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News

Wed. 06 September 2023

Net transfer spending: winners and losers

CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post number 429 presents the net transfer spending* of the 100 most active clubs in terms of the financial volume of transactions concluded over the last decade. During this period, Manchester...[more]

Wed. 30 August 2023

The hundred youngsters most ready for a top club

Issue number 428 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 players born in 2002 or later who are not yet playing for a big-5 league club, but whose level of experience accumulated over the past year puts them...[more]

Thu. 24 August 2023

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024 FIFA RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE OPEN FROM 1 SEPTEMBER

Applications for the 2024 FIFA Research Scholarship will be open from 1 September. Young scholars are invited to submit research proposals with an interest in any of the following fields of study linked...[more]

Wed. 23 August 2023

New seasons: the favourite teams

Issue 427 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks the teams in 69 leagues around the world according to the average experience level of players in the squad. Experience is calculated by weighting minutes played in...[more]

Wed. 16 August 2023

FIFA MASTER: THE LAST GOODBYE FROM THE 23RD EDITION

Almost 11 months ago, as a group we were just twenty-six human beings who had never met each other before. We were complete strangers. At that time the only two things we had in common were a shared passion for sport and also a...[more]

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