摘要:为帮助世界足球排名60位以后的落后国家快速提升竞技水平与青训质量,同时避免过度挤占足球强国联赛资源,特建议国际足联推出“国家队化俱乐部外战联赛”机制。核心是让落后国家以“国家队为班底组建专属俱乐部”,嵌入足球强国(世界排名前60位)的联赛体系从低级别打起,通过
国际足联助力足球落后国家发展的专项方案建议——以中国足球为例
为帮助世界足球排名60位以后的落后国家快速提升竞技水平与青训质量,同时避免过度挤占足球强国联赛资源,特建议国际足联推出“国家队化俱乐部外战联赛”机制。核心是让落后国家以“国家队为班底组建专属俱乐部”,嵌入足球强国(世界排名前60位)的联赛体系从低级别打起,通过长期实战打磨实力;而足球强国愿意接纳的核心逻辑,在于可深度挖掘参与国的市场潜力与商业价值,实现双向共赢,具体方案设计如下:
一、方案核心规则:明确参与门槛与运营边界
1. 参与主体与资格划分
- 准入国家:仅限世界足球排名60位以后的国家(如中国、印度、印尼等),排名前60位的足球强国禁止参与,避免资源挤占。
- 目标国家:落后国家可自主选择世界排名前60位的足球强国(如英国、西班牙、葡萄牙、法国、意大利等),以其国内联赛体系(含职业、业余联赛及青训体系)作为“外战载体”;重点规则:每个足球强国的联赛体系,最多仅允许引进2个落后国家的“国家队化俱乐部”(含该国U系列青训梯队对应的外战队伍),既保证联赛承载能力,又通过“稀缺名额”提升合作价值。
2. 俱乐部组建与球员规则
- 阵容构成:该俱乐部以参与国的“全年龄段国家队(含各级青训梯队)”为核心班底,球员必须全部来自本国国籍,严禁引入任何外援;仅可通过国际足联合规的“归化球员”补充阵容,与目标国家本土俱乐部的归化规则保持一致。
- 人员流动:允许俱乐部根据实战表现从本国国内持续选拔、调整球员(如从国内联赛、青训营调用新人),保持阵容动态更新,但始终坚守“全员本土国籍”底线。
3. 联赛嵌入与升降级机制
- 起步级别:参与国俱乐部需从目标国家的“最低级别业余联赛”起步(如西班牙的地区业余联赛、英国的非联赛体系),严格遵循目标国家联赛的升降级规则,凭实力逐步晋升至更高级别(如西乙B、英乙,直至顶级联赛);其U系列青训梯队需同步嵌入目标国家对应的青训联赛体系(如西班牙U19联赛),与本土青训队伍同场竞技。
- 运营标准:完全适配目标国家联赛的监管体系,包括训练强度、赛事规程、财务审计、青训配套等,由目标国家足协全程监督,确保与本土俱乐部运营标准一致。
二、费用与监管:保障机制可持续性
1. 参与费用设定
参与国需向目标国家足协缴纳“年度参赛费”,建议统一标准为每年500万美元,费用主要用于覆盖联赛管理成本、场地租赁补贴及青训合作经费——对中国等经济实力较强、市场规模庞大的参与国而言,该费用可依托国内足球产业商业化支撑,同时为目标国家提供稳定收益。
2. 双重监管体系
- 国际足联层面:负责审核参与国与目标国家的合作资质,监督“全员本土国籍”“单国联赛最多2个外战俱乐部”等核心规则的执行,处理跨国家的争议纠纷。
- 目标国家足协层面:负责日常联赛运营监管,包括球员注册、赛事公平性、财务透明等,确保该俱乐部与本土俱乐部“同规同罚”。
三、双向价值:足球强国的核心收益与落后国家的突破路径
1. 对足球强国:挖掘参与国市场,提升自身商业价值
这是目标国家愿意接纳该机制的核心逻辑——通过引入中国等参与国的“国家队化俱乐部”,可深度绑定参与国的庞大市场与资源:
- 商业价值提升:以中国为例,中国拥有超10亿球迷基数,若“中国国家队化俱乐部”嵌入英超、西甲体系,将大幅提升该联赛在中国市场的转播权收入、品牌赞助金额(如中国企业会更倾向于赞助有中国俱乐部参与的联赛);同时,目标国家的本土球星将获得更多中国市场的广告代言资源,个人商业价值显著增长。
- 足球推广与国际合作:外战俱乐部的加入将丰富联赛的国际化属性,吸引全球更多球迷关注(如印度、印尼等人口大国参与后,联赛的亚洲市场覆盖度将大幅提升);此外,联赛层面的合作可推动目标国家与参与国在体育产业、文化交流等领域的深度合作,形成“足球搭台、多领域唱戏”的共赢格局。
- 经济效益增量:除固定的年度参赛费外,外战俱乐部带来的球迷消费(如门票、周边商品、客场观赛旅游)将直接拉动目标国家的体育经济,尤其对联赛中下游球队的营收补充作用显著。
2. 对落后国家:实战驱动全方位提升(以中国足球为例)
- 竞技水平突破:国家队班底长期在足球强国的联赛中实战(如在英超低级别联赛、意甲青训联赛对抗),能快速打磨球员的个人技术、战术适配能力与对抗强度,避免国内联赛“低水平循环”;10-20年内可稳定具备冲击世界杯的实力。
- 青训体系激活:俱乐部需从国内持续选拔新人,将倒逼国内青训标准向目标国家看齐(如学习西班牙青训的技术风格、德国青训的战术意识培养),形成“实战筛选-青训优化”的正向循环。
- 成为“抢手合作对象”:中国拥有庞大的足球市场与经济实力,在“每个足球强国仅2个名额”的限制下,英国、西班牙等国将更愿意与中国合作——既能获得稳定参赛费,又能借助中国市场扩大本国联赛的全球影响力,中国将在合作中拥有更多选择权。
四、方案落地预期:以中国足球为例的成效展望
若中国选择英国或西班牙作为目标国家,以国家队为班底组建俱乐部从其低级别业余联赛起步,按正常竞技提升节奏:
- 5-8年内可晋升至目标国家的次级职业联赛(如英冠、西乙),球员已具备与欧洲二流职业球员抗衡的实力;
- 10-15年内有望冲击顶级联赛(英超、西甲),国家队核心阵容将积累大量欧洲顶级联赛实战经验;
- 20年内可稳定进入世界杯决赛圈,青训体系也将因长期“对标欧洲青训”形成自主造血能力,实现足球水平的根本性突破。
该方案通过“实战嵌入+名额限制+商业共赢”,既解决了落后国家“缺乏高水平对抗”的痛点,又为足球强国提供了市场增量,是国际足联助力足球弱势地区发展、推动全球足球均衡化的高效路径。
Proposal for FIFA to Support the Development of Football in Less Developed Countries - Taking Chinese Football as an Example
To help countries ranked below 60th in the world Football rankings (less developed football nations) rapidly improve their competitive level and youth training quality, while avoiding excessive occupation of league resources in football powerhouses (top 60 in the world rankings), this proposal suggests that FIFA launch a "National Team-based Club Overseas League Participation Mechanism". The core idea is to allow less developed countries to form exclusive clubs with their national teams as the core, integrate them into the league systems of football powerhouses starting from lower divisions, and polish their strength through long-term practical competitions. The key reason why football powerhouses are willing to accept this mechanism lies in the ability to deeply tap the market potential and commercial value of participating countries, achieving mutual benefit. The detailed proposal is as follows:
