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08 May Effect of the phase of the season and contextual variables on match running performance in Spanish LaLiga football teams

Posted at 12:09h in Paper

Modern elite football is not played at the same physical level every week of the season. This study shows that clearly. Using full-season tracking data from LaLiga, it explains when teams run more, when they run less, and why. The message for practitioners is simple....

05 Abr Analyzing the impact of non-participation in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on LaLiga players’ physical performance

Posted at 11:46h in Paper

A mid-season World Cup breaks every rule of the traditional football calendar. Some players compete at the highest level for a month. Others stay at home. Train. Recover. Prepare. But without official matches. This study focuses on those players. LaLiga footballers who did not take...

21 Mar ACTN3 XX Genotype Negatively Affects Running Performance and Increases Muscle Injury Incidence in LaLiga Football Players

Posted at 11:26h in Paper

This study looks at how a single genetic trait can influence what happens every weekend on the pitch. It focuses on ACTN3, a gene linked to fast and powerful muscle actions. In elite football, those actions decide duels, sprints, transitions, and injuries. The researchers followed 315...

28 Feb An eight-season analysis of the teams’ performance in the Spanish LaLiga according to the final league ranking

Posted at 13:54h in Paper

This study looks at how teams in LaLiga really perform over time. Not just in one season. Across eight full seasons. From 2011–12 to 2018–19. More than 5,500 team performances were analysed. The teams were grouped by where they finished in the table. Champions League...

08 Feb Performance analysis of the teams that remained in the top-tier division of the Spanish LaLiga during eight consecutive seasons

Posted at 13:44h in Paper

Staying in LaLiga year after year is not about chasing trends. It is about building a stable, repeatable way of competing. This study looked at eight teams that managed exactly that. Eight seasons in a row at the highest level. No relegation. No shortcuts. Just...

20 Dic Match running performance is similar in lower and higher competitive standards of Spanish professional soccer accounting for effective playing time

Posted at 13:10h in Paper

For years, match data seemed to tell a clear story. Higher-level teams run more. More sprints. More high-speed actions. More physical demands. This paper challenges that idea directly. The study analysed almost 2,800 matches from LaLiga and LaLiga Smartbank across two full seasons. It used the...