Squad Usage & Workload

To the background of expanding or new competitions and the increased pace of football, player workload has never been such an important topic. With the next international match calendar to be developed it has also never been a more relevant topic.

Supporting Data

The Intelligence Centre Players’ Career and Profile database knits together full player histories using different public sources (OPTA, SoccerWay, Transfermarkt) and player registration data submitted directly to UEFA. The database links numerous data sets including:

Trends player usage/ recruitment
Squad size analysis
Usage locally trained players and youth players
Adoption and usage of five substitutons
Trends in size of A and B list squads

Example Questions We Can Answer

By combining our network of databases together with professional industry experience, the Intelligence Centre can provide answers to a range of strategic off-pitch football questions.

Sample Analyses and Trends

Players Fielded

Squad Regulations

Substitutions per Team

A-List Players by Starts