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

Published

2011-06-28

Issue

Section

Science article