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Strategic advice for clubs and federations.

Aydogan Football Management is a boutique football consultancy. We advise clubs, federations and football organisations on club development, football operations and international growth, and stay involved until the strategy delivers.

  • 25+ international projects delivered
  • MSc Sport Management & Business of Football
  • FIFA Licensed Match Agent and Football Agent
  • Founder-led since 2022
A tactics board: a route from where you are, through strategy and execution, to your objective. Where you are Strategy Execution Your objective

How we create value.

Strategic advisory is at the heart of every engagement. Where the strategy calls for it, we also deliver.

Strategic Advisory

Independent advice for clubs, federations and football organisations on club development, football operations, organisational structure and international growth.

Explore Strategic Advisory
  • Club development
  • Football operations
  • Organisational development
  • International growth
  • International market entry

Execution that follows the strategy

Each is designed around your objective, never as a stand-alone event.

Consultancy before execution.

Many organisations begin by asking what project they can deliver. We begin by asking what you are trying to achieve.

Your objective comes first
Before any project, we take the time to understand your ambitions, challenges and long-term plans.
Tailored, never standard
Every engagement is designed around your situation. We don’t sell packages.
Relationships before transactions
We build partnerships that last well beyond a single project.
Football-specific expertise
Strategic thinking, international football knowledge and a network to act on it.
Founder-led, start to finish
You work directly with Ahmed. Boutique quality over organisational scale.

How we work.

Every engagement follows the same six steps. A completed project is the start of a partnership, not the end of one.

  1. Understand

    Every collaboration begins with your ambitions, challenges and long-term objectives. We identify the opportunities that best support your development before proposing anything.

  2. Advise

    We provide strategic guidance and tailored recommendations, so every project serves a broader sporting, organisational or commercial strategy.

  3. Connect

    We connect you with the right clubs, federations and partners from our international network, opening doors that would otherwise stay closed.

  4. Deliver

    We manage the execution with careful preparation, clear responsibilities and transparent communication, driven by quality rather than volume.

  5. Strengthen

    The end of a project is not the end of the relationship. We evaluate the outcome with you and keep supporting what comes next.

  6. Grow

    Every partnership strengthens the network and creates new opportunities, for you and for the next collaboration.

International reach.

Supporting clubs and organisations across established and emerging football markets.

Core markets

  • Netherlands
  • Türkiye
  • Australia

Extended network

  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Qatar
  • Oman

We grow through the quality of our relationships, not the number of markets we enter.

Founder-led. You work directly with Ahmed.

Ahmed Aydoğan founded Aydogan Football Management in 2022 so that clubs and federations could build their international plans on strategy rather than chance. Before football, he worked in finance for several Dutch banking institutions. He brings the same discipline to every project: clear objectives, careful preparation and transparent communication.

He holds an MSc in Sport Management and the Business of Football from Birkbeck, University of London, and is licensed by FIFA as both a Match Agent and a Football Agent. He works in Dutch, English and Turkish, across Amsterdam, London and Istanbul.

Every partnership should leave a club, federation or organisation stronger than before.

Ahmed Aydoğan, Founder and Managing DirectorMore about AFM

Tell us what you want to achieve.

Every collaboration starts with a conversation about your objective.

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