The Club of Pioneers aims to discover and connect the world's oldest existing football clubs, to build a global network of like-minded football clubs to promote the importance of football history and the grass roots and amateur game.

Definition of Pioneers

According to today's historical knowledge and available sources of football history, the Sheffield Football Club Foundation awards the honorary membership within the Club of Pioneers to those football clubs, who:

  1. Still play football in amateur or professional football competition today.
  2. Have constantly existed as a sports organisation since their date of foundation. (exceptions for periods of inactivity due to external reasons, for example war.)
  3. Are by definition the oldest existing football club of their country, referring to the foundation date of a football team as part of a multi-sport club or as a proper football club, playing to association football rules.
  4. Live and support the values of the game and amateur football: Integrity, Respect, Community.

Team Work

The club has a work team made up of great professionals who have been working in the field of football for many years.

  1. President: Richard Tims
  2. Partnerships: Dylan Ralph
  3. Ambassador: Tom Simons (Belgium)
  4. Latam Ambassador: Juan Alvarez (France - Uruguay)
  5. Ambassador: Robert Zitzmann (Germany)

Current members

More information Country, founded in ...

(February 2024)

Pioneers Cup

Members of the Club of Pioneers, can also take part in a Pioneers Cup: a football tournament where only 'oldest' clubs can participate, to showcase their pioneering heritage. The teams themselves do not play, but are represented by 'Pioneer' teams of fans, former-players, and staff of the club.

More information Pioneers Cup 2013 - Sheffield ...
More information Pioneers Cup 2014 - Haarlem ...
More information Pioneers Cup 2014 - Huelva ...
More information Pioneers Cup 2016 - Antwerp ...
More information Pioneers Cup 2019 - Haarlem ...

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Info". 20 November 2022. (...)Savages has junior teams from U6 to U17, and senior teams: Over 35 and Over 50
  2. [2]
    Yokohama Country & Athletic Club (20 December 2021). "Football". Retrieved 20 November 2022. OVER 30/40 SECTION: The Masters play every weekend against teams from the local community and beyond, and stick behind afterwards for beers at the bar. In the summer, a select squad of Over 40s play in the difficult Kanagawa Senior Masters League. All matches are played at home.(...)
  3. [3]
    Mohun Bagan Super Giant represents the football section of Mohun Bagan AC since 2020.

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