I. Core Rules of the Proposal: Clarifying Participation Thresholds and Operational Boundaries
1. Participant Entities and Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Participating Countries: Limited to countries ranked below 60th in the world football rankings (e.g., China, India, Indonesia). Football powerhouses ranked in the top 60 are prohibited from participating to avoid resource occupation.
- Target Countries: Less developed countries can independently select football powerhouses ranked in the top 60 (e.g., the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy) and use their domestic league systems (including professional, amateur leagues and youth training systems) as the "overseas competition carrier". Key Rule: Each football powerhouse’s league system is allowed to introduce a maximum of 2 "national team-based clubs" from less developed countries (including corresponding overseas teams for the participating country’s youth teams at all levels, such as U17 and U21). This ensures the league’s carrying capacity while enhancing cooperation value through "scarce quotas".
2. Club Formation and Player Rules
- Squad Composition: The club takes the participating country’s "national teams at all age groups (including youth training teams at all levels)" as the core. All players must be of the participating country’s nationality; the introduction of any foreign players is strictly prohibited. Only "naturalized players" in compliance with FIFA regulations can be used to supplement the squad, in line with the naturalization rules of local clubs in the target country.
- Player Movement: The club is allowed to continuously select and adjust players from the participating country’s domestic pool (e.g., calling up new players from domestic leagues and youth training camps) based on on-field performance, maintaining dynamic updates to the squad. However, the bottom line of "all players being of local nationality" must always be adhered to.
3. League Integration and Promotion/Relegation Mechanism
- Starting Division: The participating country’s club must start from the "lowest-level amateur league" of the target country (e.g., regional amateur leagues in Spain, non-league systems in the UK), strictly follow the promotion and relegation rules of the target country’s league, and be promoted to higher divisions (e.g., Segunda División B in Spain, EFL League Two in the UK, up to the top-tier league) based on strength. Its youth teams at all levels must be simultaneously integrated into the corresponding youth league systems of the target country (e.g., La Liga U19 in Spain) to compete with local youth teams.
