0
200
400
600
800
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
ENG
ITA
ESP
FRA
GER
1 866 1 890
1 340
1 743
1 598
2 139
1 000
1 400
1 800
2 200
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. Premier League 3 511
2. Serie A 2 473
3. Liga 1 982
4. Ligue 1 1 400
5. Bundesliga 1 208
1. Premier League 719.2
2. Serie A 404.9
3. Ligue 1 382.6
4. Liga 372.9
5. Bundesliga 259.1
*Only permanent transfers of first-team players
35.2%
48.0%44.0% 42.7% 41.5%
49.0%
0
20
40
60
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Issue 45 - 03/09/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
Transfer expenditure of big-5 league clubs* (million euro, summer transfer window)
(2013)
Expenditure of the three most active clubs (2013)
Evolution, per league (million euro, summer transfer window)
Transfer expenditure of the 10 most active clubs (%) (% of total fees paid, summer transfer window)
Total 2008-2013, per league
1. Ligue 1 85.8%
2. Liga 70.1%
3. Bundesliga 54.5%
4. Serie A 49.4%
5. Premier League 45.2%
3.09
2.482.51
2.53
2.95
1. Hull City .....................5.64
2. Tottenham ................5.00
3. Sunderland ..............4.84
4. Fulham .......................4.04
5. Crystal Palace ..........3.93
6. Norwich City ............3.26
7. Liverpool ...................3.15
8. Southampton ..........2.67
9. Swansea City ...........2.48
10. Cardiff City ................2.46
11. Aston Villa .................2.28
12. Man. City ...................2.16
13. WBA ............................1.94
14. Chelsea ......................1.35
15. Stoke City ..................1.31
16. West Ham .................1.13
17. Arsenal .......................0.92
18. Everton ......................0.77
19. Newcastle .................0.48
20. Man. Utd ...................0.46
Premier League
1. Elche ...........................5.47
2. Real Betis...................4.88
3. Celta Vigo..................4.85
4. Rayo Vallecano ........4.20
5. Levante ......................3.97
6. Málaga .......................3.76
7. Almería ......................3.72
8. Sevilla .........................3.46
9. Espanyol ....................3.31
10. Valencia .....................3.08
11. Granada .....................3.00
12. Osasuna .....................2.93
13. Athletic Bilbao ........2.49
14. Real Madrid ..............2.04
15. Villarreal ....................2.03
16. Getafe ........................1.50
17. Real Valladolid.........1.49
18. Atlético Madrid .......1.12
19. Real Sociedad ..........1.05
20. Barcelona ..................0.69
Liga
1. Monaco .....................5.47
2. Bastia ..........................4.80
3. Guingamp ................3.29
4. Toulouse ....................3.26
5. Lille ..............................3.10
6. Ajaccio .......................2.94
7. Montpellier ..............2.88
8. Lorient .......................2.76
9. Reims ..........................2.67
10. Evian TG .....................2.56
11. Rennes .......................2.39
12. Valenciennes ...........2.35
13. Marseille ....................2.03
14. Nice .............................1.97
15. St-Etienne .................1.85
16. Nantes ........................1.74
17. Lyon ............................1.72
18. Sochaux .....................1.35
19. PSG ..............................1.15
20. Bordeaux...................0.38
1. Mainz 05 ....................3.69
2. Hertha Berlin ...........3.36
3. Hannover 96 ............3.17
4. Schalke 04 ................3.08
5. Nürnberg ..................2.96
6. M’gladbach ..............2.95
7. Leverkusen ...............2.88
8. Freiburg .....................2.52
9. Werder Bremen ......2.50
10. Frankfurt ...................2.49
11. Braunschweig .........2.48
12. Hamburg ...................2.32
13. Stuttgart ....................2.16
14. Augsburg ..................2.14
15. Hoffenheim ..............2.05
16. Dortmund ................1.97
17. Wolfsburg .................1.39
18. Bayern München ....0.46
BundesLiga
1. Genoa.........................7.12
2. Sassuolo ....................6.23
3. Roma ..........................5.00
4. Torino .........................4.64
5. Livorno ......................4.62
6. Napoli.........................4.02
7. Parma .........................3.59
8. Catania .......................3.10
9. Hellas Verona ...........3.05
10. Bologna .....................3.04
11. Chievo Verona .........2.43
12. Milan...........................2.43
13. Sampdoria ................2.22
14. Atalanta Bergamo..2.10
15. Udinese .....................2.03
16. Fiorentina .................1.94
17. Internazionale .........1.80
18. Juventus ....................1.44
19. Lazio ...........................0.94
20. Cagliari .......................0.06
serie a
Ligue 1
Issue n°46 - 26/09/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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average number of new signings on the pitch per club
average number of new signings on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
New signings: players signed at the start or during the season (including footballers back from loan)
Premier League
General Index
L. Rémy (Newcastle)
M. Özil (Arsenal)
M. Amalfitano (WBA)
J. Mikel (Chelsea)
A. Ramsey (Arsenal)
Ligue 1
General Index
R. Falcao (Monaco)
M. Valbuena (Marseille)
H. Saivet (Bordeaux)
M. Verratti (Paris SG)
B. Matuidi (Paris SG)
General Index
Bundesliga
R. Lewandowski (Dortmund)
A. Maxim (Stuttgart)
L. Bittencourt (Hannover)
P. Lahm (Bayern)
Ö. Toprak (Leverkusen)
Serie A
General Index
G. Rossi (Fiorentina)
F. Totti (AS Roma)
J. Kurtić (Sassuolo)
G. Inler (Napoli)
J. Jesus (Internazionale)
Liga
General Index
L. Messi (Barcelona)
Neymar (Barcelona)
L. Messi (Barcelona)
Xavi (Barcelona)
Gabi (Atlético Madrid)
2
1
3
A. Ramsey(Arsenal)
M. Özil(Arsenal)
M. Amal�tano(WBA)
2
1
3
L. Messi(Barcelona)
Koke(Atlético Madrid)
Neymar(Barcelona)
2
1
3
M. Valbuena(Marseille)
C. Brüls(Nice)
J. Moutinho(Monaco)
2
1
3
A. Maxim(Stuttgart)
R. Lewandowski(Dortmund)
M. Reus(Dortmund)
2
1
3
F. Totti(AS Roma)
Robinho(Milan)
R. Álvarez(Internazionale)
Issue n°47 - 01/10/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Players of the month
sEPTEMBER 2012
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
0.95
0.390.47
0.58
1.02
1. Crystal Palace ..........1.76
2. Hull City .....................1.72
3. Sunderland ..............1.55
4. Everton ......................0.85
5. Fulham .......................0.80
6. Swansea City ...........0.54
7. Liverpool ...................0.53
8. Newcastle .................0.53
9. Norwich City ............0.40
10. WBA ............................0.34
11. Stoke City ..................0.34
12. Tottenham ................0.00
. Southampton ..........0.00
. Cardiff City ................0.00
. Aston Villa .................0.00
. Man. City ...................0.00
. Chelsea ......................0.00
. West Ham .................0.00
. Arsenal .......................0.00
. Man. Utd ...................0.00
Premier League
1. Elche ...........................4.08
2. Granada .....................2.59
3. Almería ......................2.56
4. Rayo Vallecano ........1.97
5. Celta Vigo..................1.50
6. Real Betis...................1.20
7. Villarreal ....................1.00
. Atlético Madrid .......1.00
. Sevilla .........................0.93
10. Espanyol ....................0.73
11. Real Sociedad ..........0.53
12. Málaga .......................0.50
13. Real Valladolid.........0.49
14. Levante ......................0.48
15. Getafe ........................0.36
16. Osasuna .....................0.28
17. Valencia .....................0.13
18. Athletic Bilbao ........0.00
. Real Madrid ..............0.00
. Barcelona ..................0.00
Liga
1. Evian TG .....................1.92
2. Valenciennes ...........1.65
3. Rennes .......................1.40
4. Bastia ..........................0.91
5. Ajaccio .......................0.91
6. Nice .............................0.82
7. Toulouse ....................0.78
8. Monaco .....................0.78
9. Lorient .......................0.58
10. Lyon ............................0.44
11. Guingamp ................0.44
12. St-Etienne .................0.33
13. Sochaux .....................0.29
14. Reims ..........................0.22
15. Montpellier ..............0.03
16. Nantes ........................0.03
17. Lille ..............................0.00
. Marseille ....................0.00
. PSG ..............................0.00
. Bordeaux...................0.00
1. Freiburg .....................1.08
2. Dortmund ................0.94
3. Hamburg ...................0.86
4. M’gladbach ..............0.85
5. Frankfurt ...................0.69
6. Augsburg ..................0.67
7. Hertha Berlin ...........0.63
8. Schalke 04 ................0.51
9. Stuttgart ....................0.45
10. Werder Bremen ......0.38
11. Leverkusen ...............0.03
12. Mainz 05 ....................0.00
. Hannover 96 ............0.00
. Nürnberg ..................0.00
. Braunschweig .........0.00
. Hoffenheim ..............0.00
. Wolfsburg .................0.00
. Bayern München ....0.00
BundesLiga
1. Livorno ......................3.67
2. Sassuolo ....................2.46
3. Bologna .....................2.24
4. Hellas Verona ...........1.83
5. Parma .........................1.64
6. Catania .......................1.64
7. Chievo Verona .........1.31
8. Genoa.........................1.27
9. Napoli.........................1.00
. Torino .........................0.85
11. Udinese .....................0.61
12. Internazionale .........0.33
13. Cagliari .......................0.17
14. Sampdoria ................0.08
15. Roma ..........................0.00
. Milan...........................0.00
. Atalanta Bergamo..0.00
. Fiorentina .................0.00
. Juventus ....................0.00
. Lazio ...........................0.00
serie a
Ligue 1
Issue n°48 - 08/10/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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average number of loaned players on the pitch per club
average number of loaned players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
1.91
0.881.37
1.30
1.10
1. Fulham ......................... 3.7
2. Man. Utd ..................... 3.6
3. Everton ........................ 3.4
4. Chelsea ........................ 3.0
5. Crystal Palace ............ 2.8
6. West Ham ................... 2.3
7. Liverpool ..................... 1.8
8. WBA .............................. 1.6
9. Southampton ............ 1.0
. Sunderland ................ 1.0
11. Hull City ....................... 0.9
12. Cardiff City .................. 0.8
. Stoke City .................... 0.8
14. Arsenal ......................... 0.4
. Norwich City .............. 0.4
16. Newcastle ................... 0.2
17. Tottenham .................. 0.0
. Swansea City ............. 0.0
. Aston Villa ................... 0.0
. Man. City ..................... 0.0
Premier League
1. Levante ........................ 3.1
2. Athletic Bilbao .......... 2.5
3. Málaga ......................... 2.2
4. Almería ........................ 1.9
. Elche ............................. 1.9
6. Espanyol ...................... 1.7
. Granada ....................... 1.7
8. Rayo Vallecano .......... 1.0
. Villarreal ...................... 1.0
10. Barcelona .................... 0.9
. Real Valladolid........... 0.9
. Real Betis..................... 0.9
13. Osasuna ....................... 0.7
14. Getafe .......................... 0.6
. Valencia ....................... 0.6
16. Atlético Madrid ......... 0.4
17. Celta Vigo.................... 0.0
. Sevilla ........................... 0.0
. Real Madrid ................ 0.0
. Real Sociedad ............ 0.0
Liga
1. Bastia ............................ 3.6
2. Evian TG ....................... 3.0
3. Valenciennes ............. 2.5
. Ajaccio ......................... 2.5
5. Reims ............................ 2.3
6. Monaco ....................... 1.9
. PSG ................................ 1.9
8. Guingamp .................. 1.3
. Sochaux ....................... 1.3
10. Lille ................................ 1.2
11. Montpellier ................ 1.0
12. Lorient ......................... 0.7
. Rennes ......................... 0.7
. Marseille ...................... 0.7
15. Lyon .............................. 0.4
16. Nice ............................... 0.3
. St-Etienne ................... 0.3
18. Toulouse ...................... 0.2
19. Bordeaux..................... 0.1
. Nantes .......................... 0.1
1. Mainz 05 ...................... 4.0
2. M’gladbach ................ 2.4
3. Braunschweig ........... 1.6
4. Nürnberg .................... 1.5
. Wolfsburg ................... 1.5
6. Dortmund .................. 1.0
7. Schalke 04 .................. 0.9
8. Leverkusen ................. 0.8
. Werder Bremen ........ 0.8
10. Augsburg .................... 0.6
11. Bayern München ...... 0.3
12. Hertha Berlin ............. 0.2
13. Stuttgart ...................... 0.1
. Freiburg ....................... 0.1
15. Hannover 96 .............. 0.0
. Frankfurt ..................... 0.0
. Hamburg ..................... 0.0
. Hoffenheim ................ 0.0
BundesLiga
1. Atalanta Bergamo.... 4.9
2. Parma ........................... 3.6
3. Juventus ...................... 2.8
4. Genoa........................... 2.6
. Torino ........................... 2.6
6. Roma ............................ 2.5
. Hellas Verona ............. 2.5
8. Chievo Verona ........... 2.3
. Bologna ....................... 2.3
10. Internazionale ........... 1.7
. Fiorentina ................... 1.7
12. Udinese ....................... 1.3
. Catania ......................... 1.3
. Sassuolo ...................... 1.3
15. Cagliari ......................... 1.2
16. Milan............................. 0.9
17. Sampdoria .................. 0.8
. Livorno ........................ 0.8
19. Lazio ............................. 0.7
20. Napoli........................... 0.3
serie a
Ligue 1
Issue n°49 - 22/10/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.
