Evaluation of determinants of performance of the clubs participating in the Belgian football championship
Piccoli, Anthony
Promotor(s) :
Gautier, Axel
Date of defense : 15-Jun-2020/25-Jun-2020 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/8834
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Title : | Evaluation of determinants of performance of the clubs participating in the Belgian football championship |
Translated title : | [fr] Évaluation des déterminants de la performance des clubs participants dans le championnat de Belgique de football |
Author : | Piccoli, Anthony ![]() |
Date of defense : | 15-Jun-2020/25-Jun-2020 |
Advisor(s) : | Gautier, Axel ![]() |
Committee's member(s) : | Schoenmaeckers, Jérome ![]() Walheer, Barnabé ![]() |
Language : | English |
Number of pages : | 48 |
Keywords : | [en] Football, soccer, sports performance, Belgium, panel data. |
Discipline(s) : | Business & economic sciences > Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...) |
Target public : | Professionals of domain Student General public |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Degree: | Master en sciences économiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en economic, analysis and policy |
Faculty: | Master thesis of the HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège |
Abstract
[en] In football, some teams win while others lose. However, what really matters in this sport? This thesis tries to determine which variables could have a potential influence on team performance for the top Belgian football championship known as the Jupiler Pro League. To achieve this, an empirical analysis is undertaken thanks to a panel data from the 2009-2010 season to the 2018-2019 season. The results show that higher salaries expenditures, extra competitive games in European or national cups, and better attendance improve seasonal achievement. Nevertheless, when the sample is reduced to only clubs out of the five best Belgian teams, it appears that only more substantial financial incomes are positively correlated to seasonal achievement. Lastly, the analysis of the play-offs 1 since their implementation, reveals the effect of additional games becomes negative and high ranking at the end of the regular competition impact significantly triumph in that second stage of the competition.
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