Standard de Liège
777 Partners acquisition · 11 Mar 2022
- Buyer
- 777 Partners
- Seller
- Bruno Venanzi
- Stake acquired
- 100%
- Control
- Yes
- Reported consideration
- ~€55m
- Implied equity value
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- League
- Jupiler Pro League
- Country
- Belgium
- Confidence
- MEDIUM
777 Partners acquired 100% of Standard de Liège from Bruno Venanzi, announced 11 Mar 2022, closing 14 Apr 2022.
Reported consideration was ~€55m.
Nearest pre-acquisition revenue was €19.5m (FY 2021/22 (FY ended 30 June 2022, spans the transaction)).
- Announced
- 11 Mar 2022
- Closed
- 14 Apr 2022
- Stake after transaction
- 100%
- Status
- completed
Reported consideration
What the buyer reportedly paid for the stake
Implied 100% equity value
Calculated: consideration ÷ stake acquired
Reported club valuation
Enterprise value
Only shown when debt/cash near the transaction date is established
Debt assumed / restructured
Primary capital injection
Total announced investment commitment
Commitments are not purchase price and not valuation
Nearest pre-acquisition financial year: 2021/22 (FY ended 30 June 2022, spans the transaction)
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777 Partners acquired 100% of SA Standard de Liège from Bruno Venanzi; the deal was announced/signed 11 March 2022 and closing followed within weeks (reported mid-to-late April 2022; we use 14 April 2022 as a REPORTED, not CONFIRMED, closing date since no primary source gives an exact closing date). Belgian media consistently cite €55m as the price for the football club shares, though it is not established whether this is pure equity consideration or includes assumption of debt, and it explicitly excludes the separately-acquired real-estate/stadium entity (Immobilière du Standard de Liège), whose price was not disclosed.
- Standard de Liège official statement: 'Rachat de la SA Standard de Liège par 777 Partners' ↗Tier 1 · primary company
2022-03-11 · fr — “Confirms Bruno Venanzi sold 100% of his SA Standard de Liège shares to 777 Partners ('Matricule 16'); protocol signed March 2022, closing expected within a few weeks; no price disclosed.”
- L'Avenir: '777 Partners rachète le Standard' ↗Tier 3 · news
2022-03-12 · fr — “'Le montant de 55 millions d'euros, déboursé par 777 Partners, est cité pour le rachat du club.' Confirms 100% of Venanzi's shares sold; notes the Immobilière (real estate/stadium entity) was bought separately.”
2022-03-14 — “Not independently re-fetched in this pass; used only as corroboration (via search summary) that closing followed the March signing within weeks, consistent with mid/late-April completion reported elsewhere.”
- Pappers.be company financial record: Standard de Liège (BE 0433.255.448) ↗Tier 4 · registry aggregator
n.d. · fr — “Registry-sourced annual revenue: €19,474,405.66 (FY to 30/06/2022), €22,821,313.27 (FY to 30/06/2023), €24,770,432.58 (FY to 30/06/2024), €19,572,076.54 (FY to 30/06/2025).”