Area: Transformation

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We’ve reached 30 million followers on social media!

Sevilla FC continues to strengthen its position as one of the most influential clubs in Spain and across the European digital landscape. The club has recently reached a new communication milestone by surpassing 30 million followers across its official profiles worldwide.

In just two years, Sevilla FC has grown its digital community by 10 million users, consolidating its place as the fourth Spanish club with the largest social media following, behind only Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid. This sustained growth is the result of a clear strategy that uses social media as a direct channel for connection, information and entertainment for fans, while also driving the international expansion of the Sevilla FC brand through tailored plans for each market.

Driving Digital International Expansion

Sevilla FC maintains an active presence across the main social media platforms, with particularly strong growth on TikTok and Facebook in recent years. One of the key drivers behind this development has been the club’s internationalization strategy, which uses the digital environment as a vital tool to reach new audiences. Currently, the club communicates in six languages—Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese and Portuguese—and has a strong footprint in strategic markets such as China, where it has already surpassed two million followers on local social networks, as well as in India, Mexico, the United States, the Middle East, Africa and South America.

Sevilla FC+, A Further Step in the Club’s Digital Transformation

As part of this process, the launch of Sevilla FC+, the club’s on-demand digital content platform, has provided an additional boost to its communication strategy. Since its launch, the platform has surpassed two million views, confirming fans’ strong interest in this new format.

Sevilla FC+ completes the club’s digital media transformation and offers content that is free, registration-based, or subscription-based. Club members have access included after renewing their season ticket for 2025-2026, simply needing to activate the service, while other users can choose from the available subscription plans.

Among the platform’s most notable content are live broadcasts, which have reached peak audiences, especially for preseason matches aired exclusively. Youth academy competitions also play a key role, available both through the subscription and in a pay-per-view format, along with the program El Partido.

The platform also features a carefully curated selection of premium on-demand content, including original productions such as the documentary Jesús Navas: Sobran las Palabras and 16, a series focusing on the club’s history, identity, and fan base. Users can also access historic matches, press conferences, and interviews, adapting to new digital consumption habits. This initiative was recognized with the award for Best New OTT Platform at the SportsPro Media Awards.

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How Talent is Built at Sevilla FC

With the aim of promoting transparency and highlighting the work behind every action seen on social media, the Sevilla FC Innovation Center launches this new content initiative.

Through periodic publications, we will share the day-to-day activities of the club’s different departments, explaining how they work, what they analyze, and their real impact on player development. A look from the inside to better understand the processes, people, and methodology that sustain Sevilla FC’s sporting project.

Youth Academy Analysis Department

Innovation Applied to the Development of Young Talent

The Youth Academy Analysis Department’s mission is to support the comprehensive development of young talent at Sevilla FC through the structured use of data, video, and analytical methodologies, aligned with the club’s academy methodology.

Its role is to optimize the observation, evaluation, and technical-tactical and individual monitoring of players, providing clear and actionable information to coaches and methodology managers. In addition, it acts as a strategic support for sports decision-making, early talent detection, and career planning, integrating transversally with areas such as scouting, performance, health, and education.

What Do We Analyze?

We analyze the game, players, and context to help make better decisions.

  • Individual and collective technical-tactical behavior (with and without the ball).
  • Performance evolution of each player over time.
  • Consistency with the club’s playing model and detection of specific patterns.
  • Integration of video, match data, and longitudinal tracking to identify strengths, risks, and development opportunities.

This analysis supports the coaching staff, methodology team, and sporting management in planning, training, and strategic decision-making.

How Do We Work During the Week?

  • Recording all training sessions and matches using cameras with artificial intelligence.
  • Using professional software for action tagging and pattern detection.
  • Weekly meetings with coaching staff to support decision-making.
  • Maintaining and updating datasets, accumulating information in a centralized database.
  • Talent tracking and progression monitoring, providing continuous support to coaches and managers.
  • Dynamic data dashboards that facilitate executive decision-making for coaches and club staff.

Why Is This Work Key for the Academy?

  • Objectifying talent development: allows real evaluation of player progression with data and video, beyond subjective perceptions or isolated results.
  • Aligning training with the club’s model: ensures coherence across stages, teams, and methodologies, better preparing players for competitive progression.
  • Improving sports decision-making: supports promotions, retention, and individual development plans with reliable, comparable information.
  • Protecting and maximizing the club’s investment: reduces risks, anticipates needs, and increases the player’s sporting and patrimonial value

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Sevilla FC+ receives recognition at the FBIN Management Excellent Awards

The club’s content platform, Sevilla FC+, continues to rack up recognition within the audiovisual and sports sectors. On this occasion, it has been honored at the FBIN Management Excellence Awards, organized by the renowned specialized media outlet Football Business Inside.

