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zone14 Year in Review 2025: Your Victories, Our Innovations – and a Look to the Future

Dear zone14 Community, dear coaches, officials, and football fanatics,

2025 was a significant year – for you on the pitch and for us as your technology partner. We saw how you used our tools to capture countless goals, saves, and decisive moments to make your teams better. For that, we want to thank you: Thank you for your trust and your invaluable feedback.

Our mission from the beginning has been clear: We want to close the gap between the technological possibilities in professional football and the reality in grassroots clubs. 2025 was the year we came a big step closer to this vision.

Let's look back together at the most important developments and events of this year.

1. Your Passion in Numbers

Your activity and engagement are the best proof of what is possible in club football. The numbers from our platform in 2025 are simply impressive:

  • Distance Covered: All players tracked by zone14 STATS ran a total of 50,000,000 meters. That's enough to circle the Earth 12.4 times – an incredible figure that makes the passion and effort on your pitches visible!
  • Matches Recorded: Over 5,800 matches were automatically captured by our cameras.
  • Tags Created: You marked over 45,000 relevant scenes to prepare your analyses.
  • Goals Celebrated: Together, we counted and analyzed almost 11,000 goals.
  • YouTube Views: The highlight videos and livestreams created with zone14 reached over 200,000 views on YouTube.
  • Watch Time: Your fans spent a total of 20,200 hours – equivalent to 336 days – watching your clubs' matches.

These numbers show: Club football is alive and well, and you are using technology to capture, understand, and share every single moment with your community.

These numbers show: Club football is alive and well, and you are using technology to capture, understand, and share every single moment with your community.

2. Your Workflow, Reimagined

Your feedback from the field was the engine for our most important developments.

  • Analysis on the Go: The Launch of the zone14 REPLAY iPhone App
    The launch of our mobile app in the spring was a big step. Seeing your pictures of live tagging on the sidelines or analyzing scenes on your phone in the locker room was the best confirmation for us. Professional analysis has finally arrived in your pocket.
  • The Next Level of Data Analysis: The Beta Phase of zone14 STATS
    One of the most exciting projects of the year was the development of zone14 STATS. Together with a select group of partner clubs, we launched an intensive beta phase to train an AI that can extract performance data like running distance and sprints directly from the video. Your feedback is crucial, and we are working hard to make STATS available to all of you soon.
  • Faster to Highlights: Automatic Goal Reels & Shorter Clips
    You wanted faster, more concise clips for your social media channels. We listened: Our AI now automatically creates shorter "Goal Reels" that are perfect for Instagram, TikTok, & Co.

3. Recognized by FedEx, Acknowledged by Iniesta

A special moment for us was being named to the international "FedEx Champions of Business" list, an initiative by FedEx and the Financial Times. The highlight was the opportunity to present our vision to a jury that included football legend Andrés Iniesta. His acknowledgment of our approach to making game analysis accessible to every club was an unforgettable confirmation for us.

4. Stronger Together: Key Partnerships in 2025

This year, we were able to further solidify our position as a trusted partner in organized football.

  • Step into Germany: The official partnership with the Bavarian Football Association (BFV)
    The cooperation with Germany's largest regional association was an absolute highlight. As the official technology partner of the BFV, we now support over 4,500 Bavarian clubs.
  • Innovation at the Professional Level: The collaboration with SK Rapid Vienna
    Our case study with the SK Rapid Academy has shown how our technology meets even the highest demands. Together, we eliminated operational hurdles and even developed a specialized behind-the-goal camera.
  • The First Networked League: Our league partnership with the 2. Landesliga West
    Another milestone was the launch of our league partnership with the 2. Landesliga West. For the first time, an entire league was equipped with our technology, allowing clubs to seamlessly exchange high-quality video material for opponent analysis.

5. A Look Ahead to 2026: What's Next?

We are not resting on these successes. Our developers are already working on the next steps in AI-powered analysis. The vision is clear: We want to continue to digitize the manual tally sheet of the assistant coach and provide you with even deeper, more objective insights into the game. We will continue to work closely with you, our community, to develop the tools you truly need.

More Than Just Technology

When we look back on 2025, we see more than just new features and partnerships. We see the countless hours we've saved you on the sidelines. We see the "aha moments" of young players who could objectively evaluate their own actions for the first time. And we see the thousands of fans who were able to cheer on their clubs thanks to our technology.

That's what drives us. Let's work together to ensure that even more of these valuable football moments are captured in 2026.

Here's to a great new football year!

With sporty regards,
The entire team at zone14

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