SOCCEREX TAKES ROOT IN LONDON

Soccerex launches in London, marking its inception. The first-ever event connects football industry professionals from across the globe, laying the groundwork for an expansive global network in the coming years. This pioneering event initiates a significant new era in football business networking.

SOCCEREX’S REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN LONDON

Building on the success of the inaugural event, Soccerex returns to London for the second year. The event deepens the organization’s roots in the UK football industry, establishing lasting relationships and fostering numerous business opportunities.

PARIS WELCOMES SOCCEREX

Riding on the coattails of the successful events in London, Soccerex brings its forum to the heart of European football – Paris. This further strengthens the organization’s European footprint and solidifies its position as a global player in the football industry.

SOCCEREX HITS THE AMERICAN SHORES

With its first event in Los Angeles, Soccerex expands its reach to the American soccer industry. This forum creates a vital platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange between European and American football professionals.

SOCCEREX ARRIVES IN MANCHESTER

In a move to further its impact within the UK, Soccerex selects Manchester, a city deeply ingrained in football history, to host its annual event. This move leverages the city’s football legacy to draw in professionals from across the globe.

SOCCEREX MAKES A MARK IN DUBAI

With its first event in the Middle East, Soccerex establishes a foothold in Dubai. This forum not only strengthens Soccerex’s global network but also fosters connections within the growing football industry in the Middle East.

SOCCEREX RETURNS TO LONDON

The event makes a triumphant return to its city of origin, reestablishing connections and fostering new relationships in the ever-evolving football landscape.

DUBAI PLAYS HOST AGAIN

Building on the success of the 2001 event, Soccerex returns to Dubai. The forum further deepens relationships in the Middle East and highlights the region’s growing influence in global football.

SOCCEREX LANDS IN JOHANNESBURG

Soccerex makes a debut in Africa, selecting Johannesburg as its host city. As the first forum on the African continent, this event marks a major milestone in Soccerex’s mission to connect the global football industry. The event also prepares the stage for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

SOCCEREX LANDS IN SOUTH AFRICA

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ on the horizon, Soccerex agrees a deal with Gauteng Provincial Government to host our main event in Johannesburg for the 3 years leading up to the tournament. The event emphasized the expanding presence of football in the region and also saw the first ever Soccerex Football Festival take place in Nelson Mandela Square.

SOCCEREX RETURNS TO DUBAI

An additional Forum is launched in Dubai to continue the expansion of Soccerex’s relationships in the Middle East. The event was held in conjunction with Dubai Sports City who credited the Forum’s role in fulfilling their commercial objectives in the region.

BRASÍLIA LAUNCHES BRASÍLIA FORUM

Following the announcement of Brazil as hosts for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, Soccerex run a Forum in Brasília. The event established our relations in South America and featured a number of the game’s legends including former European Footballer of the Year, Eusebio, and 1970 FIFA World Cup™ winning captain, Carlos Alberto Torres.

ASIAN FORUM LAUNCHES IN SINGAPORE

With Asia’s footprint in the football industry ever expanding, Singapore is announced as the destination for the inaugural Asian Forum. The event broke new ground for football in the region.

RIO DE JANEIRO HOST GLOBAL CONVENTION

With the Brasilia Forum an overwhelming success, Soccerex returns to Brazil, this time for three years in Rio de Janeiro and with the newly branded Soccerex Global Convention. The events were hugely successful in the region’s preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ and included presentations from Brazilian stars Neymar and Ronaldo, as well as England manager Roy Hodgson.

MANCHESTER LAUNCHES EUROPEAN FORUM

Coinciding with Premier League glory being split amongst the blue and red halves of the city, Soccerex returned to Manchester, the nation’s club capital of football, for the launch of the European Forum.

BELEM LAUNCHES ROADSHOW

Working alongside the Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro and the anticipation leading up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, Soccerex launch the Belem Roadshow.

LAGOS LAUNCHES SEMINAR

Soccerex’s commitment to promoting the growth of football business worldwide reaches new regions in 2012 with our inaugural event in West Africa, the Soccerex Lagos Seminar. The event drew government officials, federations, rights holders and football legends, as well as over 40 brands including Pepsi, Porsche, Virgin Atlantic, Guinness and Edox.