The awards highlighted this digital and audiovisual project as one of the most innovative initiatives with the best global approach in the football industry for 2025, alongside organizations such as Club Brugge and Atlético de Madrid. Additionally, José Ángel Risco, the club’s Head of Digital Content, took part in one of the event’s presentations focused on successful cases in digital strategy.

Alongside these accolades, Sevilla FC+ continues to strengthen its presence in its first five months of operation. In recent days, it has reached one million unique users, and its content, both live and on-demand, has surpassed three million views.

Next week, the platform will once again be up for new awards in the sports industry: the SportsPro Media Awards, to be held on the 18th in Madrid, where it competes in the categories of Best New OTT Platform and Platform of the Year.

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SEVILLA FC+ takes center stage at Innovation Day 2025 held in Seville

Sevilla FC continues to strengthen its commitment to digital innovation and adapting to the new consumption habits of its fans through Sevilla FC+, the club’s content platform, which was a highlight of Innovation Day 2025, held on Thursday, October 23, in Seville.

The event took place at the Hotel Eurostars Torre Sevilla, where Álvaro Ramírez, the club’s Communications Director, and Jara Cisneros, Digital Director, delivered a presentation to various technology professionals from Andalusia. They highlighted how the launch of Sevilla FC+ has transformed the club’s digital ecosystem, enhancing fan engagement and communication.

The platform represents a significant shift in how the club interacts with its supporters, offering exclusive audiovisual content and features that facilitate digital engagement. Sevilla FC+ includes live matches, original on-demand productions, and content tailored to modern consumption habits.

In just four months since its launch, the platform has surpassed 600,000 unique users and over two million views, demonstrating the project’s success and recognition within the sector, with presence at events such as Merge 2025, World Football Summit Madrid 2025, and Innovation Day. Among its most notable content are the exclusive broadcast of the first team’s preseason matches and the original documentary “Jesús Navas: sobran las palabras.”

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Sevilla FC welcomes the visit of the general directors of the K-League.

Sevilla FC, through its Innovation Center, continues to build bridges with various football stakeholders around the world. On October 18th, 19th, and 20th, the club welcomed a group of general directors from clubs in South Korea’s K-League.

The delegation of senior Korean football executives attended live matches of both the Sevilla FC men’s and women’s first teams against RCD Mallorca and Madrid CFF, respectively. They also toured the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium and the José Ramón Cisneros Palacios Training Ground. In addition, they attended several presentations on the club’s working processes in areas such as youth academy development and other business-oriented fields like fan engagement and international communication.

 

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Sevilla FC showcases its commitment to digital innovation and fan engagement at WFS 2025

Sevilla FC has once again taken center stage at the World Football Summit, one of the leading international events in the football industry. In the 2025 edition, held in Madrid, the club participated in one of the forum’s panels, highlighting its commitment to technological innovation in managing its digital relationship with fans.

The club’s Director of Digital, Jara Cisneros, took part in a session focused on fan strategy, knowledge, and engagement, alongside Pedro Parellada, CEO of DruID, and Roger Forns, Director of Innovation and Technology at RCD Mallorca.

During her presentation, Cisneros detailed the digital interaction strategy the club has developed in collaboration with DruID. The main goal of this initiative is to provide fans with the best possible user experience within Sevilla FC’s digital ecosystem, facilitating access to the club’s various products and services, including season ticket and match ticket purchases, official merchandise through the e-commerce platform, and the new audiovisual platform Sevilla FC+, among others.

Sevilla FC has also been a pioneer in implementing a digital identification system based on a membership number and a personal PIN, allowing fans to activate their accounts and access all available services. Starting from the 2025–2026 season, this system also provides access to Sevilla FC+ subscription content, including live matches, documentary series, and historic games that form part of the club’s legacy.

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Big Data and Scouting: Kickstart Your Football Career

The IX Edition of the Master’s in Big Data Applied to Football Scouting opens its final month of enrollment ahead of its start on October 28. This leading program in Spain prepares sports professionals to drive the revolution in player analysis and talent identification in football.

Through its Innovation Center, together with Sports Data Campus and UCAM, Sevilla FC launches the ninth edition of a master’s program recognized by El Mundo as one of the best online programs in Spain. It is a unique opportunity for coaches, analysts, scouts, fitness trainers, sports managers, and football enthusiasts who wish to specialize in tactical analysis, player evaluation, and the application of Big Data in professional scouting.

A Launchpad for Professional Football Careers

The program not only offers cutting-edge training but also opens doors to various professional opportunities in clubs, federations, leagues, and representation agencies. Graduates are prepared to take on key roles such as professional scouts, scouting analysts, heads of scouting departments, technological scouting specialists, or recruitment consultants, among others.

