Determinants of national men's football team performance: a focus on goal difference between teams

Nicolas Scelles and Wladimir Andreff ()
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Nicolas Scelles: MMU - Manchester Metropolitan University
Wladimir Andreff: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Abstract: In the literature, several articles have focused on the socioeconomic and sporting determinants of national men's football team performance measured through FIFA points. In the present paper, knowledge improvement comes from focusing on goal difference in individual games. The main objectives are to verify that game outcomes have some determinants similar to FIFA points but also game specific variables (home advantage and sporting prizes). The methodology is based on regressions including all games over the 2011–2013 period (2,584 observations). The results confirm that game outcomes have some determinants similar to FIFA points but also game specific variables.

Keywords: international men's football; team performance; socioeconomic determinants; sporting determinants; game determinants; goal difference; home advantage; sporting prizes; FIFA points; policy implications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2019, 19 (5/6), pp.407. ⟨10.1504/IJSMM.2019.104168⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2019.104168

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