Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution

Dejonghe, Trudo

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-24734-0_6

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“…They are large states by both territory and number of inhabitants, with clearly the highest GDP values. Just this size difference has led smaller footballing countries to the idea of creating a so-called Atlantic League (Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Denmark), by which they could compete jointly with populationally and economically stronger leagues (Dejonghe, 2004).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The club can gain a strategic advantage by building a tradition and a favourable geographic position where input costs for the technical infrastructure are minimal, but in the absence of these comparative advantages, the environment suitable for the sport is developed -just very slowly. The presence or absence of a competitive club in a territory is also important -for a football club, it is important to know whether it has a monopoly or not in a certain territory (Dejonghe, 2004). For the overall economic growth of the region, the presence of a professional sports or football club has mostly minimal direct impact.…”

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Football clubs’ sports performance in the context of their market value and GDP in the European Union regions

Klobučník

Plešivčák

Vrábeľ³

2019

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship between the sporting success of football clubs, their market value and the economic performance of the regions they are located in. All member states of the European Union are under consideration, taking into account the success of the clubs in the highest-ranked male national football competitions and in European cups. The data are processed at NUTS 2 level over a period of one decade (2007–2016). From a methodological point of view, it is beneficial to construct original indexes of clubs’ sporting performance – both at the national level, and an overall one that also takes into account results in international (European) competition. To determine the existence of a link between the sporting performance of the club, its market value and the economic performance of the regional level unit it is located in (measured by gross domestic product), correlation and regression analysis is utilised. For example, the results show a high positive statistical link between a club’s sporting performance and its market value, but a relevant direct statistical link has also been confirmed between the economic performance of the region and the market value of the club, with respect to its sporting success. However, the analysis also showed that the club of a relatively poor region (from a pan-European point of view) could reach above-average results at the highest European level, and vice versa – a club with a high market value, from an economically highly over-developed region, could lag behind.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Football clubs’ sports performance in the context of their market value and GDP in the European Union regions

Klobučník

Plešivčák

Vrábeľ³

2019

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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“…Football clubs can be regarded as members of the third sector of the economy (Dejonghe, 2004). The origins of the game are closely linked to the coming together of individuals (Schulze-Marmeling, 2000).…”

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Social Inclusion around Newly Promoted Football Clubs

Roşca¹

2020

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The research investigates the role of demography in fostering social inclusion around newly promoted football clubs. After addressing the role of being a 'fan', the literature review explains the sports-specifi c promotion/relegation system and how this can infl uence the coming together of fans in bonding ties with their local communities. Although the Null Hypothesis is invalidated, showing that a certain connection might exist between the variables, the regression results indicate that demographics alone are not suffi cient in order to explain if and how promoted clubs can support social inclusion. The Discussions expand on factors that have to be taken into consideration alongside demographics if social inclusion via football clubs is a matter of interest.

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“…The new location of the stadium is near the main highway and away from Lokeren, the location of another first division team with which KAA at one time wanted to merge. Dejonghe (2001;2004c) already noticed that travelling "across" a city to visit a stadium is a psychological barrier , which means that in case of a merger the fans of SC Lokeren will ignore the new team. The location of the Artevelde stadium is also away from its local fan base and can in the long term result in declining attendances.…”

Section: Belgeo 2 | 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%

Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Football clubs’ sports performance in the context of their market value and GDP in the European Union regions

Football clubs’ sports performance in the context of their market value and GDP in the European Union regions

Social Inclusion around Newly Promoted Football Clubs

The market potential of a club as an indicator for the size of a new relocated football arena : The case KAA Gent

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