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average number of over 31 players on the pitch per club
average number of over 31 players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
3.2
1.71.6
2.4
2.5
1. Man. City ..................... 3.6
2. Chelsea ........................ 3.0
3. Crystal Palace ............ 2.6
4. Stoke City .................... 2.4
. Liverpool ..................... 2.4
6. Hull City ....................... 2.2
. Newcastle ................... 2.2
8. Southampton ............ 1.8
9. Cardiff City .................. 1.6
. Everton ........................ 1.6
11. Sunderland ................ 1.5
12. WBA .............................. 1.4
13. Man. Utd ..................... 1.3
. Tottenham .................. 1.3
15. Swansea City ............. 1.1
16. Aston Villa ................... 1.0
17. Fulham ......................... 0.8
18. West Ham ................... 0.6
19. Arsenal ......................... 0.0
. Norwich City .............. 0.0
PREMIER LEAGUE
1. Málaga ......................... 4.8
2. Granada ....................... 4.1
. Valencia ....................... 4.1
. Atlético Madrid ......... 4.1
. Barcelona .................... 4.1
6. Villarreal ...................... 3.1
7. Real Betis..................... 2.6
8. Espanyol ...................... 2.7
9. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.5
. Sevilla ........................... 2.5
. Levante ........................ 2.5
12. Real Sociedad ............ 2.2
13. Real Madrid ................ 2.3
. Celta Vigo.................... 2.3
15. Osasuna ....................... 1.8
16. Almería ........................ 1.9
17. Elche ............................. 1.4
18. Getafe .......................... 0.8
19. Real Valladolid........... 0.6
20. Athletic Bilbao .......... 0.0
LIGA
1. PSG ................................ 5.3
2. Bordeaux..................... 4.7
3. Lille ................................ 4.0
4. Montpellier ................ 3.3
5. Monaco ....................... 2.9
. Toulouse ...................... 2.9
7. Nantes .......................... 2.8
8. Lorient ......................... 2.3
9. Evian TG ....................... 2.2
10. Ajaccio ......................... 2.1
. Nice ............................... 2.1
12. Sochaux ....................... 1.9
13. Bastia ............................ 1.8
. Marseille ...................... 1.8
15. Lyon .............................. 1.7
. Rennes ......................... 1.7
17. St-Etienne ................... 1.4
18. Valenciennes ............. 1.5
19. Reims ............................ 1.1
20. Guingamp .................. 0.5
1. Wolfsburg ................... 3.3
2. Stuttgart ...................... 2.9
3. Hannover 96 .............. 2.7
. Frankfurt ..................... 2.7
5. Hertha Berlin ............. 2.3
6. Schalke 04 .................. 2.0
7. Mainz 05 ...................... 2.2
8. Nürnberg .................... 1.9
. M’gladbach ................ 1.9
. Hoffenheim ................ 1.9
11. Bayern München ...... 1.5
12. Hamburg ..................... 0.9
13. Dortmund .................. 1.0
14. Freiburg ....................... 0.8
. Leverkusen ................. 0.8
16. Werder Bremen ........ 0.6
17. Augsburg .................... 0.3
18. Braunschweig ........... 0.0
BUNDESLIGA
1. Internazionale ........... 7.4
2. Catania ......................... 7.1
3. Udinese ....................... 6.1
4. Hellas Verona ............. 5.1
5. Lazio ............................. 4.1
6. Fiorentina ................... 4.0
7. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.4
8. Roma ............................ 3.0
. Milan............................. 3.0
10. Juventus ...................... 2.9
11. Napoli........................... 2.6
. Parma ........................... 2.6
. Livorno ........................ 2.6
14. Cagliari ......................... 2.3
15. Sampdoria .................. 1.6
16. Genoa........................... 1.3
17. Bologna ....................... 1.4
18. Sassuolo ...................... 1.0
19. Chievo Verona ........... 1.1
20. Torino ........................... 0.7
SERIE A
LIGUE 1
Issue n°50 - 29/10/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Average number of non-European players on the pitch per club
Average number of non-European players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
Premier League
General Index
S. Agüero (Man. City)
D. Silva (Man. City)
A. Townsend (Tottenham)
M. Arteta (Arsenal)
C. Yacob (WBA)
Ligue 1
General Index
E. Cavani (Paris SG)
J. Rodríguez (Monaco)
F. Ayité (Reims)
D. Digard (Nice)
C. Alhadhur (Nantes)
General Index
Bundesliga
P. Lasogga (Hamburg)
F. Ribéry (Bayern)
F. Ribéry (Bayern)
P. Lahm (Bayern)
M. Hummels (Dortmund)
General Index
D. Berardi (Sassuolo)
R. Palacio (Internazionale)
F. Guarín (Internazionale)
D. Conti (Cagliari)
V. Behrami (Napoli)
Liga
General Index
C. Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Neymar (Barcelona)
A. Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano)
Xavi (Barcelona)
R. López (Getafe)
2
1
3
S. Agüero(Man. City)
D. Silva(Man. City)
A. Ramsey(Arsenal)
2
1
3
Neymar(Barcelona)
I. Rakitić(Sevilla)
C. Ronaldo(Real Madrid)
2
1
3
F. Ayité(Reims)
R. Cabella(Montpellier)
J. Rodríguez(Monaco)
2
1
3
F. Ribéry(Bayern)
H. Mkhitaryan(Dortmund)
M. Reus(Dortmund)
2
1
3
A. Diamanti(Bologna)
R. Palacio(Internazionale)
A. Cerci(Torino)
Serie A
Issue n°51 - 05/11/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Players of the month
October 2012*
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
*From 01/10 to 04/11 - Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
0.88
1.94
0.83
2.16
2.32
1. Arsenal ......................... 3.9
2. Southampton ............ 3.5
3. Man. Utd ..................... 2.7
. Aston Villa ................... 2.7
5. West Ham ................... 1.9
6. Everton ........................ 1.6
. Newcastle ................... 1.6
8. Tottenham .................. 1.5
9. Liverpool ..................... 1.4
10. Chelsea ........................ 1.0
11. Sunderland ................ 0.9
12. Swansea City ............. 0.8
13. WBA .............................. 0.3
14. Man. City ..................... 0.2
15. Stoke City .................... 0.1
. Cardiff City .................. 0.1
. Crystal Palace ............ 0.1
. Fulham ......................... 0.1
19. Hull City ....................... 0.0
. Norwich City .............. 0.0
Premier League
1. Barcelona .................... 7.2
2. Athletic Bilbao .......... 6.9
3. Real Sociedad ............ 6.4
4. Celta Vigo.................... 4.6
5. Villarreal ...................... 2.8
6. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.5
7. Levante ........................ 2.3
8. Real Madrid ................ 2.0
9. Málaga ......................... 1.8
. Valencia ....................... 1.8
11. Real Valladolid........... 1.7
. Osasuna ....................... 1.7
13. Sevilla ........................... 1.5
14. Real Betis..................... 0.7
15. Rayo Vallecano .......... 0.2
16. Espanyol ...................... 0.1
17. Elche ............................. 0.0
. Granada ....................... 0.0
. Almería ........................ 0.0
. Getafe .......................... 0.0
Liga
1. Lyon .............................. 5.8
2. Montpellier ................ 4.6
3. Rennes ......................... 3.9
4. Sochaux ....................... 3.8
5. Bastia ............................ 3.7
6. Bordeaux..................... 2.6
7. St-Etienne ................... 2.3
8. Lille ................................ 2.0
. Ajaccio ......................... 2.0
10. Monaco ....................... 1.9
11. Nantes .......................... 1.4
12. Marseille ...................... 1.2
13. Toulouse ...................... 1.1
. Nice ............................... 1.1
15. Guingamp .................. 0.9
16. Reims ............................ 0.8
. Lorient ......................... 0.8
18. Evian TG ....................... 0.7
19. Valenciennes ............. 0.6
20. PSG ................................ 0.2
1. Freiburg ....................... 5.2
2. Bayern München ...... 4.2
3. M’gladbach ................ 3.2
4. Schalke 04 .................. 3.0
5. Dortmund .................. 2.5
6. Stuttgart ...................... 2.3
7. Werder Bremen ........ 2.2
8. Hamburg ..................... 1.8
9. Frankfurt ..................... 1.5
. Leverkusen ................. 1.5
11. Nürnberg .................... 1.4
12. Wolfsburg ................... 1.3
13. Hertha Berlin ............. 0.9
14. Braunschweig ........... 0.7
. Hoffenheim ................ 0.7
16. Mainz 05 ...................... 0.6
17. Hannover 96 .............. 0.0
. Augsburg .................... 0.0
BundesLiga
1. Atalanta Bergamo.... 2.8
2. Roma ............................ 2.2
3. Livorno ........................ 2.0
4. Sampdoria .................. 1.9
5. Milan............................. 1.5
6. Genoa........................... 1.4
7. Hellas Verona ............. 1.1
8. Napoli........................... 1.0
9. Cagliari ......................... 0.9
10. Juventus ...................... 0.8
. Lazio ............................. 0.8
12. Sassuolo ...................... 0.6
13. Bologna ....................... 0.4
14. Fiorentina ................... 0.2
15. Internazionale ........... 0.0
. Catania ......................... 0.0
. Udinese ....................... 0.0
. Parma ........................... 0.0
. Chievo Verona ........... 0.0
. Torino ........................... 0.0
serie a
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Issue n°52 - 12/11/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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average number of club-trained players on the pitch per club
average number of club-trained players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
Club-trained players: footballers having played for at least three years between the ages of 15 and 21 for the club employing them during the season
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
3.38
4.454.27
2.57
2.02
1. Stoke City .................... 7.0
2. Man. City ..................... 5.4
3. Fulham ......................... 5.3
4. Aston Villa ................... 5.2
5. Crystal Palace ............ 5.0
. Man. Utd ..................... 5.0
7. Southampton ............ 4.9
8. Chelsea ........................ 4.5
9. WBA .............................. 4.3
10. Norwich City .............. 4.2
11. West Ham ................... 4.1
12. Everton ........................ 4.0
. Tottenham .................. 4.0
14. Newcastle ................... 3.9
. Liverpool ..................... 3.9
16. Arsenal ......................... 3.7
. Sunderland ................ 3.7
18. Cardiff City .................. 3.3
19. Hull City ....................... 2.2
20. Swansea City ............. 2.0
Premier League
1. Real Madrid ................ 3.9
2. Real Betis..................... 3.5
3. Real Sociedad ............ 3.4
4. Athletic Bilbao .......... 3.3
5. Espanyol ...................... 2.6
. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.6
7. Valencia ....................... 2.4
8. Getafe .......................... 2.2
9. Granada ....................... 2.0
. Málaga ......................... 2.0
11. Osasuna ....................... 1.9
. Levante ........................ 1.9
13. Rayo Vallecano .......... 1.5
. Barcelona .................... 1.5
15. Sevilla ........................... 1.4
16. Villarreal ...................... 1.2
17. Elche ............................. 1.1
. Almería ........................ 1.1
19. Celta Vigo.................... 0.9
20. Real Valladolid........... 0.1
Liga
1. St-Etienne ................... 4.7
2. Reims ............................ 4.6
3. PSG ................................ 4.2
4. Nantes .......................... 4.1
5. Monaco ....................... 4.0
6. Lille ................................ 3.8
7. Bordeaux..................... 3.6
8. Rennes ......................... 2.7
. Lorient ......................... 2.7
10. Toulouse ...................... 2.6
11. Evian TG ....................... 2.5
12. Lyon .............................. 2.2
13. Ajaccio ......................... 2.0
14. Marseille ...................... 1.7
15. Sochaux ....................... 1.6
. Guingamp .................. 1.6
17. Nice ............................... 1.0
. Bastia ............................ 1.0
19. Valenciennes ............. 0.9
20. Montpellier ................ 0.2
1. Hamburg ..................... 6.7
2. Schalke 04 .................. 6.4
3. Leverkusen ................. 5.9
4. Stuttgart ...................... 5.2
5. Wolfsburg ................... 5.0
6. Bayern München ...... 4.8
7. Werder Bremen ........ 4.6
. Hoffenheim ................ 4.6
9. Mainz 05 ...................... 4.5
10. Nürnberg .................... 4.4
. Frankfurt ..................... 4.4
12. Dortmund .................. 4.2
13. Augsburg .................... 4.1
14. Hannover 96 .............. 4.0
15. M’gladbach ................ 3.2
. Freiburg ....................... 3.2
17. Hertha Berlin ............. 3.0
18. Braunschweig ........... 1.8
BundesLiga
1. Juventus ...................... 5.5
2. Chievo Verona ........... 5.3
3. Cagliari ......................... 4.7
. Livorno ........................ 4.7
5. Sassuolo ...................... 4.0
6. Bologna ....................... 3.9
. Lazio ............................. 3.9
8. Milan............................. 3.6
9. Internazionale ........... 3.5
10. Catania ......................... 3.2
. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.2
12. Hellas Verona ............. 3.1
13. Napoli........................... 2.9
14. Roma ............................ 2.8
