Upgrade to Premium Now MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The Management Excellence Awards honor football organizations that set new standards in areas like, innovation, digital transformation, and internationalization.
From initiatives that foster innovation and strengthen company culture to projects creating social impact, increasing global presence, or transforming operations, these awards celebrate excellence in how football organizations plan, manage, and execute their most important initiatives.
Learn moreThe categories
Best Innovation Initiative
The award for initiatives that demonstrate how organisations embrace innovation as part of their strategy and culture.
Submit an Entry Impact Beyond Business
Recognising projects that create outstanding positive social, environmental, or community impact.
Submit an Entry Outstanding Organisational Development
Recognising projects that strengthen organisational performance through strategic development, transformation, new ways of working, talent development, or organisational excellence, creating sustainable impact and long-term success.
Submit an Entry Best Venue Experience Initiative
Recognising projects that enhance the venue experience through innovative operations, visitor engagement, accessibility, technology, or service excellence, creating lasting value for fans, guests, and stakeholders.
Submit an Entry Best Digital Transformation Initiative
Recognising projects that achieve lasting organisational improvement through digital transformation efforts.
Submit an Entry Best Tool or Service
Honors tools or services that have a big impact on the strategic and operational management of football organisations.
The submission costs 600 Euro and includes one Premium Ticket for the MGMTXS2026. The submission is free for members of the FBIN Company Network.
Submit an Entry The submission costs 600 Euro and includes one Premium Ticket for the MGMTXS2026. The submission is free for members of the FBIN Company Network.
Further Information
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Submitted initiatives must have taken place within the last 12 months – they may have started or ended outside this period. Each initiative can only be submitted once for the same FBIN Excellence Award. - The three organizations on the shortlist for each award category will receive a free premium ticket for the FBIN Management Excellence Summit.
- Be sure to give your submission a unique ‘Application Title’ – this will be engraved on the trophy and used in communications. And use the ‘Message’ input field to provide a brief explanation of the project in a few sentences.
SCHEDULE
Submission Opens
25 August, 2026
Submission Deadline
13 October, 2026, midnight
Shortlist Announcement
27 October, 2026
Award Ceremony
17 November 2026, as part of the Welcome Evening at the FBIN Management Excellence Summit in Lisbon
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