Royal Antwerp FC: Central Fan Service

For Royal Antwerp FC, fan and customer questions came in from all directions: email inboxes, phone lines, social media and web forms spread over multiple departments. There was no single overview of open tickets, responsibilities or response times, putting pressure on staff and risking inconsistent replies to fans.

  • Client

    Royal Antwerp FC

  • Services

    Engagement, Technology

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The Challenge:

  • Dispersed communication. Questions about tickets, hospitality, merchandise and memberships landed in different inboxes with no central structure.
  • Limited visibility. The club lacked clear reporting on volumes, themes, SLAs and ownership of fan requests.
  • Operational strain. Staff had to manually coordinate and chase answers across departments, increasing workload and error risk.

This fragmented setup made it hard to deliver consistent, scalable service as fan expectations and volumes grew.

The Idea:

Antwerp needed a single service hub for all fan-facing communication. We designed a Zendesk-based operation, tailored to a football club reality, where every question becomes a trackable ticket with an owner, status and due date. Automations, macros and routing rules ensure the right team sees the right request at the right time.

The Solution:

  • We implemented a central Zendesk instance in collaboration with Premium Plus, connecting key channels (email, web forms, selected social) to one queue.
  • We configured ticket categories, workflows, SLAs and templates aligned with Antwerp’s ticketing, merchandising and membership processes.
  • We set up dashboards and reporting so the club can monitor volumes, response times and themes across all fan service touchpoints.

This turns fan communication from scattered messages into a structured, measurable service operation.

The Results:

  • Fans now have one clear route into the club and benefit from faster, more consistent responses.
  • Teams work with a shared overview of all open and solved tickets, reducing stress and duplication.
  • The club gains insight into what fans ask, when they ask it and where processes or information can be improved.