15. Parma ........................... 2.6
16. Torino ........................... 2.4
. Sampdoria .................. 2.4
18. Fiorentina ................... 2.3
19. Udinese ....................... 1.9
20. Genoa........................... 1.7
serie a
Ligue 1
Issue n°53 - 26/11/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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av. number of players more than 185 cm in height on the pitch
av. number of players more than 185 cm in height on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
Premier League
General Index
R. Lukaku (Everton)
S. Gerrard (Liverpool)
J. de Guzmán (Swansea)
Á. Rangel (Swansea)
Y. Cabaye (Newcastle)
Ligue 1
General Index
Z. Ibrahimović (Paris SG)
Y. Jouffre (Lorient)
A. Masuaku (Valenciennes)
T. Motta (Paris SG)
I. Gueye (Lille)
General Index
Bundesliga
H. Son (Leverkusen)
G. Castro (Leverkusen)
J. Draxler (Schalke 04)
T. Kroos (Bayern)
W. Kvist (Stuttgart)
General Index
O. El Kaddouri (Torino)
F. Matuzalém (Genoa)
J. Cuadrado (Fiorentina)
N. de Jong (Milan)
N. Murru (Cagliari)
Liga
General Index
G. Bale (Real Madrid)
M. Susaeta (Bilbao)
Isco (Real Madrid)
D. Parejo (Valencia)
M. Bartra (Barcelona)
2
1
3
J. Navas(Man. City)
W. Rooney(Man. United)
S. Gerrard(Liverpool)
2
1
3
Isco(Real Madrid)
C. Vela(Real Sociedad)
G. Bale(Real Madrid)
2
1
3
Z. Ibrahimović(Paris SG)
Lucas (Paris SG)
F. Thauvin(Marseille)
2
1
3
S. Salihović(Ho�enheim)
A. Robben(Bayern)
H. Son(Leverkusen)
2
1
3
O. El Kaddouri(Torino)
F. Matuzalém(Genoa)
D. Berardi(Sassuolo)
Serie A
Issue n°54 - 03/12/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Players of the month
November 2013*
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
Shooting
Chance creation
Take on
Distribution
Recovery
*From 05/11 to 02/12 - Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
5.87
4.646.97
3.59
4.24
1. Newcastle ................... 9.8
2. Man. City ..................... 9.4
3. Arsenal ......................... 8.7
4. Stoke City .................... 8.1
5. Chelsea ........................ 7.9
6. Fulham ......................... 7.7
7. Tottenham .................. 7.1
8. Everton ........................ 7.0
9. Aston Villa ................... 6.9
. Sunderland ................ 6.9
11. WBA .............................. 6.8
. Swansea City ............. 6.8
13. Man. Utd ..................... 6.5
14. Crystal Palace ............ 6.4
. Liverpool ..................... 6.4
16. West Ham ................... 5.9
17. Southampton ............ 5.8
18. Hull City ....................... 5.4
19. Norwich City .............. 5.0
. Cardiff City .................. 5.0
Premier League
1. Granada ....................... 7.5
2. Valencia ....................... 7.2
3. Málaga ......................... 7.0
4. Sevilla ........................... 6.8
5. Atlético Madrid ......... 6.2
. Real Madrid ................ 6.2
7. Levante ........................ 5.6
8. Espanyol ...................... 4.4
9. Barcelona .................... 4.2
10. Real Valladolid........... 3.9
11. Villarreal ...................... 3.8
12. Real Sociedad ............ 3.7
13. Almería ........................ 3.2
14. Osasuna ....................... 2.8
. Celta Vigo.................... 2.8
16. Real Betis..................... 2.7
17. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.4
18. Elche ............................. 2.1
19. Getafe .......................... 1.1
20. Athletic Bilbao .......... 1.0
Liga
1. PSG ................................ 8.4
2. Monaco ....................... 6.5
3. Lille ................................ 6.1
4. Toulouse ...................... 5.3
5. Bordeaux..................... 5.0
6. Nantes .......................... 4.0
7. Evian TG ....................... 3.9
8. Ajaccio ......................... 3.6
9. Nice ............................... 3.3
10. Bastia ............................ 3.2
11. Montpellier ................ 3.1
12. Rennes ......................... 2.9
. Lyon .............................. 2.9
14. Reims ............................ 2.7
15. Valenciennes ............. 2.6
16. Lorient ......................... 2.5
17. Sochaux ....................... 1.9
18. St-Etienne ................... 1.8
19. Marseille ...................... 1.6
20. Guingamp .................. 0.4
1. Wolfsburg ................... 7.9
2. Hannover 96 .............. 6.6
3. M’gladbach ................ 5.7
. Nürnberg .................... 5.7
5. Bayern München ...... 5.6
6. Mainz 05 ...................... 5.5
7. Hertha Berlin ............. 4.9
8. Stuttgart ...................... 4.8
9. Werder Bremen ........ 4.7
10. Hoffenheim ................ 4.6
11. Frankfurt ..................... 4.5
12. Dortmund .................. 4.3
13. Augsburg .................... 4.2
14. Freiburg ....................... 4.1
15. Hamburg ..................... 3.4
16. Schalke 04 .................. 3.2
17. Leverkusen ................. 2.3
18. Braunschweig ........... 1.6
BundesLiga
1. Internazionale .........10.2
2. Napoli........................... 9.0
3. Lazio ............................. 8.7
. Udinese ....................... 8.7
5. Catania ......................... 8.6
6. Fiorentina ................... 8.0
7. Roma ............................ 6.8
8. Milan............................. 6.2
9. Bologna ....................... 6.1
10. Chievo Verona ........... 5.9
11. Hellas Verona ............. 5.8
12. Sampdoria .................. 5.2
13. Juventus ...................... 4.9
14. Cagliari ......................... 4.1
15. Parma ........................... 4.0
16. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.7
17. Livorno ........................ 3.6
18. Genoa........................... 3.4
19. Torino ........................... 2.6
20. Sassuolo ...................... 2.2
serie a
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Issue n°55 - 10/12/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
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av. number of expatriates on the pitch
av. number of expatriates on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
Expatriates: players employed by a club outside of the national association in which they began playing, from where they departed for football-related reasons.
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0.96
1.52
0.74
1.61
1.24
1. Southampton ............ 2.0
2. Swansea City ............. 1.8
. Everton ........................ 1.8
4. Liverpool ..................... 1.4
5. Arsenal ......................... 1.3
6. Man. Utd ..................... 1.2
7. Fulham ......................... 0.9
8. Norwich City .............. 0.7
. West Ham ................... 0.7
10. Hull City ....................... 0.6
11. Man. City ..................... 0.5
. Tottenham .................. 0.5
13. WBA .............................. 0.4
14. Crystal Palace ............ 0.3
15. Cardiff City .................. 0.2
. Stoke City .................... 0.2
. Sunderland ................ 0.2
18. Aston Villa ................... 0.1
. Newcastle ................... 0.1
20. Chelsea ........................ 0.0
Premier League
1. Celta Vigo.................... 2.4
2. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.2
. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.2
4. Sevilla ........................... 1.9
. Athletic Bilbao .......... 1.9
. Real Madrid ................ 1.9
7. Málaga ......................... 1.7
8. Granada ....................... 1.4
. Almería ........................ 1.4
10. Elche ............................. 1.3
11. Real Betis..................... 1.2
. Valencia ....................... 1.2
13. Real Sociedad ............ 1.0
14. Barcelona .................... 0.8
15. Espanyol ...................... 0.7
. Levante ........................ 0.7
17. Getafe .......................... 0.6
18. Villarreal ...................... 0.2
19. Osasuna ....................... 0.0
. Real Valladolid........... 0.0
Liga
1. Toulouse ...................... 3.4
2. Monaco ....................... 3.2
3. Lorient ......................... 2.7
. Nice ............................... 2.7
5. PSG ................................ 2.6
6. Valenciennes ............. 2.2
7. Sochaux ....................... 2.0
8. Marseille ...................... 1.8
9. Lyon .............................. 1.7
. Nantes .......................... 1.7
. Rennes ......................... 1.7
12. Evian TG ....................... 1.1
. St-Etienne ................... 1.1
14. Ajaccio ......................... 1.0
15. Montpellier ................ 0.8
. Lille ................................ 0.8
. Bordeaux..................... 0.8
18. Guingamp .................. 0.4
. Reims ............................ 0.4
20. Bastia ............................ 0.2
1. Hoffenheim ................ 3.3
2. M’gladbach ................ 2.5
. Wolfsburg ................... 2.5
4. Leverkusen ................. 2.2
. Freiburg ....................... 2.2
6. Nürnberg .................... 2.1
7. Stuttgart ...................... 1.9
8. Schalke 04 .................. 1.7
9. Mainz 05 ...................... 1.6
10. Hamburg ..................... 1.4
. Hertha Berlin ............. 1.4
12. Bayern München ...... 1.3
13. Dortmund .................. 0.9
14. Frankfurt ..................... 0.8
. Hannover 96 .............. 0.8
16. Augsburg .................... 0.6
17. Werder Bremen ........ 0.3
18. Braunschweig ........... 0.0
BundesLiga
1. Livorno ........................ 3.4
2. Genoa........................... 2.2
3. Sampdoria .................. 2.0
4. Lazio ............................. 1.4
5. Catania ......................... 1.3
. Internazionale ........... 1.3
7. Sassuolo ...................... 1.2
8. Bologna ....................... 1.0
9. Juventus ...................... 0.9
10. Hellas Verona ............. 0.8
. Milan............................. 0.8
12. Atalanta Bergamo.... 0.7
. Udinese ....................... 0.7
14. Cagliari ......................... 0.6
15. Roma ............................ 0.4
16. Parma ........................... 0.3
. Fiorentina ................... 0.3
18. Chievo Verona ........... 0.1
19. Napoli........................... 0.0
. Torino ........................... 0.0
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Issue n°56 - 17/12/2013
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av. number of u21 players on the pitch
av. number of u21 players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]
U21: players born on or after 1st January 1992
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
2
1
3
Luis Suárez(Liverpool)
Neymar(Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid)
4. Carlos Tévez (Juventus)
5. Wayne Rooney (Man. United)
6. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
7. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)
8. Marco Reus (Dortmund)
9. Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)
10. Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)
2
1
3
Franck Ribéry(Bayern)
Miralem Pjanić(AS Roma)
James Rodríguez(Monaco)
4. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
5. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)
6. João Moutinho (Monaco)
7. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona)
8. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)
9. Samir Nasri (Man. City)
10. Toni Kroos (Bayern)
2
1
3
Giorgio Chiellini(Juventus)
Leandro Castán(AS Roma)
Dante Bon�m(Bayern)
4. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
5. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)
6. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
7. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)
8. Andrea Barzagli (Juventus)
9. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
10. Dejan Lovren (Southampton)
2
1
3
Marco Verratti(Paris SG)
Arturo Vidal(Juventus)
Gabi Fernández(Atlético Madrid)
4. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
5. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)
6. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco)
7. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
8. Paul Pogba (Juventus)
9. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)
10. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
2
1
3
David Alaba(Bayern)
Dani Alves(Barcelona)
Márcio Ra�nha(Bayern)
4. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético Madrid)
5. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)
6. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)
7. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)
8. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)
9. Juanfran Torres (Atlético Madrid)
10. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
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Issue n°57 - 06/01/2013
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Best Players
since the start of the season
Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
Forwards Offensive midfielders
Central/defensive midfielders
Full backs
Centre backs
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
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Premier League
Liga
Ligue 1
Bundesliga
Serie A
Issue n°57 - 06/01/2013
Big-5 Weekly Post
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson
Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs
1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool) 1. Samir Nasri (Man. City) 1. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) 1. Dejan Lovren (Southampton) 1. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)
2. Wayne Rooney (Man. United) 2. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) 2. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 2. José Manuel Chico (Swansea) 2. Glen Johnson (Liverpool)
3. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) 3. Adam Lallana (Southampton) 3. Yaya Touré (Man. City) 3. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) 3. Kyle Walker (Tottenham)
4. Loïc Rémy (Newcastle) 4. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 4. Jonathan de Guzmán (Swansea) 4. Phil Jagielka (Everton) 4. Seamus Coleman (Everton)
5. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) 5. Antonio Valencia (Man. United) 5. Luiz Fernandinho (Man. City) 5. Ashley Williams (Swansea) 5. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)
Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 1. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 1. Gabi Fernández (Atlético) 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) 1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)
2. Neymar Junior (Barcelona) 2. Koke Resurrección (Atlético) 2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) 2. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) 2. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético)
3. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) 3. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona) 3. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) 3. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 3. Juanfran Torres (Atlético)
4. Carlos Vela (R. Sociedad) 4. Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) 4. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) 4. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid) 4. Carlos Peña (Valladolid)
5. Antoine Griezmann (R. Sociedad) 5. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid) 5. Bruno Soriano (Villarreal) 5. Mateo Musacchio (Villarreal) 5. Vitorino Antunes (Málaga)
Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs
1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG) 1. James Rodríguez (Monaco) 1. Marco Verratti (Paris SG) 1. Alex da Costa (Paris SG) 1. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)
2. Edison Cavani (Paris SG) 2. João Moutinho (Monaco) 2. Thiago Motta (Paris SG) 2. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco) 2. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)
3. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) 3. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 3. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco) 3. Éric Abidal (Monaco) 3. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)
4. Henri Saivet (Bordeaux) 4. Rémy Cabella (Montpellier) 4. Florent Balmont (Lille) 4. Marko Baša (Lille) 4. Julian Palmieri (Bastia)
5. Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient) 5. Clément Grenier (Lyon) 5. Clément Chantôme (Toulouse) 5. Simon Kjaer (Lille) 5. Issa Cissokho (Nantes)
Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs
1. Marco Reus (Dortmund) 1. Franck Ribéry (Bayern) 1. Philipp Lahm (Bayern) 1. Dante Bonfim (Bayern) 1. David Alaba (Bayern)
2. Raffael de Araújo (M'gladbach) 2. Toni Kroos (Bayern) 2. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund) 2. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern) 2. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)
3. Max Kruse (M'gladbach) 3. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) 3. Daniel Baier (Augsburg) 3. Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha) 3. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
4. P.-E. Aubameyang (Dortmund) 4. Gonzalo Castro (Leverkusen) 4. Granit Xhaka (M'gladbach) 4. Naldo Aparecido (Wolfsburg) 4. Kevin Grosskreutz (Dortmund)
5. Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund) 5. Thomas Müller (Bayern) 5. Christoph Kramer (M'gladbach) 5. Martin Stranzl (M'gladbach) 5. Oscar Wendt (M'gladbach)
Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs
1. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) 1. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma) 1. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) 1. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) 1. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)
2. Alessio Cerci (Torino) 2. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale) 2. Paul Pogba (Juventus) 2. Leandro Castán (AS Roma) 2. Boukary Dramé (Chievo Verona)
3. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) 3. Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) 3. Kevin Strootman (AS Roma) 3. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) 3. Jonathan Cícero (Internazionale)
4. Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale) 4. Fredy Guarín (Internazionale) 4. Luca Cigarini (Atalanta) 4. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma) 4. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)
5. Mario Balotelli (Milan) 5. Antonio Candreva (Lazio) 5. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan) 5. Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) 5. Dušan Basta (Udinese)
1. Everton .................. 81.3%
2. Newcastle ............. 80.6%
3. Cardiff City ............ 80.4%
4. Stoke City .............. 78.3%
5. Crystal Palace ...... 77.7%
. Arsenal ................... 77.7%
7. Aston Villa ............. 77.1%
8. Hull City ................. 76.0%
. Southampton ...... 76.0%
10. Chelsea .................. 75.5%
11. WBA ........................ 74.4%
12. Liverpool ............... 74.0%
13. Norwich City ........ 73.6%
14. Swansea City ....... 71.2%
15. West Ham ............. 70.4%
16. Tottenham ............ 70.2%
17. Man. Utd ............... 68.9%
18. Man. City ............... 68.4%
19. Sunderland .......... 67.0%
20. Fulham ................... 66.9%
Premier League
1. Atlético Madrid ... 86.1%
2. Villarreal ................ 78.1%
3. Real Valladolid..... 77.8%
4. Celta Vigo.............. 77.1%
5. Espanyol ................ 77.0%
6. Almería .................. 76.5%
7. Real Madrid .......... 76.4%
. Athletic Bilbao .... 76.4%
9. Osasuna ................. 75.6%
10. Elche ....................... 75.5%
11. Málaga ................... 75.3%
12. Granada ................. 73.9%
13. Rayo Vallecano .... 73.6%
14. Real Sociedad ...... 71.9%
15. Levante .................. 71.8%
16. Barcelona .............. 70.4%
17. Getafe .................... 70.2%
18. Sevilla ..................... 66.1%
19. Real Betis............... 64.5%
20. Valencia ................. 64.0%
Liga
1. Lille .......................... 84.3%
2. Nantes .................... 82.8%
3. Monaco ................. 80.1%
4. Bordeaux............... 78.8%
5. Toulouse ................ 78.5%
6. Montpellier .......... 77.1%
7. Reims ...................... 76.1%
. Guingamp ............ 76.1%
9. St-Etienne ............. 75.4%
10. Bastia ...................... 75.1%
11. Marseille ................ 74.6%
12. Nice ......................... 74.4%
13. Lyon ........................ 73.8%
14. PSG .......................... 73.4%
15. Evian TG ................. 72.0%
. Rennes ................... 72.0%
17. Lorient ................... 70.9%
18. Sochaux ................. 68.8%
19. Valenciennes ....... 67.3%
20. Ajaccio ................... 64.8%
1. M’gladbach .......... 88.6%
2. Augsburg .............. 80.1%
3. Hannover 96 ........ 79.9%
4. Hertha Berlin ....... 79.0%
5. Wolfsburg ............. 78.8%
6. Nürnberg .............. 78.6%
7. Hamburg ............... 78.3%
8. Bayern München 77.9%
9. Freiburg ................. 76.1%
. Werder Bremen .. 76.1%
. Dortmund ............ 76.1%
12. Leverkusen ........... 75.9%
13. Stuttgart ................ 75.6%
14. Hoffenheim .......... 75.4%
15. Mainz 05 ................ 75.0%
. Frankfurt ............... 75.0%
17. Braunschweig ..... 72.9%
18. Schalke 04 ............ 72.2%
BundesLiga
1. Internazionale ..... 82.5%
2. Sampdoria ............ 79.2%
. Juventus ................ 79.2%
4. Hellas Verona ....... 78.2%
5. Roma ...................... 78.0%
6. Livorno .................. 77.6%
7. Parma ..................... 77.3%
8. Fiorentina ............. 77.2%
9. Chievo Verona ..... 75.7%
10. Torino ..................... 75.4%
11. Udinese ................. 74.5%
12. Bologna ................. 73.6%
13. Genoa..................... 72.6%
14. Napoli..................... 71.8%
15. Cagliari ................... 71.6%
16. Atalanta ................. 71.2%
17. Sassuolo ................ 67.2%
. Lazio ....................... 67.2%
19. Milan....................... 66.1%
20. Catania ................... 61.6%
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Issue n°58 - 14/01/2014
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average % of minutes played by the 11 most fielded players
% of minutes played by the 11 most fielded players [Since the start of the season]
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0.96
1.52
0.74
1.61
1.24
65% 70% 75% 80% 85%
Relegation zone
Other clubs
Podium
71.9%
74.8%
77.6%
Issue n°59 - 21/01/2014
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Special Issue
DemograPhIcStuDy 2014
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Training club: club where footballers stayed at least 3 seasons between the ages of 15 and 21
* Situation on October 1st 2013
In the club Total
1. Arsenal FC 10 27
2. Manchester United FC 9 25
3. Aston Villa FC 7 15
4. Newcastle United FC 7 11
. West Ham United 6 11
6. Manchester City FC 3 10
7. Southampton FC 4 9
. Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 9
9. Crystal Palace FC 4 8
. Chelsea FC 1 8
Premier League clubs
In the club Total
1. FC Barcelona 16 44
2. Real Madrid CF 7 31
3. Athletic Club Bilbao 14 22
4. Real Sociedad de Fútbol 15 20
. Club Atlético de Madrid 5 20
. Valencia CF 5 20
. RCD Espanyol 2 20
8. RC Celta de Vigo 10 15
. Sevilla FC 5 15
10. Villarreal CF 6 11
Liga clubs
In the club Total
1. Olympique Lyonnais 14 31
2. Stade Rennais FC 10 28
3. Montpellier Hérault SC 12 20
. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 11 20
. FC Girondins de Bordeaux 8 20
. Toulouse FC 6 20
. AS Monaco 5 20
8. Paris St-Germain FC 3 17
9. FC Nantes 7 16
. AS St-Etienne 6 16
Ligue 1 clubs
In the club Total
1. FC Bayern München 7 23
2. VfB Stuttgart 7 22
3. FC Schalke 04 7 21
4. SC Freiburg 9 17
. Hertha BSC Berlin 6 17
6. Hamburger SV 3 13
7. VfL Borussia M’gladbach 5 12
. SV Werder Bremen 4 12
9. Borussia Dortmund 5 10
. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 10
Bundesliga clubs
In the club Total
1. Atalanta Bergamo 8 22
2. Milan AC 3 20
3. AS Roma 4 18
4. Internazionale Milano FC 1 17
5. Juventus FC 3 14
6. Torino Calcio 2 13
7. Sampdoria UC 4 9
. AC Fiorentina 2 9
9. SS Lazio 1 8
10. FC Genoa 1893 3 6
Serie A clubs
Total
1. Le Havre AC (FRA/2) 20
2. CA River Plate (ARG) 16
3. CA Boca Juniors (ARG) 15
. TSV München 1860 (GER/2) 15
5. AFC Ajax (NED) 13
. SM Caen (FRA/2) 13
7. AJ Auxerre (FRA/2) 12
8. AS Nancy-Lorraine (FRA/2) 11
. Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 11
10. Brescia Calcio (ITA/2) 10
Non big-5 league clubs
Clubs having trained the most players in the big-5*
1,207
8492,706
951
1,134
1. Man. City ................ 435.1
2. Man. Utd ................ 394.9
3. Chelsea ................... 376.0
4. Tottenham ............. 250.1
5. Arsenal .................... 215.7
6. Liverpool ................ 212.6
7. Newcastle .................84.4
8. Everton ......................82.9
9. Aston Villa .................81.6
10. Southampton ..........80.8
11. Sunderland ..............75.7
12. Stoke City ..................69.6
13. West Ham .................63.6
14. Cardiff City ................51.8
15. Norwich City ............51.1
16. Swansea City ...........44.8
17. Hull City .....................41.1
18. Fulham .......................40.0
19. WBA ............................30.7
20. Crystal Palace ..........24.0
Premier League
1. Real Madrid ........... 536.0
2. Barcelona ............... 237.3
3. Atlético Madrid .......80.6
4. Valencia .....................67.9
5. Sevilla .........................49.5
6. Villarreal ....................34.5
7. Athletic Bilbao ........33.1
8. Getafe ........................18.5
9. Granada .....................16.8
10. Málaga .......................11.3
11. Real Betis...................11.0
12. Real Sociedad ..........10.8
13. Celta Vigo.................... 8.8
14. Espanyol ...................... 8.3
15. Real Valladolid........... 4.3
16. Osasuna ....................... 3.5
17. Rayo Vallecano, Elche,
Almería, Levante ...<3.0
Liga
1. PSG ........................... 365.9
2. Monaco .................. 204.9
3. Marseille ....................87.6
4. Lyon ............................56.0
5. Lille ..............................39.5
6. Bordeaux...................35.3
7. St-Etienne .................28.1
8. Lorient .......................23.4
9. Rennes .......................22.7
10. Toulouse ....................14.6
11. Montpellier ..............14.3
12. Sochaux .....................12.4
13. Nantes ........................12.2
14. Nice .............................11.0
15. Valenciennes ...........10.2
16. Reims ............................ 5.8
17. Evian TG ....................... 3.2
18. Guingamp, Bastia,
Ajaccio .......................<3.0
1. Bayern München . 233.1
2. Wolfsburg .............. 117.2
3. Dortmund ................99.2
4. Schalke 04 ................67.2
5. Hamburg ...................57.2
6. Leverkusen ...............50.9
7. M’gladbach ..............49.2
8. Hannover 96 ............28.6
9. Werder Bremen ......28.5
10. Hoffenheim ..............25.9
11. Stuttgart ....................25.3
12. Mainz 05 ....................16.6
13. Nürnberg ..................15.2
14. Frankfurt ...................12.8
15. Freiburg ....................... 8.6
16. Hertha Berlin ............. 7.3
17. Augsburg .................... 4.5