In an increasingly competitive sector, mastering data interpretation and digital scouting tools makes graduates highly sought-after by sports organizations.

Preparation from Day One

Before the program begins, students gain access to a free pre-master that includes three certified diplomas providing foundational knowledge:

  • Fundamentals of Football Analysis (with Pablo Sanzol, Technical Secretariat, Deportivo Alavés).
  • Mathematics and Statistics Applied to Sports with R (with Javier Fernández, Data Scientist at Sportian).
  • Advanced Analytics with Python (with Luis F. Úbeda).

This preparatory stage ensures that each student starts the master’s program fully equipped to make the most of the experience.

Enrollment Open

The registration period is now in its final stage. Those interested in joining this new edition can find all the information and complete their enrollment here: Master’s in Big Data Applied to Football Scouting.

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DataMB destaca el potencial de Lucien Agoumé

En el fútbol contemporáneo, la toma de decisiones estratégicas ha evolucionado para incorporar de manera decisiva el análisis avanzado de datos. Esta transformación no solo permite evaluar el rendimiento de los jugadores con mayor precisión, sino que también facilita la identificación temprana del talento.

Recientemente, la web especializada en análisis de datos de rendimiento en fútbol, Data MB, ha destacado a Lucien Agoumé entre los centrocampistas sub-23 más prometedores de Europa.

Los datos proporcionados por la plataforma DataMB evidencian su rendimiento en indicadores clave como la tasa de duelos ganados, que alcanza el 81 %, un porcentaje que refleja su capacidad para imponerse en disputas cuerpo a cuerpo y recuperar la posesión en zonas críticas del campo. Su precisión en pases progresivos es otro dato relevante: con un 85,3 % de acierto, Agoumé demuestra no solo control y seguridad, sino también una visión clara para avanzar el juego y conectar con compañeros en posiciones ofensivas. Además, su efectividad en pases clave, con un 89 %, destaca su contribución directa en la generación de oportunidades de gol, situándolo entre los mejores de su generación.

El recorrido de Agoumé ilustra la importancia del análisis detallado y contextualizado. Durante la temporada 2024-2025, su acumulado de casi 2.800 minutos en 35 encuentros de LaLiga se traduce en una muestra estadística sólida para evaluar su impacto real en el equipo.

            Este tipo de evolución es detectable, cuantificable y justificable únicamente a través del análisis profundo de datos, como el que se trabaja en el Máster en Big Data Aplicado al Scouting en Fútbol, donde los alumnos aprenden precisamente a construir e interpretar este tipo de modelos comparativos para detectar talento en desarrollo y proyectar su crecimiento potencial en función de sus registros.

Este tipo de análisis requiere de un proceso de recolección, limpieza y modelado de datos deportivos, una competencia que se desarrolla en profundidad en el Máster en Big Data Aplicado al Scouting en Fútbol, impulsado por el Sevilla FC Innovation Center y Sports Data Campus. Los estudiantes de este programa adquieren habilidades para trabajar con plataformas especializadas como Wyscout, StatsBomb o Instat, y para manipular grandes volúmenes de datos mediante herramientas técnicas como Python, R, y Excel avanzado.

Por ejemplo, aprenden a extraer y limpiar datos de eventos como duelos, pases o tiros, y a normalizar métricas para que reflejen el rendimiento por cada 90 minutos jugados. También practican el diseño de modelos que permitan anticipar la progresión de un jugador a partir de sus datos históricos, ayudando a clubes a decidir inversiones con respaldo estadístico.

 Además, los alumnos desarrollan capacidades en visualización avanzada de datos, utilizando dashboards interactivos y gráficos que facilitan la comunicación con entrenadores y directivos. Por ejemplo, pueden crear mapas de calor que evidencien zonas de influencia o gráficos radar que comparen a jugadores según sus fortalezas tácticas, permitiendo a los cuerpos técnicos tomar decisiones fundamentadas.

 La elaboración de informes de scouting automatizados y comparativos es otro aspecto fundamental del máster. Los estudiantes trabajan en proyectos reales, simulando la evaluación y seguimiento de futbolistas en distintos mercados, creando reportes que integran análisis cuantitativos y cualitativos para asesorar fichajes o renovaciones. Así, pueden detectar perfiles como el de Agoumé antes de que se consoliden, valorando no solo estadísticas aisladas, sino su impacto global en el modelo de juego y su proyección a futuro.

El fútbol ha cambiado, y la manera de descubrir y entender el talento también. Este máster ofrece una oportunidad única para quienes desean ser parte activa de esta revolución, transformando datos en conocimiento aplicable, y convirtiéndose en piezas clave en la innovación deportiva.

