IN THIS ISSUE

Release of the Annual Review 2014

FIFA World Cup 2014 scenario

New publication from the CIES "Sports Knowledge" collection

Sport Integrity Forum 2014 at Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris

FIFA Master classe update: Bienvenue à Neuchâtel!

OTHER NEWS

Why not recruit one of our FIFA Master postgraduates?

Big-5 Weekly Post n°77

Career success in South Africa

AND MORE

CIES social media pages and links

CIES Highlights No 17, May 2014

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Annual Review 2014 

The CIES Football Observatory launched today the ninth edition of its Annual Review of the five major European championships. It notably discloses the transfer market value of big-5 league footballers. This year’s edition also comprises detailed analysis of pitch performance both at club and individual player level, as well as a thorough study of squad compositions in terms of planning, experience and recruitment policies.

The CIES Football Observatory Annual Review is an essential tool for all forward-thinking teams to benchmark themselves against rivals and implement the most suitable strategies for sustainable success.

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World Cup 2014 scenario

The CIES Football Observatory has analysed the career trajectory of squad members from the last four World Cup finalists and is now able to identify some of the factors which allowed them to outperform their rivals in the competition.

The Observatory academic team have selected the following indicators for assessing the potential of the 2014 World Cup participants:

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L'autre visage du supportérisme: Autorégulations, mobilisations collectives et mouvement sociaux - by Thomas Busset, Roger Besson and Christophe Jaccoud

The result of a scientific symposium organized in September 2012 by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES ) in Neuchâtel, this new book addresses the issue of football fan culture from previously underexplored perspectives.

The new publication focuses on ways of organizing supporters and also their ability to curb extremist demonstrations and defend common interests towards clubs, federations and public authorities. Contributors discuss different geographical regions (Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, France, Romania and Switzerland), and utilise a more general reflection on the organisational structure of the main national and international networks in this area, and the dynamics at work between the main actors.

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Denis Oswald, CIES Director, at the Sport Integrity Forum 2014

On 15th May 2014 the ‘Sport Integrity Forum 2014’ was held in the prestigious surroundings of the great amphitheatre of the Sorbonne, in Paris. The forum was jointly organised by Prof. Laurent Vidal Chair of “Intégrité du sport” at the University Paris Panthéon Sorbonne, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), chaired by Mr. Mohammed Hanza, and with the partnership of UNESCO and the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport EPAS (Council of Europe).

Nearly 400 participants attended the forum, including several sport ministers and diplomats, representatives of international sporting organisations, senior sport executives, betting industry regulators, lawyers and other relevant individuals interested in the integrity of sport. 

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FIFA Master 14th edition at FIFA headquarters

After a well-deserved week off, the 14th Edition once again joined forces in Neuchatel, the home of CIES, to begin the final chapter of the course – the sports law module.

Whilst the transition from the “Fashion Capital of the World” (Milan) to the tranquillity of Neuchatel was a definite change of pace, our class has made the most of the unseasonably warm weather and picturesque setting to ensure that we remained as social as ever. This was evident in the first outing of the module, the aperitif at local watering hole Au Galop, where we had the chance to bond with the staff from CIES and explore some of the “nightlife” Neuchatel has to offer.

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