18. Braunschweig .........<3.0
BundesLiga
1. Juventus ................. 213.8
2. Internazionale ...... 183.8
3. Napoli...................... 174.1
4. Roma ....................... 108.2
5. Fiorentina .................92.9
6. Milan...........................91.2
7. Lazio ...........................89.7
8. Sampdoria ................32.4
9. Genoa.........................32.0
10. Catania .......................31.8
11. Torino .........................27.4
12. Udinese .....................26.3
13. Cagliari .......................25.5
14. Bologna .....................23.7
15. Atalanta Bergamo..23.4
16. Sassuolo ....................11.5
17. Parma ........................... 9.6
18. Chievo Verona ........... 8.6
19. Hellas Verona, Livorno
......................................<3.0
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Issue n°60 - 28/01/2014
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Transfer fees paid to sign current squad members
Transfer fees paid to sign current squad members [million €]
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1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
2. Edin Džeko (Man. City)
3. Kevin Mirallas (Everton)
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2. Aritz Aduriz (Bilbao)
3. Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)
1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)
2. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)
3. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)
1. Mame Diouf (Hannover)
2. Josip Drmić (Nürnberg)
3. Marco Reus (Dortmund)
1. Mario Balotelli (Milan)
2. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
3. Fernando Llorente (Juventus)
1. David Silva (Man. City)
2. Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
3. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
1. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
2. Ander Herrera (Bilbao)
3. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona)
1. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
2. James Rodríguez (Monaco)
3. Anthony Mounier (Montpellier)
1. Szabolcs Huszti (Hannover)
2. Jefferson Farfán (Schalke 04)
3. Gonzalo Castro (Leverkusen)
1. Antonio Candreva (Lazio)
2. Maximiliano Moralez (Atalanta)
3. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)
1. Jack Cork (Southampton)
2. Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)
3. Youssouf Mulumbu (WBA)
1. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
3. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
1. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)
2. Blaise Matuidi (Paris SG)
3. Gueïda Fofana (Lyon)
1. Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)
2. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)
3. Daniel Baier (Augsburg)
1. Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma)
2. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan)
3. David Pizarro (Fiorentina)
1. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
2. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)
3. José Fonte (Southampton)
1. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
2. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
3. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)
2. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)
3. Alex da Costa (Paris SG)
1. Heiko Westermann (Hamburg)
2. Marcelo Guedes (Hannover)
3. Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin)
1. Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina)
2. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)
3. Juan Jesus (Internazionale)
1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Man. City)
2. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
3. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)
1. Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
2. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)
3. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid)
1. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)
2. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)
3. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)
1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)
2. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
3. Joo-Ho Park (Mainz)
1. Mattia Cassani (Parma)
2. Urby Emanuelson (Milan)
3. Stefan Lichtsteiner (Juventus)
Issue n°61 - 04/02/2014
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Players of the month
January 2014
*From 01/01 to 04/02 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
Forwards Offensive midfielders
Central/defensive midfielders
Full backs
Centre backs
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Crystal Palace Thomas Ince 30.01.1992Joe Ledley 23.01.1987Patrick McCarthy 31.05.1983Glenn Murray 25.09.1983
Fulham Muamer Tanković 22.02.1995Larnell Cole 09.03.1993Dan Burn 09.05.1992Ryan Tunnicliffe 30.12.1992
Cardiff City Mats Daehli 02.03.1995Magnus Eikrem 08.08.1990Kevin McNaughton 28.08.1982
Stoke City Jack Butland 10.03.1993John Guidetti 15.04.1992
Sunderland Liam Bridcutt 08.05.1989Santiago Vergini 03.08.1988
Chelsea Mohammed Salah 15.06.1992Everton Aiden McGeady 04.04.1986
Premier League
Ligue 1
Rennes Paul-Georges Ntep 29.07.1992Kamil Grosicki 08.06.1988Ola Toivonen 03.07.1986
Sochaux Mickael Malsa 12.10.1995Nathan Sinkala 23.04.1991Stoppila Sunzu 22.06.1989
Ajaccio Nordine Ait Yahia 10.07.1992Oumar Sissoko 13.09.1987
Bordeaux Enzo Crivelli 06.02.1995Guingamp Mana Dembélé 29.11.1988Lille Adama Soumaoro 18.06.1992Marseille Laurent Abergel 01.02.1993Monaco Nabil Dirar 25.02.1986Toulouse Zacharie Boucher 07.03.1992Valenciennes Abdul Waris 19.09.1991
Serie a
Cagliari Simone Solinas 03.03.1996Adryan Oliveira 08.10.1994
Catania Francesco Fedato 15.10.1992Fabián Rinaudo 08.05.1987
Atalanta Marco Sportiello 10.05.1992Bologna Ibson Barreto 07.11.1983Chievo Verona Maodo Mbaye 06.11.1995Internazionale Rubén Botta 31.01.1990Lazio Etrit Berisha 10.03.1989Livorno Jonny Mosquera 17.02.1991Milan Keisuke Honda 13.06.1986Parma José Mauri 16.05.1996Roma Tin Jedvaj 28.11.1995Sampdoria Michele Fornasier 22.08.1993Sassuolo Ettore Gliozzi 23.09.1995Udinese Simone Scuffet 31.05.1996
Liga
Málaga Flávio Ferreira 19.10.1991Nordin Amrabat 31.03.1987Pablo Pérez 10.08.1985
Villarreal Nahuel Leiva 22.10.1996Joan Román 18.05.1993Aleksandar Pantić 11.04.1992
Granada Tiago Ilori 26.02.1993Orestis Karnezis 11.07.1985
Levante Víctor Camarasa 28.05.1994Nagore Gómez 27.12.1980
Osasuna Cristian Lobato 07.03.1989Javier Acuña 23.06.1988
Almería Jonathan Zongo 02.12.1992Barcelona Jean-Marie Dongou 20.04.1995Real Valladolid Stefan Mitrović 22.05.1990Valencia Rúben Vezo 25.04.1994
BundeSLiga
Hamburg Ouasim Bouy 11.06.1993John Ola 19.05.1992
Braunschweig Havard Nielsen 15.07.1993Frankfurt Felix Wiedwald 15.03.1990Hannover 96 František Rajtoral 12.03.1986Hoffenheim Jiloan Hamad 06.11.1990Leverkusen Seung-Woo Ryu 17.12.1993Nürnberg Ondrej Petrak 11.03.1992Stuttgart Robin Yalcin 25.01.1994Werder Bremen Levent Ayçiçek 12.02.1994Wolfsburg Junior Malanda 28.08.1994
Premier League
Liga
Serie A
Ligue 1
Bundesliga
17
16
16
15
11
Issue n°62 - 11/02/2014
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Players who made their debut in the big-5 after 1st of January
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number, by league
Premier League
129
Serie A
102
Bundesliga
80
Liga
68
Ligue 1
50
Issue n°63 - 18/02/2014
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Number of players having participated in WC 2014 qualifications per league of employment and country represented1
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Total
1. Italy 2 1 35 38
2. England 32 32
3. France 14 3 11 1 2 31
4. Spain 9 18 1 28
5. Argentina 5 5 3 1 12 26
6. Germany 4 1 18 1 24
7. Switzerland 1 2 11 6 20
8. Belgium 10 2 3 1 16
. Ivory Coast 6 7 2 1 16
. The Netherlands 8 1 4 3 16
11. Colombia 1 2 4 2 6 15
12. Cameroon 1 4 6 3 14
. Croatia 2 3 5 4 14
. Uruguay 4 4 2 4 14
15. Ghana 1 1 5 2 4 13
16. Algeria 1 3 4 4 12
. Greece 3 2 2 5 12
. Japan 2 8 2 12
. Portugal 1 6 3 1 1 12
20. Chili 1 4 6 11
21. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2 6 2 10
. USA 6 1 3 10
23. Nigeria 3 2 2 2 9
24. South Korea 2 5 7
25. Mexico 1 3 1 1 6
26. Australia 2 1 3
. Costa Rica 1 1 1 3
28. Honduras 2 2
29. Ecuador 1 1
. Iran 1 1
. Russia 1 1
Number, by league
1 Only countries qualified (not including Brazil)
25.5
23.224.5
24.1
24.6
1. West Ham .................27.0
2. Hull City .....................26.7
3. Fulham .......................26.6
4. Crystal Palace ..........25.9
5. WBA ............................25.8
6. Norwich City ............25.7
7. Stoke City ..................25.6
8. Man. City ...................24.9
9. Sunderland ..............24.8
10. Swansea City ...........24.6
. Everton ......................24.6
12. Cardiff City ................24.5
13. Chelsea ......................24.1
14. Arsenal .......................23.5
15. Newcastle .................23.3
. Tottenham ................23.3
17. Aston Villa .................23.0
. Southampton ..........23.0
19. Man. Utd ...................22.2
20. Liverpool ...................21.9
Premier League
1. Levante ......................27.6
2. Elche ...........................27.2
3. Osasuna .....................26.0
4. Almería ......................25.8
5. Getafe ........................25.7
6. Real Valladolid.........25.3
. Espanyol ....................25.3
8. Málaga .......................25.1
9. Atlético Madrid .......25.0
10. Real Betis...................24.9
. Granada .....................24.9
12. Rayo Vallecano ........24.7
13. Sevilla .........................24.6
14. Valencia .....................24.5
15. Celta Vigo..................24.2
16. Villarreal ....................23.0
17. Real Madrid ..............22.6
18. Athletic Bilbao ........22.5
19. Barcelona ..................21.6
20. Real Sociedad ..........21.5
Liga
1. Bastia ..........................27.0
2. Guingamp ................25.2
3. Ajaccio .......................25.0
4. Evian TG .....................24.9
5. Monaco .....................24.8
. PSG ..............................24.8
7. St-Etienne .................24.5
8. Valenciennes ...........24.3
9. Reims ..........................24.2
. Nantes ........................24.2
11. Bordeaux...................24.0
12. Rennes .......................23.9
. Lille ..............................23.9
14. Marseille ....................23.8
15. Lyon ............................23.4
. Sochaux .....................23.4
17. Montpellier ..............23.3
18. Lorient .......................23.0
19. Nice .............................22.7
20. Toulouse ....................22.5
1. Augsburg ..................24.3
2. Frankfurt ...................24.1
3. Hertha Berlin ...........24.0
4. Wolfsburg .................23.9
5. Hannover 96 ............23.7
6. Mainz 05 ....................23.6
. Bayern München ....23.6
8. Braunschweig .........23.3
9. Hamburg ...................23.2
. Nürnberg ..................23.2
11. Werder Bremen ......22.9
12. Freiburg .....................22.8
13. Dortmund ................22.7
. Stuttgart ....................22.7
15. M’gladbach ..............22.6
. Leverkusen ...............22.6
17. Schalke 04 ................22.3
. Hoffenheim ..............22.3
BundesLiga
1. Bologna .....................26.9
2. Parma .........................26.6
. Genoa.........................26.6
4. Hellas Verona ...........26.5
. Torino .........................26.5
. Fiorentina .................26.5
7. Chievo Verona .........26.4
8. Atalanta Bergamo..26.3
9. Juventus ....................26.2
10. Milan...........................26.1
11. Sassuolo ....................25.5
12. Napoli.........................25.4
13. Catania .......................25.2
. Internazionale .........25.2
15. Lazio ...........................25.1
16. Livorno ......................24.7
17. Roma ..........................24.4
18. Sampdoria ................24.1
19. Cagliari .......................23.4
20. Udinese .....................23.2
serie a
Ligue 1
Issue n°64 - 25/02/2014
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average age of players at recruitment
average age of players at recruitment [players fielded since 1st of January 2014]
Including players back from loan and players recruited from an academy
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
1. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
2. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
3. Robin van Persie (Man. United)
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
3. Rubén Castro (Betis)
1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)
2. Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)
3. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)
1. Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)
2. Domi Kumbela (Braunschweig)
3. Adrián Ramos (Hertha Berlin)
1. Luca Toni (Verona)
2. Carlos Tévez (Juventus)
3. Ciro Immobile (Torino)
1. Juan Mata (Man. United)
2. David Silva (Man. City)
3. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
1. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
2. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
3. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
1. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)
2. Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)
3. Christian Brüls (Nice)
1. Mario Götze (Bayern)
2. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund)
3. Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim)
1. Marek Hamšík (Napoli)
2. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)
3. Rômulo Souza (Verona)
1. Yaya Touré (Man. City)
2. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
3. Gareth Barry (Everton)
1. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
2. Bruno Soriano (Villarreal)
3. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)
1. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco)
2. Idrissa Gueye (Lille)
3. Maxime Gonalons (Lyon)
1. Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)
2. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)
3. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)
1. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
2. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan)
3. Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma)
1. Phil Jagielka (Everton)
2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)
3. José Fonte (Southampton)
1. Aymeric Laporte (Bilbao)
2. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)
3. Carlos Gurpegui (Bilbao)
1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)
2. Samuel Umtiti (Lyon)
3. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)
1. Nikolče Noveski (Mainz)
2. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)
3. Dante Bonfim (Bayern)
1. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)
2. Leandro Castán (AS Roma)
3. Davide Astori (Cagliari)
1. Leighton Baines (Everton)
2. Aleksandar Kolarov (Man. City)
3. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)
1. Adriano Correia (Barcelona)
2. Jonny Castro (Vigo)
3. Andoni Iraola (Bilbao)
1. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)
2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)
3. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)
1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)
2. David Alaba (Bayern)
3. Marcel Schmelzer (Dortmund)
1. Abdoulaye Konko (Lazio)
2. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)
3. Matteo Darmian (Torino)
Issue n°65 - 04/03/2014
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Players of the month
february 2014
*From 01/02 to 02/03 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
Forwards Offensive midfielders
Central/defensive midfielders
Full backs
Centre backs
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Issue n°66- 11/03/2014
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Countries of birth
Countries of birth, by league [players fielded since the start of the season]
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
1. England ................177
2. France ........................... 45
3. Spain ............................. 33
4. Rep. of Ireland ............ 15
. The Netherlands........ 15
6. Brazil .............................. 14
. Scotland ....................... 14
8. Argentina ..................... 13
. Belgium ........................ 13
10. Wales ............................. 10
11. Germany .........................9
. Ivory Coast .....................9
. USA ...................................9
14. Northern Ireland ..........8
. Sweden ............................8
16. Denmark .........................7
. Italy ...................................7
18. Bosnia Herzegovina ....5
. Czech Republic .............5
. Nigeria .............................5
PrEmiEr LEaguE
1. Spain .....................296
2. Argentina ..................... 29
. France ........................... 29
4. Brazil .............................. 23
5. Portugal........................ 19
6. Uruguay ....................... 10
7. Chile..................................9
. Colombia ........................9
9. Mexico .............................7
10. Cameroon .......................5
. Germany .........................5
. Romania ..........................5
13. Nigeria .............................4
. Paraguay .........................4
. Serbia ...............................4
. Switzerland ....................4
. The Netherlands...........4
18. Ghana ...............................3
. Senegal ............................3
20. Belgium ...........................2
Liga
1. France ...................333
2. Brazil .............................. 20
3. Ivory Coast .................. 14
4. Cameroon .................... 12
. Senegal ......................... 12
6. Argentina ..................... 10
7. Serbia ...............................9
8. Belgium ...........................8
. Mali ...................................8
10. Guinea .............................7
11. Colombia ........................6
. Portugal...........................6
. Romania ..........................6
14. Denmark .........................5
. Italy ...................................5
16. Ghana ...............................4
. Israel .................................4
. Venezuela .......................4
19. Burkina Faso ..................3
. Gabon ..............................3
1. germany ...............242
2. Czech Republic .......... 14
3. Brazil .............................. 12
4. Switzerland ................. 11
5. Austria ........................... 10
. France ........................... 10
7. Poland ..............................8
. The Netherlands...........8
9. Bosnia Herzegovina ....7
. Croatia .............................7
. Japan ................................7
. Serbia ...............................7
13. Belgium ...........................6
. Denmark .........................6
. Rep. of Korea .................6
16. Argentina ........................5
. Norway ............................5
. Spain ................................5
19. Italy ...................................4
. Ivory Coast .....................4
BundESLiga
1. italy .......................226
2. Argentina ..................... 51
3. Brazil .............................. 48
4. France ........................... 23
5. Uruguay ....................... 14
6. Serbia ............................ 13
7. Colombia ..................... 12
. Spain ............................. 12
9. Ghana ............................ 10
10. Croatia .............................9
. Switzerland ....................9
12. Slovenia ...........................7
13. Chile..................................6
. Greece ..............................6
. Romania ..........................6
. Sweden ............................6
17. Belgium ...........................5
. Germany .........................5
. Poland ..............................5
. Slovakia ...........................5
SEriE a
LiguE 1
1. France .........................440
2. Spain ...........................347
3. Germany ....................261
4. Italy ..............................244
5. England ......................181
6. Brazil ............................117
7. Argentina ...................108
8. Serbia ............................ 38
9. Belgium ........................ 34
10. The Netherlands........ 32
11. Portugal........................ 31
12. Colombia ..................... 30
. Ivory Coast .................. 30
. Uruguay ....................... 30
15. Switzerland ................. 28
16. Czech Republic .......... 24
17. Senegal ......................... 23
18. Romania ....................... 22
19. Poland ........................... 21
. Denmark ...................... 21
Big-5
Issue n°67- 18/03/2014
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World Cup 2014 qualifications: minutes played per country of the employer club
Clubs at which the players were employed at the time of the matches
Countries qualified only - Brazil: 2013 friendlies and Confederation Cup
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
* Non big-5 league clubs
Done with Philcarto Number of minutes
3,062 (Chili)
20,245 (France)
59,154 (England)
Premier League(14.2%)
Liga(11.3%)
Serie A(9.9%)
Bundesliga(8.5%)Ligue 1
(4.9%)
14.2%
Others(51.1%)
% of minutes, big-5 leagues
Minutes
1. Real Madrid (ESP) 10,549
2. Barcelona (ESP) 9,549
3. Bayern München (GER) 9,351
4. Juventus (ITA) 8,308
5. Man. United (ENG) 7,415
6. Chelsea (ENG) 6,753
7. Man. City (ENG) 6,491
8. Zenit (RUS)* 6,446
9. Napoli (ITA) 6,255
10. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 5,557
11. Arsenal (ENG) 5,477
12. Tottenham (ENG) 5,211
13. PSG (FRA) 5,098
14. Esteghlal FC (IRN) 5,061
15. Roma (ITA) 4,793
Minutes
16. Wolfsburg (GER) 4,601
17. Monterrey (MEX) 4,520
18. Everton (ENG) 4,325
19. Olympiacos (GRE) 4,073
20. Porto (POR) 3,952
21. CSKA Moskva (RUS) 3,886
22. Milan (ITA) 3,703
23. Valencia (ESP) 3,691
24. Internazionale (ITA) 3,686
25. Lazio (ITA) 3,545
26. América (MEX) 3,483
27. Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 3,350
28. Persepolis (IRN) 3,332
29. Liverpool (ENG) 3,308
30. Dortmund (GER) 3,211
Issue n°68- 25/03/2014
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Transfer fees paid by big-5 league clubs since 2008/09
Highest incomes for transfers to big-5 league clubs (since 2008/09)
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
* Non big-5 league clubs
UEFA clubs outsidebig-5 league countries
Non-UEFA clubs
Lower division clubsin other big-5
league countries
Clubs in other big-5 leagues
Clubs in the same big-5 league
Lower division clubsin the same country
To nonbig-5 league
clubs
To otherbig-5 league
clubs
Internationaltransfers
Nationaltransfers
12.49billion €
3.68
0.82
2.130.96
0.12
4.78
to big-5 league clubs
to other clubs
67.7%
32.3%
Million €1. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 322.1
2. Real Madrid CF (ESP) 303.7
3. FC Porto (POR) 282.7
4. Liverpool FC (ENG) 239.8
5. Milan AC (ITA) 229.5
6. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 224.9
7. Udinese Calcio (ITA) 220.0
8. Arsenal FC (ENG) 207.9
9. AS Roma (ITA) 203.4
10. Valencia CF (ESP) 202.7
11. Sevilla FC (ESP) 202.3
12. Palermo US (ITA) 184.8
13. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) 184.6
14. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 184.3
15. FC Barcelona (ESP) 182.1
Million €16. SL Benfica (POR) 174.3
17. Manchester United FC (ENG) 164.7
18. AC Fiorentina (ITA) 160.4
19. Chelsea FC (ENG) 159.4
20. Manchester City FC (ENG) 154.4
21. Newcastle United FC (ENG) 153.4
22. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 149.3
23. Lille OSC (FRA) 149.1
24. SSC Napoli (ITA) 138.6
25. Juventus FC (ITA) 138.0
26. AFC Ajax (NED) 128.6
27. Everton FC (ENG) 122.2
28. Portsmouth FC (ENG) 119.5
29. Sunderland AFC (ENG) 108.1
30. Aston Villa FC (ENG) 100.1
1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
2. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton)
3. André Schürrle (Chelsea)
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)
2. Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)
3. Serge Gakpé (Nantes)
1. Anthony Modeste (Hoffenheim)
2. Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)
3. Josip Drmić (Nürnberg)
1. Ciro Immobile (Torino)
2. Alberto Gilardino (Genoa)
3. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
1. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)
2. Samir Nasri (Man. City)
3. Adam Johnson (Sunderland)
1. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
2. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)
3. Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)
1. Benjamin André (Ajaccio)
2. Foued Kadir (Rennes)
3. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)
1. Toni Kroos (Bayern)
2. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund)
3. Julian Draxler (Schalke 04)
1. Pablo Barrientos (Catania)
2. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)
3. Hernanes de Carvalho (Internazionale)
1. Leon Britton (Swansea)
2. Steven Davis (Southampton)
3. Fabian Delph (Aston Villa)
1. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
3. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)
1. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)
2. Blaise Matuidi (Paris SG)
3. Idrissa Gueye (Lille)
1. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern)
2. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)
3. Christoph Kramer (M'gladbach)
1. Giuseppe Vives (Torino)
2. Radja Nainggolan (AS Roma)
3. Esteban Cambiasso (Internazionale)
1. José Manuel Chico (Swansea)
2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)
3. Ashley Williams (Swansea)
1. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
2. Alejandro Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano)
3. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)
1. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)
2. Marko Baša (Lille)
3. Lucas Mendes (Marseille)
1. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)
2. Mats Hummels (Dortmund)
3. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)
1. Gabriel Paletta (Parma)
2. Davide Astori (Cagliari)
3. Raúl Albiol (Napoli)
1. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)
2. Leighton Baines (Everton)
3. Ben Davies (Swansea)
1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)
2. Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
3. Brayan Angulo (Granada)
1. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)
2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)
3. Siaka Tiéné (Montpellier)
1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)
2. David Alaba (Bayern)
3. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
1. Jonathan Cícero (Internazionale)
2. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)
3. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)
Issue n°69 - 01/04/2014
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Players of the month
March 2014
*From 01/03 to 31/03 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
Forwards Offensive midfielders
Central/defensive midfielders
Full backs
Centre backs
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60%
