The COVID-19 pandemic swept fans out of the stadiums, but matches continued to be played in most major football leagues … supported by the fans. Focusing on four top European football leagues, we find such an effect in the Bundesliga only. We propose … that this singularity may be related to the special role that the fan associations play in German football. …

The purpose was to analyse the income variation of the 13 top clubs of Deloitte Football Money League Report (2019) as … analysed (2011-2019). Market value has suffered an increase higher than expected. This fact should make football managers …

UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP) have impacted European club football. After five … assessment. How has the situation in European top-division football changed since the FFP regulation? The most recent financial … data show that European club football is characterized by significant financial recovery and further polarization. How has …

period of the sporting season form 2004-2005 to 2009-2010 and it covers 17 professional football clubs. We have shown that …

We report striking evidence of semi-strong inefficiency in the UK fixed-odds football betting market using a reputable …

This study extends prior research on referee bias and close bias in professional soccer by examining whether Major … League Soccer (MLS) referees’ discretion over stoppage time (i.e., extra play beyond regulation) is influenced by end …

(NCAA) football seasons. The clock rule change in 2006 led to lower scoring which was not fully encompassed in the betting …

The authors investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the … associated with a higher or lower home advantage. By contrast, the authors find that the home advantage in soccer is more …