Observatório das Ligas Europeias de Futebol

Football and sport in general have been shifting, profoundly, on an opposite stream of the one politics are aligning. For decades the national sides were a reflex of the current national identity shouted out by the far right parties, there were well defined borders and commerce and people didn’t have the mobility that the EU brought. The European idea of a free market, an open common space, which has been copycatted by other regions, in America, in Africa, in Asia. The migration patterns changed and were reinforced, but especially the concept of open borders allowed foreigners to finally settle in and feel truly welcome and part of the host nation, giving their children the pride of belonging to both the ancestry and the present. Only in the 80’s and 90’s were we able to see African descent represent England, Germany and several other European nations. Foreign born players became more regular and this expanded to the original regions. If, at first, the European took advantage of ...

Mais de dois mil clubes, agremiações, coletividades e afins analisados, quase dois mil rankeados, apenas no futebol português, uma sétima rede social acrescentada, Threads, que se une a Facebook e Instagram, igualmente META, a X, ex-twitter, a YouTube, a LinkedIn e a TikTok na busca da presença digital e do seu seguimento no âmbito dos emblemas que povoam o futebol português, desde a Liga Portugal Betclic, passando pela Liga Portugal 2 MeuSuper, pela Liga 3, pela Liga BPI e restantes provas nacionais femininas, pelo Campeonato de Portugal, pelos distritais, pelos campeonatos INATEL e Populares e pelas provas de jovens. Pelo sexto ano seguido, o Observatório Ligas Europeias de Futebol partilha os valores acumulados pelos clubes de futebol portugueses nas redes sociais supramencionadas, com a mudança de liderança verificada no ano passado e se manter, o Benfica é o líder pelo segundo ano seguido, crescendo quase um milhão em seguidores e aproximando-se dos 12 milhões globais, com um terç...

  Intro It's UEFA Men senior Euro time and a lot is written and talked about. The 24 sides aim for the cup, some more favorites than others, but all focusing on doing their best! It is always a difficult task to choose the final squad list, between the usual choices, the newcomers, the ones who excelled during the season in their clubs, opting for players to fit the idea of the technical team and trying to understand who are better team players, also the ones who can play multiple parts in the pitch. It's hard but also very exciting! The exercise here in this paper is to choose a XI for each of the 24 nations that qualified outside the 26 that were selected, not injured and to make it a little harder in a distinct tactical scheme. Each major competition has been hit by injuries, it's inevitable. Some are more affected by it than others, but the number is always high. Injuries The host, Germany, lost young midfielder Pavlovic, who exploded this season at Bayern Munich, at th...