Performance of the colombian professional soccer teams: An analysis in game

Authors

  • Nestor Garza Universidad de Norte
  • Iván Yunis Universidad del Norte

Keywords:

Soccer leagues, sport strategy, home-field advantage, in game performance

Abstract

This article assesses the effects of home-field advantage and relative quality over the in-game decisions and performance of the teams playing in the Colombian First Division of association football. The Correia-Machado model is modified in order to explicitly include home-field advantage joint with relative quality of the teams as determinants of their performance. With a database for 2009 tournaments information, we find that different specifications for the quality of teams is not a determinant of offensive play decisions taken, unlike the field where the match is held which actually does it.

Author Biographies

  • Nestor Garza, Universidad de Norte
    Profesor del Instituto de Estudios Economicos del Caribe-IEEC-Universidad del Norte. Actualemente candidato al doctorado en Land Economy - Universidad de Cambridge, Reino Unido.
  • Iván Yunis, Universidad del Norte
    Economista de la Universidad del Norte

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Published

2011-06-28

Issue

No. 7: JAN-JUN 2011

Section

Science article

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