Any sports league needs a schedule of play, and such a schedule can be important, as it may influence the outcome of the sports competition itself and since it may have an impact on the interests of all parties involved. As in many other sports leagues and countries, the interest for Belgian...

In this paper, we give an overview of the competition formats and the schedules used in 25 European soccer competitions for the season 2008-2009. We discuss how competitions decide the league champion, qualification for European tournaments, and relegation. Following Griggs & Rosa (1996), we...

In a round robin tournament, it is often believed that each team has an effect on its opponent which carries over to the next game of that opponent. Indeed, if team C plays against team A, and subsequently against team B, C's performance against B can be affected by A, and we say that team B...