DURBAN LAUNCHES AFRICAN FORUM

Following the success of South Africa’s hosting of the Global Convention, Soccerex returns, this time to Durban, for the African Forum. The event re-established Soccerex’s strong ties in the region and welcomed leading figures in the African game including Lucas Radebe and Christian Karembeu.

BARBADOS LAUNCHES AMERICAS FORUM

Soccerex’s inaugural Americas Forum is launched on the beautiful island of Barbados in conjuction with Barbados Tourism Marketing. The event welcomed leading figures on the continent including MLS Commissioner Don Garber.

JORDAN HOST ASIAN FORUM

The Asian Forum moves from Singapore to the banks of The Dead Sea, Jordan, for two years. The event was highly succesful in connecting Asia’s numerous stakeholders and also welcomed the legendary Argentinian World Cup winner, Diego Maradona, for an exclusive 1-2-1 interview with spanish journalist Guillem Balague.

MANCHESTER HOST GLOBAL CONVENTION

Building on the incredible success of the European Forum, The Global Convention moves back to Manchester in a 4 year deal. Since returning to Manchester, the event has continued to grow in stature with LaLiga, The Football League, French Football Federation and Ligue de Football Professionnel amongst the Convention’s institutional partners. Iconic football legends such as the ‘Class of ’92’ and Sir Bobby Charlton have also.

MEXICO HOSTS THE AMERICAS FORUM

The Soccerex Americas Forum in Mexico was a triumph, the first to be held in the country. The Forum exceeded expectations with over 860 delegates in attendance including representatives from 58 countries and more than 50 companies exhibiting.

QATAR HOSTS THE ASIAN FORUM

Branching out into a new region, the 2016 Soccerex Asian Forum was held in Qatar for the first time. With the country set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, it provided the perfect setting for football to come together for two days of insight, networking and business.

FINAL SOCCEREX GLOBAL CONVENTION IN MANCHESTER

Soccerex returns to Manchester one more time for a Global Convention attended by 3,000 delegates from all four corners of the globe.

In 2018, Soccerex Americas was held for the first time at the wonderful Marlins Park in Miami. This year also saw us host Soccerex China in the fantastic setting of China Zhuhai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, welcoming football industry professionals from around the globe.

2019 saw us celebrate a hattrick of three large scale events, returning to China, welcoming the Soccerex Family to Portugal for our European event and a return to Miami for Soccerex Americas.

In the most trying of times, Soccerex innovated and managed to keep the special essence of our gatherings of the global football community when we held the first of our digital event trilogy, Soccerex Connected, in September, welcoming over 2,000 delegates and provided over 22 hours of content from 100+ speakers.

The second instalment of Soccerex Connected was held in February, following the content based social media success of the first show of its kind. Soccerex Connected 100, a record-breaking networking focused event held over 100 days from June – August, saw us pass the 1m impressions barrier on X for our digital platform and a total of 6,500 attendees from over 100 Countries.

The year that we and the global football business community were waiting for did not disappoint, with a return to what we do best at the brilliant Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, where we hosted 2,000+ delegates, a record breaking 650 rightsholders, over 100 speakers and some of the best social evenings ever, it was good to be back!

Miami 2023

As the famous song lyrics go “Bienvenidos a Miami”, Soccerex welcome the global football business industry to the Magic City in November 2023, for our 4th instalment in what is now our adopted home.

Europe 2024

Following a record-breaking event this past November in Miami which attracted over 1,500 delegates from more than 60 countries, we brought together leading football executives from around the world in Amsterdam, shortly before the start of the European Championships in Germany.

Miami 2024

After our fourth and most recent instalment in the magic city in November 2023 which saw 29-year-old Soccerex records shattered, it was confirmed that the USA is truly the beautiful games’ adopted home!

Mena 2025

The football business industry’s trifecta of major gatherings began with Soccerex MENA, in partnership with Sports Expo, which took place from February 23-26. This event was hosted in Cairo, Egypt, the home of “The Pharaohs,“ the most successful national team in African Cup of Nations history.