You would probably never guess which club is the biggest in the world. According to recent research, that title does not belong to Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester United, AC Milan, Barcelona, Boca Juniors, River Plate, Al Ahli… but to Eintracht. The president of the Frankfurt club, Mathias Beck, also bragged about it.German invasion on Camp NouAs per IRIS – Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, the Eintracht Frankfurt Sports Club has as many as 14,000 active athlete members, making it the largest in the world among those that also have a football section. Why is it so? The explanation is quite simple. Of that figure, 4,400 are part of the gymnastics section, as much as 1,600 are registered as triathletes, and there are also numerous picturesque sports such as Frisbee and Gaelic football. In addition, the system is such that it allows all fans who buy a membership card to compete at least for a while in professional competitions in so-called minor sports. As many as 55 are united within the sports association.##NAJAVA_MECA_7873242##”We want to attract people of all interests and races. Everyone can come to us, either for top free activities or hobbies. In the future, we want to build youth centers for many more sports, so that they will be at the level of football. On the other hand, we want to give a chance to all our fans to be able to practice whenever they want and if they reach a certain level through supervised training they will have a chance to compete with the professionals,” says Beck.The media in Germany point out that an important factor of this number is also reflected in the significant inflow of funds for smaller sections through sponsoring deals that are “put on” by the current football club officials, who were previously members of one of the other sections. For example, the current executive director of the football club is Axel Hellmann (52), who was once a gymnast for Eintracht. Also, a management board member, Oliver Frankenbach (56) was part of the cycling club.
