PRESENTATION DFL SPORT REPORT 2020. Frankfurt, 28 January 2020 SPORTING KEY FIGURES OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON PURE EXCITEMENT IN THE BUNDESLIGA. Point difference between 1st and 1 16* 3 3* 10 2nd place Point difference between guaranteed CL qualification and 2 6 0 1 9 guaranteed Europa League place Point difference between last place 3 6 3 1 9 and non relegation place** Average points of the first-placed 2.1 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.5 team *Liverpool FC and Lazio have a game in hand; **place guaranteeing safety (not a play-off place); Status following the conclusion of Matchday 19 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 24, La Liga: Matchday 21, Serie A: Matchday 21, Ligue 1: Matchday 21) 3 BUNDESLIGA: ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL, FREE-FLOWING GAMES AND THE MOST GOALS. Goals 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.5 3.0 Shots on goal 27.3 25.3 23.4 28.9 24.6 27.8 Pass rate 79.4 79.9 78.7 82.0 81.5 81.8 Fouls 25.1 21.1 27.2 28.8 26.0 25.0 Yellow Cards 3.8 3.6 5.1 5.3 3.6 4.0 Source: OPTA, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, La Liga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19, Bundesliga 2: Matchday 18) 4 FOCUS ON GOALS (I) Lots of goals, never a dull moment • With an average of 3.2 goals per game, not only does the Bundesliga see the most goals scored, it also has the lowest number of goalless draws Goalless games 2019-20 (only 5 to date, 3.3% as a proportion). • 10 of the 18 Bundesliga teams (56%) are yet to League 0:0 games Proportion have any game finish 0:0 this season. This figure does not exceed 35% of teams in any other top 1. Bundesliga 5 3,3 % league. • The Bundesliga is also the front-runner when it 2. Premier League 9 4,3 % comes to ‘goalfestivals’. There have already been at least 5 goals in 28 games, corresponding to a 3. Serie A 11 6,5 % proportion of 18.3%. It is followed by Serie A (25 / 4. Ligue 1 14 7,5 % 14.8%) and La Liga (24 / 13.3%). • Less than a quarter of the goals came from set 5. LaLiga 17 9,4 % pieces (23%). By way of comparison: At the 2018 World Cup, 40% of all goals came from dead-ball situations. Source: DFL, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, La Liga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19) 5 FOCUS ON GOALS (II) Clinical goalscorers • Bundesliga attackers are clinical in • Only 4 players in the top leagues have scored front of goal and, by comparison, more than 15 goals so far in 2019-20, with not convert the most chances into just 1 but 2 Bundesliga players among them – goals (15.4%). Lewandowski and Werner. Shots per goal 2019-20* Europe’s top goalscorers 2019-20 League Conversion Player Games Goals 1. Bundesliga 15.4% Lewandowski / FC 1. 17 19 Bayern München 2. Premier League 15.2% 1. Immobile / Lazio 17 19 3. La Liga 14.6% 4. Serie A 13.5% 3. Werner / RB Leipzig 17 18 5. Ligue 1 13.2% 4. Vardy / Leicester 19 17 *Source/definition: OPTA Source: DFL, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, LaLiga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19) 6 TEAMS ARE GOING FOR A WIN. • Only 22% of Bundesliga games this season have ended in a draw. • At this point last season, 25% of games had been drawn. Two years ago, the figure was as high as 29%. • Teams are also playing to win away from home: One in every 3 games has ended with an away win (51 out of 153). After 17 matchdays, that is the third-highest proportion in Bundesliga history. Source: DFL, status after conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga 7 PLENTY OF ACTION ON THE BALL. • In a comparison of the most actions on the ball per match across Europe, the Bundesliga sees slightly fewer than in the Premier League and slightly more than in Ligue 1. • In the team rankings across the top 5 leagues, FC Bayern München (862 actions on ball per match) comes top ahead of PSG (855) and Manchester City (842), followed by Borussia Actions on the ball per match 2019-20 Dortmund (839), Barcelona (831) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen Actions on ball per League (827). match 1. Premier League 1311 • In the player rankings, Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (101) leads Kimmich (100) and Alaba (99), both of FC Bayern 2. Bundesliga 1303 München. Sven Bender of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (95) is in 6th 3. Ligue 1 1301 place, while Pavard of FC Bayern München (94) is in 7th. 4. Serie A 1263 • Actions on the ball are the number of all passes, interceptions, shots on goal, own goals, fair-play-incidents and duels with 5. LaLiga 1209 successful dribbling Source: DFL, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, La Liga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19) 8 THE BUNDESLIGA IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AMONG THE TOP EUROPEAN LEAGUES. Age of players used U21 players used (in % relative to total playing time) Home-grown