national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national …

national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national …

In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time … margin. We use this measure to analyze the degree of competitive balance over time. This approach enables us to examine how … player mobility drives competitive balance over time. Empirical results are based on 19 seasons of the first two divisions of …

on coach dismissals in the German football league where the selection of players is indeed a key task of the coach …

on coach dismissals in the German football league where the selection of players is indeed a key task of the coach …