January 26, 2011

Footballing Trends in Europe.: The closest you'll get to sabermetrics in football, and why Barcelona have the shortest team in Europe.

posted by owlhouse to soccer at 09:49 PM - 4 comments

Real Madrid have the most right wingers, while St Pauli have the most left wingers.

Clearly.

posted by owlhouse at 11:57 PM on January 26, 2011

European club squad comprises 24.5 players of whom 5.2 are aged 21 or under, 8.1 are over 1.85cm tall, and 8.2 are expatriates (1.1 of whom are Brazilian)

I knew that most soccer players were short, but I didn't realize that only 8.1 out of 24.5 players were more than 3/4" tall. I mean even Kate Moss is taller than that when laying on her back.

posted by Demophon at 11:11 AM on January 27, 2011

The cameras make them look bigger.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:33 AM on January 27, 2011

They may have included Subbuteo teams in the survey.

posted by owlhouse at 08:38 PM on January 27, 2011

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