Research News

2025 2024 2023

Men’s Football Calendar

The CIES Football Observatory is breaking new ground with four summer reports on the highly topical issue of the football calendar congestion and…
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Research
05 July 2024

Euro 2024: squad features and favourites

The 468th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post analyses the teams qualified for the Euro 2024 from multiple perspectives ...
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Research
12 June 2024

Clubs with the most social media followers

The 467th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 clubs in the world with the most followers on four social media: Facebook, X,…
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Research
06 June 2024

Transfer values: top 100 worldwide

England’s Jude Bellingham is currently the player in the world with the highest value on the transfer market. According to the CIES Football…
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Research
29 May 2024

Worldwide demographic analysis of women’s football

The 96th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses the composition of 223 teams from 19 leagues around the world: 14 European and ...
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Research
25 May 2024

Sustainable squad management: Arsenal at the top

The 465th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks almost 800 clubs from 59 leagues around the world according to a continuity index ...
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Research
22 May 2024

Most impactful players of the season

The 464th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the outfield footballers whose performances have had the greatest impact during the 2023/24…
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Research
15 May 2024

Migration report: the rise continues

The 96th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory’ presents the migration trends observed over the last five years in 135 men’s leagues around…
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Research
13 May 2024

Defensive work by forwards: new indicator

The 463rd CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks attacking players in 30 leagues around the world according to the amount ...
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Research
08 May 2024
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