Dr. López del Campo, Author at Football Innovation Hub

06 Oct Technical and tactical evolution of the offensive team sequences in LaLiga between 2008 and 2021. Is Spanish football now a more associative game?

Posted at 11:10h in Paper

Over the last decade, Spanish professional football has not just changed players or systems — it has changed how teams attack. This study analyzed 4,940 LaLiga matches across 13 seasons (2008/09–2020/21) to understand how offensive team sequences have evolved, focusing on collective behavior, not isolated...

28 Sep How do the football teams play in LaLiga? Analysis and comparison of playing styles according to the outcome

Posted at 10:53h in Paper

Modern football is not just about what teams do, but how and when they do it. This study takes a full-season, data-driven look at how teams in LaLiga actually play, and—more importantly—how those playing styles are linked to winning, drawing, or losing matches. Using all 380...

08 Ago Changes in Physical and Technical Match Performance Variables in Football Players Promoted from the Spanish Second Division to the First Division

Posted at 13:32h in Paper

Summary for coaches and performance staff This study followed 97 professional players from 12 teams that earned promotion from LaLiga SmartBank to LaLiga EA Sports between 2015 and 2020. Using Mediacoach® tracking and match data, it analyzed how individual performance changes when the same players move...

08 Ago Hamstring Muscle Injury is Preceded by a Short Period of Higher Running Demands in Professional Football Players

Posted at 13:21h in Paper

Summary for coaches and performance staff This LaLiga-supported study tracked 281 professional players from seven top-tier teams over three seasons to identify what really happens before a hamstring injury occurs in a match.Across 44 non-contact hamstring injuries, the findings are clear: most of them are not...

04 Jul Does the Final Ranking Influence the Physical Performance of Professional Soccer Teams?

Posted at 13:03h in Paper

Summary for coaches and performance staff This study analyzed 34 professional teams from LaLiga SmartBank (Spanish Second Division) over three full seasons (2015–2018), using MediaCoach® and OPTA data. The aim was to understand whether league ranking and match results are linked to differences in physical performance...

04 Jul Evolution of Tactics in Professional Soccer: An Analysis of Team Formations from 2012 to 2021 in the Spanish LaLiga

Posted at 12:51h in Paper

Summary for coaches and performance staff This study analyzed more than 3,400 matches across nine seasons in LaLiga to understand how tactical formations have evolved and how they relate to team success. The results clearly show that Spanish football has shifted from uniform tactical setups to...

Author: Dr. López del Campo