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Game Openness Index: Dutch Eredivisie at the top

Issue number 368 of the CIES Football Observatory crunched the InStat data on goal scoring chances and effective playing time for 36 European leagues…
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14 February 2022

FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - PIERRE DUCREY

Pierre Ducrey

Current Position: Olympic Games Operations Director at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Year of graduation: 2003 (3rd…


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FIFA Master Alumni
14 February 2022

Net transfer spending over last ten seasons

Issue number 367 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks current big-5 league clubs according to their net spending on transfer operations…
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07 February 2022

INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY REVIEW #30 - JANUARY 2022

Discover related articles, audio-videos and social media posts from various channels. You will be directed to the media items you are most interested…
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CIES in the media
03 February 2022

Duomo, Dinner Parties and Deadlines: FIFA Master 22nd Edition Arrives in Milan

It was only after the first parachute flare went off that the FIFA Master 22nd Edition cohort’s introduction to Italian football was complete. Already…
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03 February 2022

FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - TANG XIGANG

Tang Xigang (David)

Current Position:  Commercial and Operation Director of City Football Group China

Year of graduation: 2003 (3rd edition)

Nation…


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FIFA Master Alumni
02 February 2022

Next 90 programme kicks off with 35 ex-internationals

The 35 participants in The Next 90 educational programme gathered on Tuesday for the first online session in a course that will run for the next ten…
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26 January 2022

First ever world demographic study released

For the first time, the CIES Football Observatory research team has compiled a study comparing from a demographic perspective the five major European…
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24 January 2022
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