Does playing several competitions influence a team’s league performance? Evidence from Spanish professional football |
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| Authors: | Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo Francisco González-Gómez |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Economía Aplicada II, Facultad de Economía, Universidad de Valencia, Avda de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
2. Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad de Granada, C/ Rector López Argüeta s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain
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| Abstract: | The sporting performance of professional football teams has often been assessed considering their results in the major regular
competition, namely the national league. Here, we show that evaluating league performance without controlling for extra games
played in other competitions might produce misleading results. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, we assess the performance
of Spanish professional football teams in the League controlling for the extra games played in the King’s Cup, Champions League and UEFA Cup. Results show that assessing performance omitting extra games underestimates teams’ true performance in the League, the more extra games played leading to greater bias. Consequently, the multioutput nature of football must be considered
when assessing team performance. |
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