70%
80%
2013/142012/132011/122010/112009/102008/09
68.9 69.4
67.2
70.5 70.4
75.5
60%
70%
80%
90%
201320122011201020092008
68.7
77.8
75.7
73.7
76.3
80.9
60%
70%
80%
90%
201320122011201020092008
65.4
64.1
68.0
71.272.5 73.2
60%
70%
80%
90%
201320122011201020092008
66.764.6
60.8
68.7
64.6
71.2
60%
70%
80%
90
201320122011201020092008
67.8 67.866.7 66.7
69.3
77.8
60%
70%
80%
90%
201320122011201020092008
75.7
71.9
64.9
72.5
70.8
74.2
Issue 70 - 08/04/2014
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% of possible points achieved by the three best ranked teams
Liga
Bundesliga Ligue 1
Serie A Premier League
by league
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Premier League
Ligue 1
Serie a
BundeSLiga
Liga
Issue n°71 - 15/04/2014
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evolution in the shooting production (shots on target per match) between the first and second part of the season
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
Before 01/01
after 01/01
evolu-tion
1. Cardiff 2.9 3.9 +34%2. Sunderland 3.3 4.2 +27%3. Stoke City 3.1 3.9 +26%4. Fulham 3.6 4.4 +22%5. WBA 3.6 4.3 +19%6. Crystal Palace 3.5 3.9 +11%
. Southampton 4.6 5.1 +11%
. Norwich 3.7 4.1 +11%9. Liverpool 6.5 7.1 +9%
. Hull 3.4 3.7 +9%11. Chelsea 5.8 5.9 +2%12. Man. United 4.8 4.8 +0%13. Aston Villa 3.7 3.6 -3%14. Newcastle 5.0 4.8 -4%15. West Ham 3.3 3.0 -9%
. Man. City 6.5 5.9 -9%17. Arsenal 5.7 5.0 -12%18. Swansea 4.5 3.9 -13%19. Tottenham 5.5 4.6 -16%20. Everton 5.8 4.7 -19%
Before 01/01
after 01/01
evolu-tion
1. Málaga 3.8 4.3 +13%2. Bilbao 4.9 5.4 +10%3. Getafe 3.3 3.6 +9%4. Vigo 4.4 4.4 +0%
. Almería 4.0 4.0 +0%6. Sevilla 4.5 4.3 -4%7. Elche 3.5 3.3 -6%8. Real Madrid 8.3 7.7 -7%9. Barcelona 7.4 6.8 -8%
10. Levante 3.6 3.2 -11%11. Rayo Vallecano 4.9 4.3 -12%12. Espanyol 3.9 3.4 -13%13. Valencia 5.1 4.3 -16%
. Osasuna 3.8 3.2 -16%
. Real Sociedad 5.5 4.6 -16%16. Villarreal 4.6 3.8 -17%17. Granada 3.9 3.2 -18%18. Betis 4.6 3.7 -20%19. Valladolid 3.7 2.6 -30%20. Atlético Madrid 6.5 4.1 -37%
Before 01/01
after 01/01
evolu-tion
1. Montpellier 3.3 4.9 +48%2. Lille 4.0 5.4 +35%3. Toulouse 3.7 4.9 +32%4. Guingamp 3.4 4.4 +29%5. St-Etienne 4.3 5.2 +21%6. Ajaccio 2.8 3.2 +14%7. Rennes 3.8 4.1 +8%8. Sochaux 3.6 3.7 +3%9. Paris SG 6.0 6.0 +0%
10. Evian Thonon 3.8 3.6 -5%11. Valenciennes 3.6 3.4 -6%
. Nantes 3.4 3.2 -6%
. Lyon 4.8 4.5 -6%14. Marseille 5.3 4.9 -8%15. Bordeaux 4.6 4.1 -11%16. Lorient 4.6 3.9 -15%17. Bastia 3.8 3.1 -18%18. Monaco 5.5 4.4 -20%19. Reims 3.9 3.0 -23%20. Nice 3.6 2.4 -33%
Before 01/01
after 01/01
evolu-tion
1. Genoa 2.9 4.5 +55%2. Sampdoria 3.8 5.3 +39%3. Catania 3.0 3.9 +30%4. Atalanta 3.4 4.3 +26%5. Milan 5.2 5.5 +6%6. Livorno 3.8 3.9 +3%7. Napoli 5.7 5.8 +2%8. Chievo Verona 3.6 3.6 +0%
. Bologna 4.3 4.3 +0%
. Torino 4.6 4.6 +0%11. AS Roma 5.9 5.8 -2%
. Parma 4.3 4.2 -2%13. Udinese 4.1 3.6 -12%14. Verona 4.4 3.7 -16%15. Fiorentina 4.8 3.9 -19%16. Internazionale 5.5 4.4 -20%17. Sassuolo 4.4 3.4 -23%18. Lazio 4.9 3.7 -24%19. Cagliari 4.2 2.9 -31%20. Juventus 7.1 4.6 -35%
Before 01/01
after 01/01
evolu-tion
1. Hoffenheim 5.0 7.1 +42%2. Schalke 04 4.5 6.1 +36%3. Freiburg 3.2 4.2 +31%4. Mainz 4.7 5.2 +11%5. M'gladbach 4.9 5.3 +8%6. Augsburg 4.5 4.8 +7%7. Bayern 7.5 7.9 +5%8. Frankfurt 4.8 4.7 -2%9. Bremen 3.9 3.8 -3%
10. Braunschweig 3.7 3.5 -5%11. Leverkusen 5.6 5.2 -7%12. Hannover 4.9 4.3 -12%13. Wolfsburg 6.1 5.2 -15%14. Dortmund 7.6 6.2 -18%15. Stuttgart 4.7 3.8 -19%16. Nürnberg 4.6 3.5 -24%17. Hamburg 6.9 5.2 -25%18. Hertha Berlin 4.7 3.5 -26%
Premier League
minutes
1. Luke Shaw (Southampton) 2,7322. Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) 1,9923. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 1,9604. Calum Chambers (Southampton) 1,6315. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) 1,5546. Adnan Januzaj (Man. Utd) 1,4227. Declan John (Cardiff City) 1,3078. John Stones (Everton) 1,1889. Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham) 1,053
10. Gerard Deulofeu (Everton) 79011. Mats Daehli (Cardiff City) 46912. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal) 46413. Cauley Woodrow (Fulham) 32114. Sam Gallagher (Southampton) 19915. Charalampos Mavrias (Sunderland) 150
Serie a
minutes
1. Ibrahima Mbaye (Livorno) 1,9442. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) 1,9143. Nicola Murru (Cagliari) 1,6224. Marco Benassi (Livorno) 1,4605. Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) 1,3206. Mateo Kovačić (Internazionale) 1,2557. Simone Scuffet (Udinese) 1,1708. Baldé Keita (Lazio) 1,0129. Alessio Romagnoli (Roma) 611
10. Dario Del Fabro (Cagliari) 27011. M'Baye Niang (Milan) 23712. Bruno Petković (Catania) 18713. Douglas Santos (Udinese) 17014. Adryan Oliveira (Cagliari) 150
. Bryan Cristante (Milan) 150
Serie A
Ligue 1
Bundesliga
Premier League
Liga
26,337
23,877
17,669
14,863
13,992
Liga
minutes
1. Saúl Ñíguez (Rayo Vallecano) 2,7372. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao) 2,6083. Jonny Castro (Celta Vigo) 1,8054. David Costas (Celta Vigo) 1,1915. Santi Mina (Celta Vigo) 1,1456. Álvaro Vadillo (Real Betis) 1,0987. Moisés Gómez (Villarreal) 9948. Fabrice Olinga (Málaga) 5159. Rúben Vezo (Valencia) 490
10. Óliver Torres (Villarreal) 43711. Javi Manquillo (Atlético Madrid) 27012. Pablo Iñiguez (Villarreal) 21913. Óliver Torres (Atlético Madrid) 21014. Bryan Rabello (Sevilla) 20515. Nahuel Leiva (Villarreal) 192
Ligue 1
minutes
1. Issiaga Sylla (Toulouse) 2,3802. Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) 2,2133. Benjamin Mendy (Marseille) 1,7304. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Rennes) 1,5735. Kurt Zouma (St-Etienne) 1,3716. Marquinhos Aoas (PSG) 1,3187. Lucas Ocampos (Monaco) 1,2988. Divock Origi (Lille) 1,1719. Cédric Hountondji (Rennes) 1,119
10. Claude Gonçalves (Ajaccio) 1,02811. M'Baye Niang (Montpellier) 1,02512. Adrien Rabiot (PSG) 95713. Jordan Amavi (Nice) 83214. Opa Nguette (Valenciennes) 61615. Neal Maupay (Nice) 551
BundeSLiga
minutes
1. Matthias Ginter (Freiburg) 2,7692. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Hamburg) 2,1723. Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg) 1,9934. Emre Can (Leverkusen) 1,9215. Niklas Süle (Hoffenheim) 1,6066. Maximilian Meyer (Schalke 04) 1,6007. Timo Werner (Stuttgart) 1,4818. Jonathan Tah (Hamburg) 1,2619. Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04) 1,218
10. Niklas Stark (Nürnberg) 1,11511. Martin Angha (Nürnberg) 91112. Kaan Ayhan (Schalke 04) 65513. Arkadiusz Milik (Augsburg) 61214. Jeremy Toljan (Hoffenheim) 56515. Rani Khedira (Stuttgart) 526
Issue n°72- 22/04/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
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minutes played by u20 (footballers born on or after 01/01/1994)
[Since the start of the season]
1. Edin Džeko (Man. City)
2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)
3. Wilfried Bony (Swansea)
1. Aritz Aduriz (Bilbao)
2. Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla)
3. Manuel Nolito (Vigo)
1. Edison Cavani (Paris SG)
2. Serge Gakpé (Nantes)
3. Florian Raspentino (Bastia)
1. Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg)
2. Marco Reus (Dortmund)
3. Admir Mehmedi (Freiburg)
1. Ciro Immobile (Torino)
2. Mauro Icardi (Internazionale)
3. Alberto Paloschi (Chievo Verona)
1. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
2. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)
3. Juan Mata (Man. United)
1. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid)
2. Markel Susaeta (Bilbao)
3. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)
1. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)
2. João Moutinho (Monaco)
3. James Rodríguez (Monaco)
1. Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg)
2. Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim)
3. Mario Götze (Bayern)
1. Hernanes de Carvalho (Internazionale)
2. Omar El Kaddouri (Torino)
3. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)
1. Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)
2. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
1. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
2. Asier Illarramendi (Real Madrid)
3. Roberto Trashorras (Rayo Vallecano)
1. Yohan Cabaye (Paris SG)
2. Fabien Lemoine (St-Etienne)
3. Florent Balmont (Lille)
1. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern)
2. Javi Martínez (Bayern)
3. Roman Neustädter (Schalke 04)
1. Gökhan Inler (Napoli)
2. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
3. Jorginho Frello (Napoli)
1. Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
2. Vincent Kompany (Man. City)
3. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)
1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
2. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)
3. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)
2. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)
3. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco)
1. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)
2. Joël Matip (Schalke 04)
3. Jannik Vestergaard (Hoffenheim)
1. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
2. Emiliano Moretti (Torino)
3. Kamil Glik (Torino)
1. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
2. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)
3. Luke Shaw (Southampton)
1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)
2. Adriano Correia (Barcelona)
3. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético Madrid)
1. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)
2. Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille)
3. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)
1. Zdeněk Pospěch (Mainz)
2. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
3. Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)
1. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)
2. Mattia Cassani (Parma)
3. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)
Issue n°73 - 29/04/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Players of the month
April 2014
*From 01/04 to 29/04 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes
Forwards Offensive midfielders
Central/defensive midfielders
Full backs
Centre backs
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel and Roger Besson
Premier League
minutes
1. Julián Speroni (Crystal Palace) 3,3302. Tim Howard (Everton) 3,1733. Sylvain Distin (Everton) 2,8354. Gareth McAuley (WBA) 2,6805. Danny Gabbidon (Crystal Palace) 1,9746. Wes Brown (Sunderland) 1,8847. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 1,7028. Jussi Jääskeläinen (West Ham) 1,6209. Steve Harper (Hull City) 1,100
10. Aaron Hughes (Fulham) 1,06411. Rio Ferdinand (Man. Utd) 1,03812. Gerhard Tremmel (Swansea City) 99013. Nicolas Anelka (WBA) 85614. Damien Duff (Fulham) 69515. Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham) 656
Serie a
minutes
1. Morgan De Sanctis (Roma) 3,2402. Alessandro Lucarelli (Parma) 2,9413. Luca Toni (Hellas Verona) 2,8304. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) 2,8145. Daniele Conti (Cagliari) 2,5786. Cesare Natali (Bologna) 2,4947. Christian Abbiati (Milan) 2,3008. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) 2,2979. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 2,230
10. Gennaro Sardo (Chievo Verona) 2,18211. Dario Dainelli (Chievo Verona) 2,08812. David Pizarro (Fiorentina) 1,97513. Mario Yepes (Atalanta Bergamo) 1,89914. Vlada Avramov (Cagliari) 1,89015. Miroslav Klose (Lazio) 1,846
Bundesliga
Serie A
Ligue 1
Premier League
Liga
53,396
35,901
27,755
23,678
21,827
Liga
minutes
1. Esteban Suárez (Almería) 3,2402. Juanfran García (Levante) 2,9243. Roberto Fernández (Granada) 2,7904. Álvaro Rubio (Real Valladolid) 2,1935. Simão Sabrosa (Espanyol) 2,1206. Fernando Soriano (Almería) 1,8657. Edu Albácar (Elche) 1,4988. Patxi Puñal (Osasuna) 1,4129. Sergio Pelegrín (Elche) 1,222
10. Weligton Oliveira (Málaga) 1,09811. José Pinto (Barcelona) 96612. Toño Rodríguez (Elche) 79713. Alberto Rivera (Elche) 52214. Carles Puyol (Barcelona) 42815. Mario Bermejo (Celta Vigo) 269
Ligue 1
minutes
1. Olivier Sorlin (Evian TG) 3,1172. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco) 3,0603. Kossi Agassa (Reims) 2,8804. François Modesto (Bastia) 2,7965. Vitorino Hilton (Montpellier) 2,5646. Mickaël Landreau (Bastia) 2,5287. David Ducourtioux (Valenciennes) 2,3288. Éric Abidal (Monaco) 2,3119. Fabien Audard (Lorient) 1,855
10. Laurent Bonnart (Ajaccio) 1,78011. Cédric Barbosa (Evian TG) 1,73712. Souleymane Diawara (Marseille) 1,52513. Fabrice Abriel (Nice) 1,45014. Bertrand Laquait (Evian TG) 1,44015. Jonathan Zebina (Toulouse) 1,419
BundeSLiga
minutes
1. Raphael Schäfer (Nürnberg) 2,925. Zdeněk Pospěch (Mainz 05) 2,925
3. Nikolče Noveski (Mainz 05) 2,7454. Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg) 2,3115. Deniz Dogan (Braunschweig) 1,7846. Filip Daems (M'gladbach) 1,1867. Alexander Manninger (Augsburg) 1,1708. Timo Hildebrand (Schalke 04) 1,0809. Levan Kobiashvili (Hertha Berlin) 997
10. Heinz Müller (Mainz 05) 85511. Daniel van Buyten (Bayern München) 83312. Bo Svensson (Mainz 05) 76213. Manuel Friedrich (Dortmund) 70514. Claudio Pizarro (Bayern München) 65715. Marjan Petković (Braunschweig) 450
Issue n°74- 06/05/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
minutes played by players born in the 1970’s
[Since the start of the season]
GERFRAENGITAESP
26.6728.7129.1829.2529.58
GERFRAENGESPITA
25.5926.5026.5626.6427.29
GERFRAESPENGITA
26.2926.9027.2427.6728.44
FRAGERENGESPITA
25.9226.0526.9527.0127.46
Issue n°75 - 12/05/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.
