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How to buy shares in a football club
A simple guide to buying shares in your favourite football team.
Choosing a team to invest in
You can’t invest in all football clubs – only those that are public limited companies (PLCs) 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 one team from the English leagues is listed on the stock exchange for public trading – Manchester United. Arsenal shares are listed on a specialist exchange and are hard to get.
| 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’ve found a team you want to invest in, you need to open a trading account. There are many providers that you can do this through, and you can see a detailed breakdown of some of them in our share dealing section.
Or you can compare some of the UK’s leading share-dealing platforms in the table below.
Compare share dealing platforms
Table: sorted by promoted deals first
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.
Once you’ve opened a trading account it’s time to buy shares in your chosen team. To do this you just 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 football shares:
- Choose a team that is trading on a stock exchange.
- Open a share-trading account.
- Deposit funds into your account.
- Find your team and place the deal.
- You are now a shareholder!
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Ask an Expert
how to buy a share on football or how to invest
Hi Timothy,
Thank you for reaching out to Finder.
For you to purchase shares ina football team and invest in them, please see the steps below:
Choose a team that is trading on the Stock Exchange.
Open a share trading account.
Deposit funds into your account.
Find your team and place the deal.
You are now a shareholder!
The page we are on explains this in detail. Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Reggie