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On-field Performance Evaluation in Soccer Based on Network Data Envelopment Analysis

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  • Bouzidis, Thanasis

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In this paper, we present for the first time the on-field production process of soccer teams as a mixed (serial and parallel) structure two-stage network system. According to this, the first stage consists of two distinct sub-processes (offense and defense) that operate in parallel. These respectively use players' offensive and defensive actions as inputs to produce two different intermediate measures, namely, goals scored and prevention of goals conceded. These, in turn, are the inputs of the second stage (points' accumulation sub-process) that produces accumulated points. Furthermore, based on a two-stage network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, we estimate the offensive, defensive, and athletic efficiency of soccer teams during a league season. According to our proposed framework, these three different efficiency scores are provided (for each soccer team under evaluation) by a single linear programming problem. For this purpose, aggregate-over-games statistics from the 2013–14 Greek premier soccer league are used.

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  • Bouzidis, Thanasis, 2019. "On-field Performance Evaluation in Soccer Based on Network Data Envelopment Analysis," Data Envelopment Analysis Journal, now publishers, vol. 4(2), pages 187-206, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnldea:103.00000027
    DOI: 10.1561/103.00000027
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