Royal Football Fund

Royal Football Fund
Type	Private
Industry	Sports investment
Founded	Dubai, UAE (2013)
Headquarters	Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people	Sukumar Nair ; Pradeep Chandra ; Samir Jain ; Maulik Parekh ; Antonio Perini
Services	Sports investments
Revenue	US$ 5.6 billion (2018)
Owners	Sulaiman Al Fahim ; Guilherme Kayque Garbacchio Saldanha ; Akram Ojjeh Jr
Parent	United Investment Bank Limited, Cerberus Capital Management, TAG Group
Subsidiaries	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. (30%)
Website	royalfootballfund.com

Royal Football Fund is a sports investment company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, associated to the United Investment Bank Limited .

Deals with the sports club

Portsmouth F.C.

On 2009, it was reported that Al-Fahim had signed a deal to take over the English Premier League club Portsmouth.[1]

Mumbai City FC

During the Mubadala Senior Leadership Forum,[2] Al-Fahim became friends with Wilhelm Kayque Garbacchio Saldanha, son of a Russian billionaire shareholder of Gazprom, which had the same desires to buy football clubs. Mr Saldanha is the main investor of Mumbai City FC. It is a football franchise in Mumbai, Maharashtra, plays in the Indian Super League, owned by Guilherme Kayque G. Saldanha, Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh.[3]

CB Gran Canaria

In April 2016 it was announced the Royal Football Fund as a new investor of the Spanish basketball club based in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, CB Gran Canaria.[4]

Partnership

In November 2008 Al Fahim was honored with a gold medal of excellence from HM Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, The King of Malaysia, for his work supporting Equestrian activities worldwide. Al Fahim was honored with this distinction during the FEI World Endurance Championship 2008 in Malaysia.

In 2015 initiated partnership with Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. They also have a business relationship with Crystal Palace, club based in South Norwood, London.[5]

Other football clubs

Schalke 04
Red Star Belgrade
PAOK
Manchester City
Zenit St Petersburg

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References

"Portsmouth agree to takeover bid". 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
http://hmeevents.com/works/mubadala-senior-leadership-forum-2013/
"At Mumbai city FC, we approached merchandising as a brand-building concept, not a revenue generator - SmartCEO". SmartCEO. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
http://www.solobasket.com/liga-endesa/un-jeque-apuesta-por-el-baloncesto-y-por-el-herbalife-gran-canaria
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-03-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Portsmouth agree to takeover bid". 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-30.

[2] ttp://hmeevents.com/works/mubadala-senior-leadership-forum-2013/

[3] "At Mumbai city FC, we approached merchandising as a brand-building concept, not a revenue generator - SmartCEO". SmartCEO. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2018-05-30.

[4] ttp://www.solobasket.com/liga-endesa/un-jeque-apuesta-por-el-baloncesto-y-por-el-herbalife-gran-canaria

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-03-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)