Niewypłacalność zawodowych klubów piłki nożnej
Insolvency of Professional Football Clubs

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to estimate the risk of insolvency and the interdependence between risk indicators and their determinants (factors) in the clubs of the major football league in Poland in the years 2017–2019. The research included two stages. In the first stage, insolvency risk was calculated in the financial, legal and accounting sense of the term. In the second stage, basing on the review of literature and available data, determinants of insolvency risk for professional football clubs were identified and correlation was calculated between the risk indicators and risk factors. The results show that the football clubs of the premier league were functioning in the conditions of insolvency, and in several clubs the state of insolvency was permanent. The research confirms the conclusions drawn from the literature review that net sales revenues and sport results are positively correlated with the insolvency risk. These relationships are typical for most professional football clubs in the world and are easy to explain. Reservations may be raised against the financial management of the clubs. Financial means obtained by the clubs from their financial activity are used not for the development of the company and raising its market value, but for maintaining financial liquidity in order to survive.

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