How to buy shares in a football club

All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Capital is at risk.

Whether you’re a life-long fan or simply looking for an investment, this handy guide will help you through the process of buying shares in a football club. Read on to find out which clubs you can buy shares in and exactly how you can go about getting a piece of some of the biggest teams in football.

Choosing a team to invest in

You can’t invest in all football clubs, only ones that are Public Limited Companies (PLC’s) are available on the stock market for you to buy shares in. You can see a full list of available football teams in the table below. Currently, only 2 teams from the English leagues are listed on the stock exchange – Manchester United and Arsenal.

Club	Country	League
Manchester United	England	Premier League
Juventus	Italy	Serie A
AS Roma	Italy	Serie
Arsenal FC	England	Premier League
Rangers FC	Scotland	Scottish Premiership
Celtic	Scotland	Scottish Premiership
Borussia Dortmund	Germany	Bundesliga

You’ve chosen your team, what next?

Once you have found a team you want to invest in, you need to open yourself a trading account. There are many providers that you can do this through, and you can see a detailed breakdown of some of them on this in our share dealing section.

Or just compare some of the UK’s leading share dealing platforms in the table below.

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• Share dealing platforms
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Capital is at risk.

Now you have opened a trading account it’s time to buy shares in your chosen team. To do this you simply need to search for the team name on your chosen provider’s platform, decide how much money you want to invest – and that’s it. You now own shares in a football team!

To summarise

Here’s a quick summary of all the steps you need to go through to buy shares in a football team.

1. Choose a team that is trading on the Stock Exchange.
2. Open a share trading account.
3. Deposit funds into your account.
4. Find your team and place the deal.
5. You are now a shareholder!

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