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Top 10 Football Clubs – The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025

The countdown continues with the Top 10 of the Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025, and today we reveal one of the most followed and hotly contested categories: Football Clubs.


Football remains the world’s most popular sport - and working for a top club is a dream for countless professionals in the industry. These brands go far beyond the pitch. They’re global powerhouses of sport, business, and culture, offering dynamic career opportunities across a range of areas including marketing, media, operations, and performance.


The final ranking will be announced on May 8th, during the iWorkinSport Awards Ceremony at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, part of the iWorkinSport Convention & Job Fair.


This year’s Top 10 list reflects both global reach and European dominance, with nine clubs from Europe and one from the United States. Notably, Inter Miami CF makes the cut, further proof of the rising appeal of Major League Soccer among global sport professionals.


As always, the shortlist is based on the iWorkinSport global survey, which asked professionals working in - or aspiring to work in - sport:“If you could choose to work anywhere in sport, where would that be?”


In the Football Clubs category, the Top 10 Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025, listed alphabetically, are:


AC Milan (Italy)

Arsenal (England)

Barcelona (Spain)

Bayern Munich (Germany)

Inter Miami CF (USA)

Liverpool (England)

Manchester City (England)

Manchester United (England)

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Real Madrid (Spain)


The iWorkinSport Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025 Report will be released on May 9th, 2025, featuring detailed rankings, analysis of key industry trends, and exclusive interviews with sport business leaders. Pre-order your free copy HERE.

Stay tuned for more shortlists coming soon. 


More about The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025

The 2025 survey was conducted from 1 February to 15 March, gathering 1,148 responses from professionals of 65 different nationalities, living in 57 countries. A highly qualified sample, 91% of respondents hold at least a bachelor’s degree, with 65% having completed postgraduate education. Notably, 93% of participants already work in sport.

Disclaimer: As the name suggests, the Most Attractive Employers in Sport survey doesn’t aim to measure employee satisfaction but rather Employer Branding - it reflects how attractive an organisation is perceived by professionals who aspire to work in sport.


About iWorkinSport

iWorkinSport is the Global Hub for all things career, recruitment and education in sport.

The company connects and provides solutions and opportunities to all stakeholders in the field of career development in sport - be it candidates, employers, employees, students, academic programmes, HR professionals, recruitment agencies, consultants, career coaches, etc. It also produces, aggregates and curates content and knowledge relevant to careers in sport.

iWorkinSport was created in 2017 with the aim to organise the first truly international career fair focused on the sports industry. It enables some of the most renowned organisations to meet, interview and recruit students and alumni from the most prestigious sport management programmes in the world. 

World-class sports organisations have been in attendance, recruiting at the event. The next iWorkinSport Convention & Job Fair will happen in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 9th. For more information and to register, go to www.iworkinsport.com/jobfair.  

Contact: For more information, contact info@iworkinsport.com.

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