IN THIS ISSUE

Less than five weeks remaining to apply for the 20th edition of the FIFA Master course

New Report on football governance is published, as CIES launches Sports Intelligence division 

New Report shows decline of competitive balance in European football

CIES signs new academic partnership in India

Busy FIFA Master 19th Edition Humanities of Sport Module Enters Final Few Weeks of Term

Argentinean alumnus awarded “Julius Hirsch Honorary Prize”

Top transfer value increases during last trimester

15th Annual Meeting of Swiss Sports Documentalists hosted by the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich

FIFA Master alumni – Where are they now? - Ashley Ehlert

OTHER NEWS

CIES Football Observatory innovates with Performance Atlas

CIES signs cooperation agreement with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)

Effective playing time in 37 European competitions

American Soccer History Symposium – Dr Kevin Tallec Marston speaks on first US football President, Gus Randolph Manning

Welcome to our new CIES Local Coordinator in Russia!

A FIFA/CIES Executive Programme student “wins” the 2018 Chilean Cup with Palestino

Most represented origins in the big-5 leagues

AND MORE

Interviews - Where are they now? Meet some of our alumni and discover their career path after graduation 

Vidéos - Why you should choose the FIFA Master?

CIES Highlights No 68, November 2018

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If you do not want to miss the unique opportunity to join the 20th edition (2019-2020) of the award winning FIFA Master course organized by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), you have only a few weeks to submit your completed application before the deadline closes on 11th January 2019.

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With the publication of the report "Governance Structures at National Association Level", CIES is pleased to announce the launch of CIES Sports Intelligence, its new research and analysis division.

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The 40th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses the evolution of competitive balance in 24 European leagues over the last 10 seasons. The study reveals a clear trend towards a greater imbalance. The level of imbalance is particularly marked and on the increase in the big-5 leagues and the Champions League, where the economic divides between teams are very strong.

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Picture from left to right: Dr. Celina Joy, Academic Coordinator of the Pillai/FIFA/CIES Executive Programme, Pierre Cornu, President of CIES Foundation Council, Dr Vasudevan Pillai, President of the Pillai Group, Shri. Vinod Tawde, Minister of Sport in the Maharashtra Government and Franav Pillai, Director of the Pillai/FIFA/CIES Executive Programme

The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and the Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research (Pillai) signed a partnership agreement on 3rd December 2018 in Mumbai. The main objective of the agreement is to organise the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management for a country where sport has experienced significant growth over the last few years.

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Picture: 19th edition of the FIFA Master Football team

The 19th Edition of the FIFA Master is now only two weeks away from finishing the Humanities of Sport module at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture in Leicester, and it has been a wonderful voyage. Now, we are getting ready for a well-deserved break, and spending the holidays with our families and friends before starting the next Management of Sport module at SDA Bocconi in Milan.

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Picture: Leonardo Albajari

Leonardo Albajari, an alumnus of the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme organised with Universidad Católica Argentina (2011), received an Honorary Prize during the 2018 edition of the Julius Hirsch Prize held on 18th November at the German Football Federation (DFB) football museum in Dortmund.

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Issue number 243 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the top 20 tables for big-5 league players whose transfer values have increased the most during the last three months both in absolute and relative terms. At the head of the two rankings is the fresh English full international and Borussia Dortmund player Jadon Sancho: +€78 million and +806%.

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Picture: Members of the Swiss Sports Documentalists network in Zurich

On 22nd November 2018 the members of the Swiss Sports Documentalists network gathered for the 15th time since the group was first established in 2003, with the goal of exchanging information about available resources and services of each institution in order to better orientate researchers in Switzerland with their topics linked to sports.

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Picture: Technical Delegate for ice hockey at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea and former IIHF Sport Director, Dave Fitzpatrick and Legal Director – International Ice Hockey Federation, Ashley Ehlert

Current Position:  Legal Director – International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Year of graduation: 2009 (9th Edition)

Nationality: American 

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