Research News
Fouls and penalty cards: global analysis
In this Weekly Post, the CIES Football Observatory analyses the differences observed over the last year between 63 leagues worldwide.
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Planned-for-the-future squads: Chelsea at the top
The 496th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks the teams of 37 leagues around the world according to the percentage of minutes secured.
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Best allrounder attackers: Olise at the top
The 495th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the world’s 100 best performing players from an attacking perspective.
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Rising values: non-big-5 league players
TOP 100 players from outside the big-5 European leagues whose transfer value has risen the most over the last six months.
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Twenty years of the Observatory: tribute studies on training clubs
The CIES Football Observatory presents a study of the teams that have trained the most players fielded in Europe’s big-5 over the last two decades.
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Ground defence: best U23 midfielders worldwide
The 492nd CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the hundred U23 midfielders from 46 leagues around the world with the highest values.
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Just published: Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth
In less than eighteen months, the FIFA men’s World Cup will come to the USA and one of the host cities is Boston. The history of soccer and football…
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Next full internationals: players to watch
The 491st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the U25 players who are sportingly the most deserving for a senior national team debut.
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Current season transfers: financial statement
In the last two transfer windows, only one team has had a negative net spending of more than €250 million: Brighton & Hove.
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