Football State

What Football State does

Football State (מדינת הכדורגל) is an Israeli web-based platform that organizes and manages amateur walking football (כדורגל הליכה) — a low-impact variant of football designed for older adults — across Israel. Founded in 2002, the platform serves a network of 94+ registered amateur teams and individual players across at least 14 Israeli regions including Tel Aviv, Sharon, Golan, Haifa, Jerusalem, Kiryat Bialik, Ashkelon, and Kiryat Ono. Its core offerings include a Team Management Platform, Player Statistics System, Tournament and League Management, Championship tracking, a Player Transfer Market, Matchday scheduling, and Media Gallery features, all delivered through a self-serve web portal with regional coordinator approval workflows.

The technology stack is a traditional web-based league management system with no disclosed APIs, SDKs, mobile applications, or AI/ML capabilities. The platform supports multiple competition formats including the League of Nations 2026, the League of Menashe 2026, the Walking Football Cup 2025/26, regional tournaments (e.g., Ashkelon, Kiryat Bialik Northern tournament), and the annual Michael Shai Memorial Tournament. Football State operates with a lean team of approximately 5 employees, and its institutional relationships include a sponsorship and co-organization partnership with Israel's National Insurance Funds (קרנות הביטוח הלאומי).

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but appear to derive from recurring team registration and tournament participation fees. The company is classified as a non-profit in firmographic data, operates as a private Israeli entity with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, subsidiaries, or external funding rounds, and shows no history of mergers, acquisitions, or leadership changes.

Name

Football State

Legal name

מדינת הכדורגל

Website

https://football-state.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Football State is an Israeli web platform that organizes amateur walking football leagues, tournaments, and championships across 14+ Israeli regions, serving 94+ registered amateur teams and individual players with team management, player statistics, and a player transfer market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Amateur Sports League Management Software

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Other Spectator Sports (711219)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKACAD

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Collegiate & Amateur Sports Organizations (NCAA, Federations, Clubs)

SECONDARYMPAKAAAA

Association Football (Soccer) Leagues

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Professional Sports Leagues (Domestic & International)

SECONDARYMPAKAFAC

National Governing Bodies (NGBs)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Rights Holders & Governing Bodies (Federations, Associations, Sanctioning Bodies)

Keywords

• Walking football league
• Amateur sports management
• Team registration platform
• Tournament management software
• Recreational football platform

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. League and Tournament Fees: Revenue appears to come from team registration fees for leagues and tournaments. Teams pay to register and participate in organized walking football competitions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Football State operates a web-based league management platform dedicated to organizing and running walking football (כדורגל הליכה) leagues and tournaments across Israel. The platform enables amateur teams to self-register, manage rosters, schedule matches, track player and team statistics, and participate in cup competitions and championships, with a player transfer market connecting players seeking teams with clubs recruiting.

Product overview

Football State is a unified platform for amateur football (soccer walking football) league management operating in Israel. The platform provides an integrated suite of tools comprising team and player management, tournament and league organization, championship tracking, and a player transfer market. Key modules include the Team Management Platform for club administration, Player Statistics System for performance tracking, Tournament/League Management for event scheduling, Championship Management for cup competitions, Matchday Platform for game logistics, Player Transfer Market for roster changes, and Media Gallery for event documentation. The platform supports both men's and women's amateur football across multiple regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Team Management Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Teams can manage 28+ matches per month in active leagues

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• קרנות הביטוח הלאומי (National Insurance Funds)coreOthersPartnership with National Insurance Funds for tournament sponsorship. The funds co-organize regional walking football tournaments, including tournaments in Ashkelon (7 southern teams), Kiryat Bialik (Northern teams), and other locations across Israel.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SportEasy: Amateur sports team management app with features for clubs, coaches, and players. Comparable as an emerging player in the same amateur-team-management space, particularly relevant for European markets.
• PlaySports: League and tournament management platform with growing international reach. Comparable as an emerging alternative offering similar scheduling and tournament tools at potentially greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• LeagueApps: Sports league management platform for amateur and youth sports organizations. Comparable as a broader incumbent that could compete for Football State's teams with a more general-purpose, multi-sport offering.
• TeamSnap: Generic sports team management platform widely used for amateur leagues. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering scheduling, rosters, and communication features that overlap with Football State's functionality.
• Maccabi Israel: Israel's largest amateur sports federation operating across multiple sports. Relevant as a broader incumbent in Israeli amateur sports that could potentially absorb walking football programming or compete for participants.
• Israel Football Association (IFA): The official governing body for football in Israel and a much larger player in the same ecosystem. Relevant as the broader incumbent overseeing the sport from which walking football is a derivative, with potential partnership or overlap.

Regional players

• Walking Football Australia: Australian national body for walking football organizing leagues and tournaments. Comparable regional peer in the same niche sport, operating in a different geography with a similar community-organization model.
• Walking Football Spain: Spain-based walking football organization running leagues and tournaments. Comparable regional peer offering the same sport in a different geography, useful as a model for international expansion or franchise thinking.

Direct peers

• Walking Football Association: UK-based national governing body for walking football, organizing leagues, tournaments, and grassroots events. Direct peer as it operates the same sport with a similar community-led, member-club model across a single national market.

Others

• Israeli Sports Association for the Disabled: Israeli non-profit coordinating recreational and adaptive sports programming. Tangentially related as an adjacent non-profit in the Israeli recreational sports ecosystem that shares similar sponsor and volunteer dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/football-state

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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