Sport Management

What Sport Management does

LF Sport Management S.à.r.l is a Swiss-domiciled football player representation agency founded in 2002 by Lorenzo Falbo and headquartered in Nyon. The company provides full-service athlete representation — contract negotiation, administrative, legal, financial, and image-rights management — allowing professional and developing footballers to focus exclusively on sport. Between 2005 and 2022, the firm facilitated more than 90 player transfers and advised clubs on recruitment, holding FIFA/ASF player-agent licences as well as licences from the football federations of Italy, France, Andorra, and Spain. Operations span Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, the Benelux region, and Colombia, supported by roughly a dozen in-house agents, regional representatives, and administrative staff, plus a wholly-owned marketing subsidiary (Yoocom, established 2020 in Cuneo, Italy) and an exclusive MBP School of Coaches representation partnership covering French-speaking Europe, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.

The business monetises primarily through transfer and contract-negotiation commissions on each player placement, supplemented by ancillary revenue lines: a women's football department (launched February 2021), corporate football-management seminars, gala matches and event organisation, VIP hospitality packages to European matches, and a family-office/wealth-management offering routed through partner financial institutions. Go-to-market is relationship-driven, sales-led, and reliant on the personal networks of agents and regional representatives, with brand presence built through Instagram (@sportmgtsuisse), the corporate website, and earned media in Swiss outlets (RTS, Le Matin, Le Temps, Léman Bleu). The company is founder-owned, privately held, and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding, and there is no evidence of proprietary technology — core "infrastructure" is human capital (licensed agents, mental coach, financial partners) rather than software or platform technology.

The product surface has been deliberately broadened beyond pure representation: in 2017 LF launched Switzerland's first football intermediary training programme (co-organised with SAWI from the second edition), and through Yoocom it offers content creation, personal branding, social-media management, sponsorship consulting, PR, and event activation for athletes and brands. Differentiation rests on a one-stop-shop service model (legal + financial + image + mental coaching + family office under a single roof), multi-federation licensing, and an early-mover position in women's football representation, though no comparable agent in scale to the largest global football agencies (e.g., Gestifute, Mino Raiola's successors) is observable in the data.

Name

Sport Management

Legal name

LF Sport Management S.à.r.l

Website

https://sportmgt.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LF Sport Management is a Swiss-licensed football player representation agency founded in 2002, providing contract negotiation, legal, financial, image, and coaching services to professional and developing footballers across Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, and Colombia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Management Services

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Athlete Talent Agencies (Contract Negotiation & Career Management) (MPAKAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Athlete & Talent Representation (Agents, Managers) (MPAKAKAA), Sports Business Consulting & Advisory (Strategy, Valuation, Due Diligence) (MPAKAKAL)

Keywords

• Sports management services
• Athlete representation
• Player transfers
• Contract negotiation
• Sports marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nyon

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Player Representation and Transfer Commission: The company earns commissions from player transfers and contract negotiations. Between 2005 and 2022, they facilitated over 90 transfers and advised several clubs on recruitment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LF Sport Management is a Swiss-based sports management agency that represents professional and developing football players, handling contract negotiations, transfers, legal, financial, image rights, and coaching support. The agency also offers complementary services including football intermediary training, corporate seminars, event organization, VIP hospitality packages, and operates the in-house marketing agency Yoocom.

Product overview

LF Sport Management operates as a sports management agency offering a comprehensive suite of services centered around professional athlete representation. The core offering consists of player representation services (contract negotiation, administrative/legal support, financial management, image rights, and career planning). The company has expanded into complementary services including football agent training (in partnership with SAWI), corporate seminars on football-business parallels, event organization (gala matches, tournaments), and VIP hospitality travel packages. A communication/marketing sub-brand called Yoocom handles brand management and sponsorship consulting. The portfolio includes specialized offerings such as a women's football department (launched 2021) and mental coaching partnerships. The company operates across Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Benelux, Colombia, and several African countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Yoocom: Sports marketing agency specializing in communication for brands, large companies, and high-level athletes and sportspeople. Services include content & creative, personal branding, graphic & web design, digital & social media, celebrity strategy, sponsorship consulting, public relations, event management, experiential activation, and merchandising. Operates primarily in Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain.

Products and services

• Player Representation Services Full-service athlete representation for professional and developing footballers including contract negotiation, administrative, legal, financial management, image rights, mental and physical coaching, and post-career planning. Designed for professional football players and clubs in Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, and Colombia.
• Football Intermediary Training Program Training program for football agents and intermediaries covering the football intermediary profession. The second edition, organized in partnership with SAWI, expanded to 80 hours of courses. Targeted at individuals seeking to enter the football agent profession.
• Corporate Seminars and Conferences

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90 transfers facilitated between 2005 and 2022

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• MBP School of CoachescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020Since May 2020, LF Sport Management is the exclusive representative of MBP in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Canada, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and all French-speaking African countries for 5 years. MBP offers a unique coaching methodology based on 15+ years of practical field studies and university research.
• FOURTEENcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020FOURTEEN is the official partner of LF Sport Management. They collaborated with the Kosovar Football Federation in June 2018 to negotiate the equipment supplier contract (2018-2022). FOURTEEN became the equipment supplier for all LF Sport Management collaborators from May 2020.
• YOOCOMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020YOOCOM is a sports marketing agency operating in Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain, specializing in communication for brands, large companies, and high-level athletes. Core business includes content & creative, personal branding, graphic & web design, digital & social media, celebrity strategy, sponsorship consulting, PR, event management, and merchandising. Yoocom is based in Cuneo, Italy, opened in 2020.
• Financial PartnerssupportingOthersLF Sport Management collaborates with first-tier financial institutions to help athletes build and secure their wealth. An experienced team of collaborators linked to the sports industry provides personalized financial guidance.
• Elite Swiss CoachsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerElite Swiss Coach is a cabinet of Swiss coaches specializing in mental preparation of athletes and performers. Their mental coach Astrid Espinosa provides personalized mental coaching services to LF Sport Management athletes.
• Swiss Football Federation (ASF)coreOthersOfficial licensing partner - the company holds FIFA/ASF player agent license
• Italian Football Federation (FIGC)supportingOthersLicensed by Italian Football Federation
• French Football Federation (FFF)supportingOthersLicensed by French Football Federation
• Andorran Football Federation (FAA)supportingOthersLicensed by Andorran Football Federation
• Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)supportingOthersLicensed by Spanish Football Federation
• SAWIsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAWI, specialized in Marketing and Communication for over 50 years, partnered with Sport Management from June 2017 to organize the 2nd edition of football intermediary training in Switzerland. SAWI offers Bachelor and Master programs in Sport Management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/sportmgtsuisse
• Facebookfacebook.com/sportmgt.suisse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sportmgt-ch

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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