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News

Tue. 15 December 2015

National A-team matches: Manchester clubs top the big-5 league table

Current Manchester United and Manchester City squad members have played 120 national A-team matches in 2015. This is the record figure at big-5 league level. At third position is Chelsea (111), ahead of Paris St-Germain (106) and...[more]

Tue. 15 December 2015

CIES Football Observatory and Aspire Academy launch the first ever Asian Football Report

The CIES Football Observatory and Aspire Academy are pleased to disclose the first ever Asian Football Report. Unique of its kind, this publication should improve the knowledge on Asian football around the globe. The first...[more]

Mon. 14 December 2015

Peru: Graduation ceremony for the 3rd edition of the FIFA/CIES Programme

34 students from the 3rd edition of the FIFA/CIES Programme in sport management, which is organised with Universidad San Martín de Porres and the support of the Peruvian Football Federation, have received their diplomas during a...[more]

Wed. 09 December 2015

New professional success for Margarita Echeverria

Margarita Echeverria, CIES coordinator in Costa Rica, has been appointed as a TAS arbitrator for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Congratulations to Margarita on her numerous professional successes within the framework of Costa Rican...[more]

Tue. 08 December 2015

It is better to be born in January to have a career in football

The tenth Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses the relative age effect on the possibility to have a career in football. The study shows that players born in the first months of the year are strongly...[more]

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