Articles tagged with "facts-and-figures"
The Numbers Game: Matchday 11
By Jan | November 2nd, 2009We keep it strictly binary this week. 0. The combined number of goals Bayern's strike duo Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni scored so far this season. 1. ...
The Numbers Game: Matchday 9
By Jan | October 19th, 2009It wasn't a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can ...
The Money Game: Champions League vs Europa League
By Jan | September 15th, 2009We're heading into a new season of European football, which for most people really only means Champions League football. The big question ahead of every ...
Foreigners: Who They Are and Where They Come From
By Jan | May 22nd, 2009Foreigners play for Arsenal London or Inter Milan. Foreigners made England's footballers so bad, that they couldn't qualify for Euro 2008. Foreigners now make England's ...
Foreigners: Who They Are and Where They Come From
By Jan | May 22nd, 2009Foreigners play for Arsenal London or Inter Milan. Foreigners made England's footballers so bad, that they couldn't qualify for Euro 2008. Foreigners now make England's ...
Guide to the Bundesliga's Season Finale
By Jan | May 12th, 2009Three matchdays to go and there is still pretty much everything to play for at the top and the bottom of the table. A welcome ...
A Quick and Complicated Guide to Europe
By Jan | April 28th, 2009European football competitions used to be a straight forward affair. Two cups for each domestic league title and another one for the best of the ...
Job Security in Europe's Top Leagues
By Jan | April 27th, 2009Getting the sack as a football coach isn't really the worst thing that could happen to you and to Jürgen Klinsmann. Except for the banking ...
The Bundesliga Money League
By Jan | March 13th, 2009I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga ...
Stat of the Day: Hertha Explained
By Jan | March 10th, 2009Statistics haven't been too kind to Hertha this season. Wether you look at possession, shots on target or one-on-one situations - all the bragging rights ...
Transfer Fees: From Bayern via Hoffenheim to Cottbus
By Jan | October 30th, 2008In the light of ever more Hoffenheim table topping, coverage and hype, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how much ...
5 Things you need to know about the new Bundesliga Season
By Jan | August 15th, 2008The new Bundesliga season is about to kick-off in a few minutes. There are the usual new teams, new coaches and new players to be ...
Sharuke 04: The Bundesliga in Japanese
By Jan | August 1st, 2008Yesterday, VfL Bochum, as in Shinji Ono ft. Bochum, played out a friendly against the Yokohama F. Marinos which ended 1-1. At the same time ...
The Bundesliga at the Euros
By Jan | May 22nd, 2008Will make its' presence felt in numbers - whether it'll be on the bench or on the pitch. A total of 65 players from the ...
Bayern's UEFA Cup Campaign in Numbers
By Jan | May 1st, 2008Bayern Munich invested roughly €80m in new players this season. The due return is yet another double, which they could have probably won without major ...
In Numbers: Werder Bremen - Rangers
By Jan | March 13th, 2008According to Eurosport: Possession Werder Bremen 72,7% Rangers 27,3% Shots Werder Bremen 42 Rangers 4 Shots on Target Werder Bremen 10 Rangers 1 Corners Werder Bremen 18 Rangers 2 Accurate Passes Werder Bremen 512 Rangers 150 Well, you c
Jens Lehmann breaks German Goalkeeping Record
By Jan | February 6th, 2008A run of 531 minutes without conceding a goal means Jens Lehmann set up a new national team record, following Germany's 3-0 victory over Austria. ...
In Numbers: Europe's Five Big Leagues at the Halfway Point of the Season
By Jan | January 24th, 2008The Bundesliga is still in hibernation, while all other big European leagues are already fully enjoying their second half of the season. It's a little ...
50+1: The Club Ownership Issue in the Bundesliga
By Jan | December 13th, 2007All Bundesliga clubs are organised as eingetragener Verein (eV), which Wikipedia tells me would be similar to a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in Britain or a ...
Clarification: Gerd Müller's and Filippo Inzaghi's European Goalscoring Record
By Jan | December 9th, 2007A few days ago Setanta reported that Filippo Inzaghi hadn't one-upped Gerd Müller's European goalscoring record yet. In fact he was still four goals short ...
Stat of the Day: Inzaghi needs 4 more Goals to surpass Müller's Record
By Jan | December 7th, 2007"It was a strange feeling, like inner peace," Inzaghi told the Gazetta dello Sport after he surpassed Gerd Müllers age old European record of 62 ...
Quotas on Foreigners: Some Numbers to go with 6+5
By Jan | November 21st, 2007Percentage of foreign players playing for Bundesliga and Premier League clubs in the starting XI: From Season 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 Bundesliga: 61% - 53% - 51% - ...
Quotas on Foreigners: Some Numbers to go with 6+5
By Jan | November 21st, 2007Percentage of foreign players playing for Bundesliga and Premier League clubs in the starting XI: From Season 2003/2004 to 2007/2008 Bundesliga: 61% - 53% - 51% - ...
Analysis: Competitive Balance in Europe's Big Five Leagues after 11 Matchdays
By Jan | November 8th, 2007A bit over one-third of the Bundesliga season is over now, and I thought it's time to cater to the statistic nerds among my readers ...
Not Bad: 2. Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A average Attendance
By Jan | October 24th, 2007This year's second division (2. Bundesliga) has often been dubbed as the best ever. Part of it has been marketing by the TV stations, who ...
Numbers: Competitive Balance within Europe's Top 5 Leagues
By Jan | August 8th, 2007The German subdivision of Ernst & Young publishes a yearly study that takes a closer look at the financial situation of the Bundesliga. While it's ...
Numbers: Competitive Balance within Europe's Top 5 Leagues
By Jan | August 8th, 2007The German subdivision of Ernst & Young publishes a yearly study that takes a closer look at the financial situation of the Bundesliga. While it's ...
Bundesliga 2007/2008: All Jerseys and Sponsors
By Jan | August 3rd, 2007I've tried to compile all the jerseys of all current Bundesliga clubs, so that we can judge, whether teams that are bound to play crap ...
A Matter of Scale
By Jan | July 12th, 2007Angelos Charisteas recently moved from Feyenoord Rotterdam to DFB Cup winners Nuremberg. Charisteas wrote history when he scored the winning goal for Greece in the ...
Budget vs. Performance
By Jan | July 4th, 2007This one is for all of you who, like me, have a weak spot for statistics. I stole the idea and data from this post ...
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