By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 21, 2011) US Soccer Players -- As we rush toward the UEFA
vision of Financial Fair Play along with various European leagues trying to figure out what might
make their leagues more competitive, one doubt continues to nag. Well, at least one doubt. How does
any of this change the marketing and sponsorship power of the elite European clubs?
Liverpool TV revenue demands: how European leagues compare
Liverpool have demanded a greater share of international television rights to take account of
the club's support overseas.
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With lots of transfers happening across borders these days, it's hard to know exactly how the
leagues compare. Numbers can help with that sort of thing, but of course, they have their limits.
We know that some leagues are better than others, and we know that leagues differ in other ways
like parity as well.
By Chris Wright
It should come as little surprise that Xavi is the only player to have completed more than 5,000
passes across the top five European leagues (EPL, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A, La Liga) over the
last 2 seasons but who's this sneaking his way into the top ten?
Here's a (possibly) puzzling factoid of the day. Together with Benjamin Leinwand, I've been looking
at goal production in different leagues over the last 15 years, give or take. And one of the (to
us, at least) interesting and puzzling patterns has to do with how many goals are scored per match
in the biggest European leagues - including the Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, the EPL, Ligue 1, and
the Eredivisie.
If the final European Court of Justice ruling on the case goes in favour of Murphy, then the impact
of that decision could affect the Bundesliga and other top European leagues in the long term
Here's a follow-up to an earlier post where I looked at the connection between a league's quality
and its level of player imports. There is a positive correlation: the better leagues import a
higher percentage of footballers. But there also are some notable outliers, especially Greece,
Turkey, and Cyprus.
Here's a follow-up to an earlier post where I looked at the connection between a league's quality
and its level of player imports. There is a positive correlation: the better leagues import a
higher percentage of footballers. But there also are some notable outliers, especially Greece,
Turkey, and Cyprus.
Who imports soccer players? Turns out, the leagues most dependent on foreign labor aren't
necessarily the obvious ones. Here's a nifty graph from
The Economist, showing the
percentages and absolute numbers of foreign players in each league. These data come from a report
released by the
Professional Football Players Observatory, an academic research group.