- Operational Standards: Fully comply with the supervision system of the target country’s league, including training intensity, competition regulations, financial auditing, and youth training support. The target country’s football association shall supervise the entire process to ensure consistency with the operational standards of local clubs.
II. Fees and Supervision: Ensuring the Sustainability of the Mechanism
1. Participation Fee Setting
Participating countries shall pay an "annual participation fee" to the football association of the target country, with a proposed unified standard of 5 million US dollars per year. The fee is mainly used to cover league management costs, venue rental subsidies, and youth training cooperation funds. For participating countries with strong economic strength and large market scale like China, this fee can be supported by the Commercialization of the domestic football industry, while providing stable income for the target country.
2. Dual Supervision System
- FIFA Level: Responsible for reviewing the cooperation qualifications of participating countries and target countries, supervising the implementation of core rules such as "all players being of local nationality" and "a maximum of 2 overseas clubs per country’s league", and handling cross-border disputes.
- Target Country’s Football Association Level: Responsible for the daily supervision of league operations, including player registration, competition fairness, and financial transparency, to ensure that the club is subject to the same rules and penalties as local clubs.
III. Mutual Value: Core Benefits for Football Powerhouses and Development Path for Less Developed Countries
1. For Football Powerhouses: Tapping the Market of Participating Countries and Enhancing Their Own Commercial Value
This is the core reason why target countries are willing to accept this mechanism. By introducing "national team-based clubs" from participating countries like China, they can deeply connect with the huge market and resources of participating countries:
- Commercial Value Enhancement: Taking China as an example, China has a fan base of over 1 billion. If a "China national team-based club" is integrated into the Premier League or La Liga system, it will significantly increase the league’s broadcast rights revenue and brand sponsorship in the Chinese market (e.g., Chinese enterprises will be more inclined to sponsor leagues with Chinese clubs participating). At the same time, local stars of the target country will gain more advertising endorsement resources in the Chinese market, significantly increasing their personal commercial value.
- Football Promotion and International Cooperation: The addition of overseas clubs will enrich the international nature of the league and attract more fans worldwide (e.g., the participation of populous countries like India and Indonesia will greatly expand the league’s coverage in the Asian market). In addition, league-level cooperation can promote in-depth cooperation between the target country and the participating country in sports industry, cultural exchanges and other fields, forming a win-win pattern of "football as a bridge for multi-field cooperation".
- Economic Benefit Growth: In addition to the fixed annual participation fee, fan consumption brought by overseas clubs (such as tickets, merchandise, and away game tourism) will directly drive the sports economy of the target country, especially providing a significant revenue supplement for mid-to-lower tier teams in the league.
2. For Less Developed Countries: All-round Improvement Driven by Practical Competitions (Taking Chinese Football as an Example)
- Competitive Level Breakthrough: The core of the national team will gain long-term practical experience in the leagues of football powerhouses (e.g., competing in lower-tier leagues of the Premier League or youth leagues of Serie A), which can quickly polish players’ personal skills, tactical adaptability, and competitive intensity, avoiding the "low-level cycle" of domestic leagues. Within 10-20 years, it will stably gain the ability to qualify for the World Cup.
- Youth Training System Activation: The club needs to continuously select new players from the country, which will force the domestic youth training standards to align with those of the target country (e.g., learning the technical style of Spanish youth training and the tactical awareness training of German youth training), forming a positive cycle of "practical selection - youth training optimization".
- Becoming a "Popular Cooperation Partner": China has a huge football market and economic strength. Under the restriction of "a maximum of 2 quotas per football powerhouse", countries like the UK and Spain will be more willing to cooperate with China. They can not only obtain stable participation fees but also expand the global influence of their domestic leagues with the help of the Chinese market, giving China more choices in cooperation.
IV. Expected Implementation Results: Prospects for Chinese Football as an Example
If China selects the UK or Spain as the target country and forms a club with its national team as the core to start from the lower-tier amateur leagues of the target country, following the normal competitive improvement rhythm:
- Within 5-8 years, it can be promoted to the second-tier professional league of the target country (e.g., EFL Championship in the UK, La Liga 2 in Spain), and the players will have the strength to compete with second-tier professional players in Europe.
- Within 10-15 years, it is expected to reach the top-tier league (Premier League, La Liga), and the core of the national team will accumulate rich practical experience in top European leagues.
- Within 20 years, it can stably qualify for the World Cup, and the youth training system will form an independent talent cultivation capacity due to long-term "alignment with European youth training", achieving a fundamental breakthrough in football level.
Through "practical integration + quota restriction + commercial win-win", this proposal not only solves the pain point of "lack of high-level competition" for less developed countries but also provides market growth for football powerhouses. It is an effective path for FIFA to support the development of underdeveloped football regions and promote the balanced development of global football.
来源:奋发有为,高山流水