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9th Edition of the Master’s in Big Data Applied to Football Scouting

Once again, it’s time to open the enrollment period for the “Master’s in Big Data Applied to Football Scouting.”
Now in its ninth edition, this program is aimed primarily at professionals and football enthusiasts seeking to specialize in the area of scouting: coaches, analysts, scouts, fitness coaches, or sports managers.

Co-organized by the Sevilla FC Innovation Center, Sports Data Campus, and the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), this program has already trained over 2,600 students in its four-year history. The master’s is also ideal for those who want to take their first steps into the world of scouting and build a professional career in football.

This is a unique opportunity to access professional football, improve career prospects in a constantly evolving industry, and become an expert in talent identification and analysis.
Interested individuals can find more details at this link.

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Sevilla FC showcases its commitment to artificial intelligence at IBM Think 2025

Sevilla Fútbol Club has once again demonstrated its strong commitment to technological innovation by participating, for the second consecutive year, in the prestigious IBM Think 2025 event, held in Boston, USA. In this edition, the Andalusian club focused its presentation on the strategic use of generative Artificial Intelligence, highlighting the implementation of Meta’s Llama model in tools developed by its sports department.

During a panel discussion centered on real-world applications of generative AI across various industries, Elías Zamora, Sevilla FC’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), shared the stage with Ricardo López Barquilla, Vice President of AI at Meta, and Ritika Gunnar, General Manager of Data and AI at IBM. The conversation explored how the Llama model is transforming key processes in multiple sectors, particularly in the field of elite sports.

Zamora presented the case of Scout Advisor, a tool developed by the club that incorporates the Llama model to significantly enhance the efficiency of queries within its scouting report database. Thanks to this integration, the club’s scouting department can access critical player information more quickly and accurately, thus improving decision-making in recruitment and strategic planning.

In addition to its participation in the forum, Sevilla FC used its time in Boston to strengthen ties with other organizations that are part of the AI Alliance—an international coalition of tech companies and academic institutions promoting the open, ethical, and responsible development of artificial intelligence. Sevilla FC joined this alliance in March 2025, becoming one of the first sports clubs to do so.

With its presence at IBM Think 2025, Sevilla FC not only reinforces its position as a leader in applying advanced technology to sports, but also solidifies its role in the global AI ecosystem, aligning its innovation strategy with some of the world’s leading tech pioneers.

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Sevilla FC takes part in the WORLD FOOTBALL SUMMIT in Rabat

Sevilla Fútbol Club continues to demonstrate its commitment to its internationalization strategy and was present at the World Football Summit Africa 2025, held in Rabat, Morocco, on April 9th and 10th.

The club’s Head of International Sports Projects, José Collado, took part in one of the conference panels focused on the differences and similarities between European and African clubs. During the session, he was able to share key elements of the club’s internationalization plan and the strong results achieved in this process, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, with Morocco being one of the key countries in this growing development. He also highlighted cooperation agreements with the NPFL of Nigeria and the Future Falcons project in Saudi Arabia.

Furthermore, Sevilla FC’s participation in the WFS in Rabat reinforces the club’s commitment to knowledge exchange and global collaboration within the football industry, strengthening institutional relationships and gaining first-hand insights into the new realities and opportunities emerging across the global football landscape.

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The Master’s in Innovation and Digital Transformation concludes a March full of learning

The Master’s in Innovation and Digital Transformation in Sports Entities at the Sevilla FC Innovation Center, organized in partnership with Sport Data Campus, has concluded a March full of interesting presentations from various experts.

Javier Gil, Head of AI Implementation and Development at LaLiga, delivered the talk “An Honest Approach to Generative AI and the Future of Work.” Meanwhile, Juan Esteban Gómez Llamas, a member of the Sevilla FC Innovation Center, conducted a live class titled “Understanding Processes in a Sports Entity.”

On March 11, 12, and 13, students had the opportunity to attend 3 Master Classes presented by Carlos González Graña, founding partner and CEO of BHI Capital; once again, Juan Esteban Gómez Llamas; and Miguel Angel Loor, President of the Liga Pro in Ecuador. The first spoke about investment and entrepreneurship in the sports industry, the second about digital leadership and operational transformation in sports organizations, and the third presented the business model of the Ecuadorian Liga Pro.

Also featured were Conrado Sandoval, Director of Competition Development at La Liga MX, and Débora Saldanha, Head of Innovation at Club Atlético Mineiro in Brazil. The training sessions were completed with additional staff from Sevilla FC, such as the club’s General Director, José González-Dans, the Director of Human Resources, Raquel Frías, and the person responsible for Sustainability and the Sevilla FC Foundation, Santiago González. Additionally, Mamen Blanco, an executive specialist in talent development and AI, gave a presentation on this topic to the students.