U21 players used (in % relative to total playing time) 30 25 20 15 26,5 26,9 27,6 27,4 26,4 10 16,2 12,8 5 9,2 9 8,5 6,9 7,3 3 2,8 3,8 0 x x x x xxx Source: OPTA, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, La Liga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19) 9 BUT: THERE IS A TREND TOWARDS LESS PLAYING TIME FOR YOUNG PLAYERS. Age of players used U21 players used (in % relative to total playing time) Home-grown U21 players used (in % relative to total playing time) 30 25 20 15 26 26,3 26,5 10 17,1 13,6 5 7,8 9,2 4,8 3 0 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Source: OPTA, status after conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga 10 DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH ACADEMIES. COMMITTEES & EXPERT GROUPS LICENSING (Content control/mirroring with involvement from clubs) (Quality assurance through transparent standards) INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS & COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCE DATABASE (PR work with the clubs & association) (Club initiative, supported development) INCENTIVES & REWARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, PREVENTION & (Motivation to nurture young talent) ACCOMMODATION (Non-sport support) INNOVATIONS & NEW INSIGHTS CONTINUING/FURTHER EDUCATION & (Identifying, evaluating & utilising trends) SERVICE PORTALS (Knowledge transfer, networking and exchanges) Source: DFL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN GERMANY REWARDS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK. Amount of training allowance paid to training clubs by the DFL € T Change to directive in AppendixIII to the LOS 5000 4000 3000 4.627 2000 3.237 1000 976 1.125 872 512 0 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Source: DFL 12 DFL HONORS MATCHES AS A LOCAL PLAYER. • Two percent of the national media revenues will be distributed for "Local Player“ matches, in the 2018-19 season a total of more than 22 Million Euros. • The amounts distributed to the clubs in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are calculated on the basis of the number of minutes Under-23 licensed players of the "Local Player“* category playing in league matches of the licensed leagues (but at most until the season in which their 23rd birthday falls) • The first three places in this evaluation were occupied last season Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9.697 minutes, more than 1,32 Millionen Euros) Holstein Kiel (9.354 minutes, more than 1,28 Millionen Euros) 1. FC Magdeburg (8.273 minutes, more than 1,13 Millionen Euros) Source: DFL *at least three years of registration between the ages of 15 and 21 with a club of the DFB 13 COMPOSITION OF PROFESSIONAL PLAYING SQUADS. 1062 professional players +84 557 contract players / 505 professionals in amateurs professionals in Bundesliga Bundesliga 2 of which 299 688 of which 389 are German professionals are German professionals are German professionals of which 258 374 of which 116 are professionals from are professionals from are professionals from abroad abroad abroad of which 112 181 of which 69 (previous year 122*) (previous year 208*) (previous year 86*) are professionals trained are professionals trained are professionals trained by their club by their club by their club Source: DFL, as of September 2019 *As of February 2019 14 USE OF HOME-GROWN PLAYERS: BUNDESLIGA WITH POTENTIAL. Players from native country used (in % relative to total playing time) 73,5 63,7 60,1 2019/20 46,6 40,4 37,8 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Source: OPTA, status following the conclusion of Matchday 17 of the Bundesliga (Premier League: Matchday 21, LaLiga: Matchday 18, Serie A: Matchday 17, Ligue 1: Matchday 19, Bundesliga 2 Matchday 18) 15 UEFA FIVE-YEAR COEFFICIENT RANKINGS: POSITIVE LONG-TERM TREND. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: UEFA.com; *provisional value; official publication from UEFA once the season has concluded (as at: 21 January 2020, 2:00 p.m.) 16 UEFA FIVE-YEAR COEFFICIENT RANKINGS: BUNDESLIGA BACK IN 3RD POSITION. 2018-19 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 For 20-21 Spain 20.214 23.928 20.142 19.714 19.571 103.569 England 13.571 14.250 14.928 20.071 22.642 85.462 Italy 19.000 11.500 14.250 17.333 12.642 74.725 Germany 15.857 16.428 14.571 9.857 15.214 71.927 France 10.916 11.083 14.416 11.500 10.583 58.498 2019-20 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 * For 21-22* Spain 23.928 20.142 19.714 19.571 14.357 97.712 England 14.250 14.928 20.071 22.642 14.571 86.462 Germany 16.428 14.571 9.587 15.214 12.428 68.498 Italy 11.500 14.250 17.333 12.642 10.785 66.510 France 11.083 14.416 11.500 10.583 8.500 56.082 Source: UEFA.com; *provisional value; official publication from UEFA once the season has concluded (as at: 21 January 2020, 2:00 p.m.) 17 SUMMARY 1) The Bundesliga offers excitement in all areas of the table, plenty of goals and attractive football.