Stadiums & Attendances
English Football Attendances: The 2010-11 Landscape
The 2010-11 season provides a valuable snapshot of the commercial power of English football clubs. Average attendance figures from the era reveal how historic…
Tomasz Zieliński
Tomasz Zieliński covers the business of European football, from Bundesliga ownership rules to the finances of clubs in Italy, Spain and Central Europe. He has reported on the game's economics from twelve countries.
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Stadiums & Attendances
The Evolution of Football’s Commercial Data Analysis
In the mid-2000s, the financial analysis of football was often presented in distinct, separate categories. This historical perspective illustrates the industry's subsequent shift towards…
Stadiums & Attendances
Spanish Club Attendances: A 2012-13 Case Study
Attendance figures from the 2012-13 Spanish football season provide a valuable case study in the league's commercial structure. The data highlights the financial dominance…
Stadiums & Attendances
The Economic Effect of Dominance on SPL Attendances
In the mid-2000s, the predictability of the Scottish Premier League title race led to tangible declines in matchday attendances for several clubs, illustrating the…
Stadiums & Attendances
Stadium Inflation: Why Every Big Club Is Building Again
Europe's biggest stadium-investment wave since the 1990s is a single calculation made industry-wide: matchday is the last revenue line a club can expand on…
Transfer Economics
The 2004 Player Rich List: A Case Study in Earnings
A 2004 list of the world's highest-earning footballers provides a historical case study in the growing power of commercial income, personified by David Beckham.
Stadiums & Attendances
European Club Football Attendances in the 2010-11 Season
The 2010-11 season provided a clear snapshot of the commercial power of Europe's leading football clubs, with German and English sides dominating the top…
Transfer Economics
Cost Per Point: A 2019/20 Premier League Case Study
The 2019/20 Premier League season offers a durable case study in financial efficiency, with analysis revealing a stark contrast in the cost per point…
Stadiums & Attendances
How Relegated Clubs Drove a 60-Year EFL Attendance High
The 2016-17 English Football League season provides a compelling case study in the economic impact of relegation. The presence of Newcastle United and Aston…
Stadiums & Attendances
Polish Football Attendances in the Pre-Euro 2012 Era
An examination of Polish Ekstraklasa attendance figures from 2005 to 2008 reveals a league grappling with corruption ahead of its transformative Euro 2012 investment.