the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … international tournaments, there are no relevant effects of enjoying different days of rest on team performance. However, we find …

leaders and organisational performance. Using game-by-game linked employer-employee data for professional football in four … reweight teams' performance prior to the departure of a Coach so that trends in team performance prior to the departure match … spells which ended with a Coach remaining in post. Consistent with theory, Head Coach quits have little or no impact on team …

when the home team plays at a higher altitude, they benefit substantially more from their home advantage. Every 100 meters … of altitude difference is associated with an increase in expected probability to win the match, as the home team, by 1 …

evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed …

on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly …

this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change – but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous … on coach dismissals in the German football league where the selection of players is indeed a key task of the coach …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …

incentives and high motivation. By analyzing the performance of professional football players on a well-defined task, namely to …

difference at the advantage of the home team is 0.520 goals lower in case of a goal just before half time by this team. We show … that this finding relates to this team's lower probability of scoring a goal during the second half …