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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
Average age on the pitch, by position
[Since the start of the season]
GoalkeepersOldest clubs
1. Almería (ESP) 38.512. Roma (ITA) 36.763. Juventus (ITA) 36.064. Nürnberg (GER) 34.705. Crystal Palace (ENG) 34.626. Reims (FRA) 34.437. Everton (ENG) 34.298. Hull City (ENG) 34.269. Granada (ESP) 34.04
10. Barcelona (ESP) 33.81
Youngest clubs
1. Genoa (ITA) 21.562. M'gladbach (GER) 21.673. Leverkusen (GER) 21.834. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 21.975. Toulouse (FRA) 22.146. Livorno (ITA) 22.277. Hoffenheim (GER) 22.718. Udinese (ITA) 22.919. Man. Utd (ENG) 23.33
10. Frankfurt (GER) 23.48
By league
MidfieldersOldestclubs
1. Evian TG (FRA) 31.242. Parma (ITA) 29.653. Fiorentina (ITA) 29.584. Catania (ITA) 28.875. Torino (ITA) 28.56
. Cagliari (ITA) 28.567. Fulham (ENG) 28.538. Getafe (ESP) 28.50
. Osasuna (ESP) 28.5010. Real Valladolid (ESP) 28.43
Youngest clubs
1. Sampdoria (ITA) 23.552. Schalke 04 (GER) 24.153. Tottenham (ENG) 24.314. Montpellier (FRA) 24.485. Freiburg (GER) 24.616. Southampton (ENG) 24.627. Stuttgart (GER) 24.82
. M'gladbach (GER) 24.829. Real Betis (ESP) 24.83
. Udinese (ITA) 24.83
By league
DefendersOldest clubs
1. Levante (ESP) 32.072. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 31.313. Parma (ITA) 30.964. Chievo Verona (ITA) 30.855. WBA (ENG) 30.466. Bologna (ITA) 30.457. Fulham (ENG) 30.308. Mainz 05 (GER) 30.159. Bastia (FRA) 29.92
10. Lazio (ITA) 29.68
Youngest clubs
1. Celta Vigo (ESP) 23.282. Toulouse (FRA) 23.373. Freiburg (GER) 23.584. Southampton (ENG) 23.775. Cardiff City (ENG) 23.886. Hoffenheim (GER) 24.007. Aston Villa (ENG) 24.398. Granada (ESP) 24.479. Schalke 04 (GER) 24.55
10. Nice (FRA) 24.89
By league
ForwardsOldest clubs
1. Wolfsburg (GER) 32.142. Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 31.203. Bayern München (GER) 29.534. Fulham (ENG) 29.425. Genoa (ITA) 29.37
. Stoke City (ENG) 29.377. Udinese (ITA) 29.298. Juventus (ITA) 29.249. St-Etienne (FRA) 29.20
10. Parma (ITA) 29.15
Youngest clubs
1. Hamburg (GER) 22.232. Nürnberg (GER) 22.273. Rennes (FRA) 22.854. Frankfurt (GER) 22.975. Sochaux (FRA) 23.396. Toulouse (FRA) 23.607. Hoffenheim (GER) 23.748. Sunderland (ENG) 23.859. Everton (ENG) 23.96
10. Sassuolo (ITA) 24.24
By league
Bundesliga
1. Manuel Neuer (Bayern)2. David Alaba (Bayern)3. Mats Hummels (Dortmund)4. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)5. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)6. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)7. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)8. Toni Kroos (Bayern)9. Thomas Müller (Bayern)
10. Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund)11. Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
serie a
1. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)2. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)3. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)4. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)5. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)6. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)7. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)8. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)9. Rômulo Souza (Verona)
10. Ciro Immobile (Torino)11. Carlos Tévez (Juventus)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
liga
1. Keylor Navas (Levante)2. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid)3. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)4. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)5. Dani Alves (Barcelona)6. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)7. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)8. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)9. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
10. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)11. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
ligue 1
1. David Ospina (Nice)2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)3. Marko Baša (Lille)4. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)5. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)6. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)7. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco)8. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)9. James Rodríguez (Monaco)
10. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)11. Edinson Cavani (Paris SG)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
Premier league
1. Vito Mannone (Sunderland)2. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)3. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)4. Vincent Kompany (Man. City)5. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)6. Yaya Touré (Man. City)7. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)8. David Silva (Man. City)9. Mesut Özil (Arsenal)
10. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)11. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
1. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)2. David Alaba (Bayern)3. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)4. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)5. Dani Alves (Barcelona)6. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)7. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)8. David Silva (Man. City)9. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
10. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)11. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
1
5
4
3
2 8
9
7
6 10
11
Big-5 leagues
Issue n°76 -20/05/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
Best line-ups 2013/14
Liga
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid
Levante UD
Málaga CF
Elche CF
Villarreal CF
Club Atlético de Madrid
Sevilla FC
Getafe CF
UD Almería
RC Celta de Vigo
Athletic Club Bilbao
FC Barcelona
RCD Espanyol
Real Madrid CF
Granada CF
Valencia CF
Real Sociedad de Fútbol
Real Valladolid CF
CA Osasuna
Real Betis Balompié
BundesLiga
FC Augsburg
Hertha BSC Berlin
1. FSV Mainz 05
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
SV Werder Bremen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
VfL Wolfsburg
FC Bayern München
FC Schalke 04
SC Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund
VfL Borussia M'gladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Braunschweig
Hannover 96
1. FC Nürnberg
Hamburger SV
VfB Stuttgart
serie a
Torino Calcio
Hellas Verona FC
AC Fiorentina
Sampdoria UC
AS Roma
FC Parma
US Sassuolo
Internazionale Milano FC
SSC Napoli
Juventus FC
AS Livorno
FC Genoa 1893
Atalanta Bergamo
AC Chievo Verona
Bologna FC
Cagliari Calcio
SS Lazio
Milan AC
Udinese Calcio
Calcio Catania
Ligue 1
SC Bastia
FC Nantes
Lille OSC
Stade Rennais FC
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
FC Lorient
Toulouse FC
EA Guingamp
AS Monaco
AS St-Etienne
Paris St-Germain FC
Olympique Lyonnais
Evian Thonon Gaillard FC
AC Ajaccio
Stade Reims
OGC Nice
Valenciennes FC
Olympique de Marseille
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Montpellier Hérault SC
Premier League
Crystal Palace FC
Liverpool FC
Hull City AFC
Stoke City FC
Everton FC
Manchester City FC
Sunderland AFC
Southampton FC
Cardiff City FC
Arsenal FC
Chelsea FC
Fulham FC
Tottenham Hotspur FC
Newcastle United FC
West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion FC
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Issue n°77- 27/05/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
assessment of 2013/2014 big-5 league predictions
over-achieving gaps of more than 3 ranks
gaps of 2-3 ranks
= as expected gaps of 0-1 rank
gaps of 2-3 ranks
under-achieving gaps of more than 3 ranksaverage gap: 2.3 ranks average gap: 3.5 ranks
average gap: 3.1 ranks average gap: 4.1 ranks average gap: 3.5 ranks
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Issue n°78 - 30/06/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
Correlation between values estimated and fees reported
R² = 87%
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Estimated (million €)
Follow-up on transfers - Summer 2014 [Not including players with buy-out clause]
* Co-ownership (50% of transfer rights)
Date Name From To Estimated Values Reported Fees
27/06 Luke Shaw Southampton FC Manchester United FC 30.8 33.7
26/06 Robert Snodgrass Norwich City FC Hull City AFC 4.1 8.6
25/06 Romain Alessandrini Stade Rennais FC Olympique de Marseille 5.6 6.0
24/06 Cyril Théréau AC Chievo Verona Udinese Calcio 2.3 2.0
24/06 Sébastien Corchia FC Sochaux-Montbéliard LOSC Lille 2.0 1.8
21/06 Juan Cuadrado AC Fiorentina AC Fiorentina 17.1* 15.0
21/06 Jake Livermore Tottenham Hotspur FC Hull City AFC 6.6 10.0
21/06 Luca Cigarini Atalanta Bergamo Atalanta Bergamo 2.7* 2.3
21/06 Fabrizio Cacciatore Hellas Verona FC Sampdoria UC 1.1* 0.4
20/06 Simone Zaza Juventus FC US Sassuolo 4.0* 7.5
20/06 Mauricio Isla Udinese Calcio Juventus FC 3.7* 4.5
20/06 Rene Krhin Bologna FC Internazionale Milano FC 1.2* 2.0
20/06 Jasmin Kurtić Palermo US US Sassuolo 2.2* 1.5
20/06 Brayan Angulo Granada CF PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 2.2 1.5
20/06 Riccardo Saponara FC Parma Milan AC 2.1* 1.0
20/06 Raphael Martinho Hellas Verona FC Calcio Catania 1.1* 1.0
20/06 Frederik Sörensen Bologna FC Juventus FC 1.7* 0.8
20/06 Paulo Barreto Udinese Calcio Torino Calcio 0.5* 0.8
Most over-paid (to)
1. David Luiz (Paris SG) +19.5 M€
2. Claudio Bravo (FC Barcelona) +8.0 M€
3. Ivan Rakitić (FC Barcelona) +7.1 M€
4. Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) +4.5 M€
5. Simone Zaza (US Sassuolo) +3.5 M€
Most under-paid (to)
1. Josip Drmić (Bayer Leverkusen) -3.8 M€
2. Antonio Candreva (SS Lazio) -2.8 M€
3. Juan Cuadrado (AC Fiorentina) -2.1 M€
4. Riccardo Saponara (Milan AC) -1.1 M€
5. Jens Hegeler (Hertha Berlin) -1.0 M€
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Issue n°78 - 30/06/2014
Big-5 Weekly Post
Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel
Date Name From To Estimated Values Reported Fees
20/06 Marcelo Larrondo AC Siena Torino Calcio 0.6* 0.6
20/06 Michelangelo Albertazzi Hellas Verona FC Milan AC 0.4* 0.5
19/06 Marc-André ter Stegen VfL Borussia M’gladbach FC Barcelona 8.6 12.0
19/06 Nicola Sansone FC Parma US Sassuolo 3.2* 3.2
19/06 Alberto Paloschi Milan AC AC Chievo Verona 2.2* 2.7
19/06 Yussif Chibsah FC Parma US Sassuolo 1.9* 2.0
18/06 Claudio Bravo Real Sociedad de Fútbol FC Barcelona 4.0 12.0
18/06 Rani Khedira VfB Stuttgart RB Leipzig 0.6 0.9
17/06 Antonio Candreva Udinese Calcio SS Lazio 12.8* 10.0
17/06 Dušan Basta Udinese Calcio SS Lazio 4.6 5.0
17/06 Aleix Vidal UD Almería Sevilla FC 5.7 5.0
16/06 Ivan Rakitić Sevilla FC FC Barcelona 10.9 18.0
13/06 Mike Frantz 1. FC Nürnberg SC Freiburg 0.9 1.3
13/06 Paul Lasne AC Ajaccio Montpellier Hérault SC 1.5 1.0
12/06 Francesc Fàbregas FC Barcelona Chelsea FC 35.9 37.0
11/06 Vasco Regini Empoli FC Sampdoria UC 2.0* 1.8
10/06 Jordan Bowery Aston Villa FC Rotherham United FC 0.9 0.5
09/06 Joselu Sanmartín TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Hannover 96 2.3 5.0
09/06 Andrea Poli Sampdoria UC Milan AC 4.2* 3.5
09/06 Bartosz Salamon Milan AC Sampdoria UC 1.2* 1.0
05/06 Zhi Gin Lam Hamburger SV SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0.6 0.2
02/06 Ciro Immobile Torino Calcio Borussia Dortmund 20.0 19.8
02/06 Rickie Lambert Southampton FC Liverpool FC 6.1 5.5
02/06 Eren Derdiyok TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Kasimpasa SK 1.4 2.0
02/06 Adam Hloušek 1. FC Nürnberg VfB Stuttgart 0.9 1.2
27/05 Kévin Bérigaud Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Montpellier Hérault SC 1.5 3.0
26/05 Kevin Vogt FC Augsburg 1. FC Köln 1.5 1.5
23/05 David Luiz Chelsea FC Paris St-Germain FC 30.0 49.5
16/05 Marco Livaja Atalanta Bergamo FC Rubin Kazan 2.7 6.1
12/05 Josip Drmić 1. FC Nürnberg Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10.6 6.8
09/05 Jens Hegeler Bayer 04 Leverkusen Hertha BSC Berlin 2.0 1.0
23/04 Oliver Baumann SC Freiburg TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 5.5 6.0
09/04 Adrián Ramos Hertha BSC Berlin Borussia Dortmund 8.0 9.7
Total 335.6 286.2
Weekly follow-up on transfers - Summer 2014 [Not including players with buy-out clause]
* Co-ownership (50% of transfer rights)