US-based Teamworks acquires data provider for Belgian top football clubs

Service

Sell-side

Year

2025

Transaction

Teamworks has acquired Opteamal, a Belgium-based technology company specialised in athlete monitoring, performance tracking and workflow management for professional sports clubs. The acquisition forms part of Teamworks’ international growth strategy to expand its presence in European football and to build a fully integrated performance ecosystem.

 

Founded and headquartered in Belgium, Opteamal is a trusted partner to elite football clubs, with a strong footprint across the Belgian Pro League and beyond. By fully integrating Opteamal into the Teamworks platform, clubs can benefit from a single, unified system that seamlessly connects data and workflows and enhances collaboration between technical, medical and performance teams.

 

The American unicorn Teamworks currently has limited operations in Belgium. Through the acquisition of local players, Teamworks is purposefully building a global leader in sports data and performance technology.

 

Most clubs in the English Premier League already use the Teamworks platform. With the addition of Opteamal, all twenty top-tier English clubs will be customers of the newly integrated group.

 

VDP acted as exclusive advisor to Opteamal.

 

 

Opteamal

Opteamal is a Belgium-based technology company that develops specialised software for monitoring and optimising athlete performance within professional sports organisations. The platform helps sports clubs transform large volumes of diverse player data into actionable insights that drive improved performance, enhanced well-being and more efficient rehabilitation.

 

The Opteamal platform consolidates data from multiple sources, including wearables, medical testing, fitness tracking and subjective reporting from players and staff, into a single, integrated environment. Based on this data, Opteamal creates so-called “digital twins” of athletes: dynamic, data-driven profiles that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date view of each player’s physical and mental condition.

 

Through flexible and customisable dashboards, coaches, medical staff and performance teams can base their decisions on real-time and historically grounded data. In doing so, Opteamal supports clubs in injury prevention, optimising training load and maximising individual athlete potential around the clock.

 

Founded in Belgium, Opteamal has quickly established itself as a trusted partner to football clubs, with a strong presence across the Belgian Pro League and beyond.

 

For more information: www.opteamalsports.com

 

 

Teamworks

Founded in 2004, Teamworks is a global leader in sports performance technology, powers more than 6,500  sports teams and military organizations around the globe. Its suite of best-in-class products drives winning by enabling data-driven talent acquisition, seamless operations excellence, holistic performance development and game preparation.

 

In 2025, Teamworks closed a $235 million Series F funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion and continues to grow its global presence as a trusted market leader, with employees across 11 countries. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Teamworks remains at the forefront of innovation in sports and human performance technology.

 

For more information: www.teamworks.com