On-field Performance Assessment in Football: Applying the Connected Network Data Envelopment Analysis Model

Thanasis Bouzidis ()
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Thanasis Bouzidis: Department of Economics, University of Macedonia

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Abstract: In this paper, we apply for the first time the connected network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to assess the on-field performance of football clubs during a league season. Specifically, we separately measure football clubs’ technical efficiency in offense, defense, and points’ earning by using their: (i) attacking and defending moves as the inputs of offense and defense, respectively; (ii) goals scored and goals conceded as the intermediate measures that simultaneously serve as both: (a) the single outputs of offense and defense, respectively; and (b) the inputs of the points’ earning process; (iii) points earned as the single output of the points’ earning process. To illustrate the usefulness of our theoretical framework, we make use of aggregate match statistics from the 2013-2014 Greek premier football league.

Keywords: Football Clubs; Offense; Defense; Points’ Earning; League Season; Efficiency; DEA. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C61 L83 Z21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12, Revised 2018-12
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