Povezanost dodavanja lopte i konačnog poretka u engleskom elitnom nogometnom natjecanju

master's thesis

• Title (english): Correlation between passing and end season ranking in English professional football league
• Author: Mihael Minđek
• Mentor: Goran Sporiš (mentor)
• Committee member: Goran Sporiš (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vlatko Vučetić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dinko Vuleta (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Kinesiology; (Department of General and Applied Kinesiology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kinesiology

Abstract

Glavni cilj ovog diplomskog rada je prikazati i analizirati parametre situacijske efikasnosti nogometnih momčadi Engleske Premier lige u sezoni 2017/2018. Nadalje, cilj ovog rada je bio istražiti i utvrditi da li postoji povezanost dodavanja lopte i konačnog poretka na tablici na kraju sezone. Analizirano je svih 20 momčadi koje su sudjelovale tijekom sezone 2017/2018 u tom natjecanju te su prikupljeni podaci iz ukupno 760 utakmica. Varijable koje su bile dio analize su dodavanja lopte, dodavanje lopte unazad, pozicija na tablici na kraju sezone, broj dodira lopte te broj golova. Korištene su metode deskriptivne analize te Spearmanov test korelacije. Pregledom i povezivanjem podataka iz prošlih sezona, rezultati ukazuju na to da se broj ukupnih dodavanja povećava iz sezone u sezonu u engleskom profesionalnom nogometu. Nadalje, razlika prosječnog broja dodavanja lopte između momčadi iz gornje polovice tablice i donje polovice tablice je u sezoni 2017/2018 veća od 24%. Također, momčadi koje su u gornjoj polovici tablice u prosjeku imaju više dodavanja lopte unazad od momčadi koje su pri dnu tablice (2859 vs. 2243). Nadalje, analizom parametara situacijske efikasnosti samo prvih i posljednjih momčadi kroz zadnjih osam sezona nailazimo na konstantnu razliku od oko 25% u broju ukupnih dodavanja lopte. Analizom Spearmanovog koeficijenta korelacije utvrđena je korelacija između pozicije na tablici na kraju sezone i broja dodavanja lopte. Nadalje, utvrđeno je da što je momčad bolje pozicionirana na tablici na kraju sezone, također ima i tendenciju prema većem broju dodavanja lopte i obrnuto. Broj dodira lopte je veći kod bolje plasiranih momčadi, ali je i broj dodavanja veći što nam ukazuje na to da je broj dodira potrebnih za jedno dodavanje lopte manji kod pet najbolje plasiranih momčadi (1.32 ± 0.04) u odnosu na pet najlošije plasiranih momčadi (1.5 ± 0.06). Ovi podaci ukazuju na promjene u situacijskim parametrima uspješnosti te neposredno i razvoj nogometne taktike u Engleskoj Premier ligi.

Abstract (english)

The main aim of this master thesis is to present and analyze the situational efficiency parameters of England Premier League soccer teams in season 2017/2018. Furthermore, the purpose of this paper was to investigate and determine whether there is a link between passing the ball and the final rank on the table at the end of the season. All 20 teams that participated during the 2017/2018 season in this competition were analyzed and data from a total of 760 games were collected. The variables that were part of the analysis were overall passing, backward passing, the position on the table at the end of the season, the number of ball touches and the number of goals. The methods of descriptive analysis and Spearman correlation test were used. By reviewing and linking past season data, the results suggest that the total number of passing overall increases from season to season in English professional football. Furthermore, the difference between the average number of overall passes between the top half of the table and the bottom half of the table in season 2017/2018 is greater than 24%. Also, the teams in the top half of the table, on average have more backward passes than the teams at the bottom half of the table (2859 vs. 2243). Furthermore, by analyzing only the situational efficiency parameters of the first and the last teams over the past eight seasons we encounter a constant difference of about 25% in the total number of overall passes. Spearman's coefficient of correlation was used to analyze the correlation between the position on the table at the end of the season and the number of overall passes. Furthermore, it was determined that the team's better position on the table at the end of the season is more likely to have a higher number of overall passes and vice versa. The number of ball touches is higher for better-placed teams, but the number of overall passes is higher as well, indicating that the number of touches required for one pass is lower for the five best-placed teams (1.32 ± 0.04) compared to the five worst-placed teams (1.5 ± 0.06 ). These figures point to changes in the situation parameters of success and the development of football tactics in the England Premier League.

• Keywords: nogomet; notacijska analiza; pokazatelji uspješnosti; dodavanje lopte
• Keywords (english): soccer; notational analysis; performance indicators; passing
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:117:906163
• Study programme: Title: Integrated undergraduate and graduate university study of kinesiology; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar / magistra kineziologije (magistar / magistra kineziologije)
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• Created on: 2018-09-24 12:07:58