Parma, 22 October 2024 - Parma Calcio is proud to announce its participation in the Youtuber League 2024/25, and innovative initiative, joint to the third edition, which unites sport and the digital world.

The Youtuber League, which will see some of the most popular influencers and YouTubers in Italy face off, will be characterised by a format which is comprised of a group phase and final four. The teams will face off in a 'round-robin' tournament, with the four highest ranked teams moving onto the final phase. The format means that there'll be a direct match between the third and fourth teams, with the winner facing the second place team. The winning team will play in the final against the top seeded team in the group.

CALENDAR AND PLACES

The season will begin in October 2024 running until the middle of May 2025. There will be 14 events, with 10 based in Rome, 2 in Verona and 2 in Napoli. The first matchday will see Parma Calcio take on Roma on Wednesday 23 October in Rome.

TEAM

Parma Calcio will have a team formed of 13 creators, all successful influencers or recognised YouTubers in the sector. In the team, there is:

• Crazy Fat Gamer and Kallari from Parma Esports
• Venanzio (Parma Games Pass), Tommaso Replica, EZE, Edodinu (all from Parma), Nicolas Cariglia, Omar Spoleti, Federico 'Antoine' Antonini, Nicholas and Enrico from Footwork, El Italo and Alessio Dezi.

The team will wear the iconic gialloblu shirts, printed with a special badge dedicated to the Youtuber League, representing not only Parma Calcio but also innovation and energy in the digital world.

PARMA CALCIO IN THE YOUTUBER LEAGUE

This participation marks an important step for the Club, in fact the Youtuber League represents a chance for the club to connect traditional football with a new generation of fans and we are enthusiastic to wear the club's colours in this new innovative competition.

Lorenzo Galletti, Digital Marketing Director Parma Calcio 1913: 'Our participation in the Youtuber League is a new opportunity for us inside of the digital growth strategy of our Club. After Parma Esports and the opening of our TikTok channels, we continue to believe that the world of Creators can be an alternative way of engagements and building loyalty of a new wave of young fans in the gialloblu colours'.

Federico Marconi, Youtuber League founder and Mirko Mastrocinque, operating director of the competition: 'For the world of the Youtuber League, it's an honour that Parma have decided to be part of this project. Parma Calcio means to join a glorious tradition with a vision which is fresh, young and ambitious for the future - it's not a case of the club being very active on social media platforms like TikTok - and this convinced us right away that the club was the right choice, after Hellas Verona, who begin again with the new season. For us, it's always a goal of ours to reward the creators - fans or not - the dream of representing the colours of a Serie A side, that they have watched since a young age. To be able to collaborate with Verona and from today Parma makes our project bigger and more credibile, in addition to allowing creators to create new opportunities for collaboration directly with the club. We'd like to give our warmest welcome to Parma, hoping that this is the start of a long term collaboration.'