The announcement on Wednesday follows a series of donations and projects put into place by top clubs around the world such as Real Madrid, Roma and Bayern Munich after the arrival of thousands of refugees, many from war-ravaged Syria, into Europe over the past weeks.
All 80 clubs playing in Champions League and Europa League have committed to the initiative with the money -- estimated between 2-3 million euros going into a fund created by the ECA.
"The Foundation will commit to long term assistance alongside French Popular Relief and the UNHCR with the goal of creating solidarity projects in France and internationally," said the club in a statement on its website.
On Saturday, Real Madrid announced a donation of one million euros to refugees that have arrived in Spain and provided shelter while Bayern Munich announced a similar proposal and also introduced other money-making projects.Roma's gesture to donate 575,000 euros as well as jerseys worn by stars Francesco Totti, Edin Dzeko and Miralem Pjanic to the newly-launched "Football Cares" was also seen.
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