Analysis of the teams’ competitive activity of the European Football Championship 2020

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15391/si.2021-1.03

Keywords:

analysis, competition, football, European championship

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the
indicators of the teams’ competitive activity in the qualifying part of the European Football
Championship 2020. Materials and research methods. The following basic methods were used in
the work: analysis of scientific and methodological literature and Internet resources, analysis of
official competition protocols, methods of mathematical statistics; analysis, synthesis and modeling
of some aspects of the competitive activity of football teams. The competitive activity indicators of
the 20 teams that were selected for the European Football Championship 2020 were considered.
Matches were held from 21.03.2019 to 12.11.2020. A total of 250 matches were analyzed. The work
used indicators of the competitive activity of football teams, which are officially approved by
UEFA. Indicators of competitive activity: the number of shots, the number of shots on target, the
number of shots off target, the number of blocked shots, the number of corners, the number of
offsides, the percentage of possession, the number of passes, the number of accurate passes, the
number of yellow cards, the number of red cards, the number of fouls. Also considered indicators
such as the average number of goals scored and conceded. Results. According to the considered
indicators, the England national team became the most productive team in the qualification, on
average, the England score 4.6 goals per game. The Turkish national team conceded fewer goals
(0.2 goals per game). In terms of shots on target, Belgium is in the lead with an average of 9.2 shots
per game. The Spanish national team leads in terms of the total number of shots (22.0 hits per
game), blocked shots (6.4 strokes per game), the number of corners taken (10.0 corners per game),
in the accuracy of passes in the match (90.9 %) and the percentage of ball possession (70.4%). The
team that plays the roughest with opponents is the Hungarian national team. On average, they
receive 3.0 yellow cards per game. By the number of received red cards, the first place is shared by
2 teams. Slovakia and Hungary with an average of 0.3 respectively. Having analyzed the number of
fouls committed by the teams, the Czech national team is leading in this indicator with an average
result of 16.3 violations per match. Slovakia leads the way with 3.5 offside positions per game.
Conclusions. The indicators of the competitive activity of 20 teams that were selected for the
European Football Championship 2020 were analyzed. The profiles of the best teams of the 2018
World Cup show that the national teams demonstrate their own style of play, which brings results.
The profile of the Ukrainian national team demonstrates that our team looks like a balanced team
against the background of the C teams.

Author Biographies

Mykola Latyshev, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

Phd (Physical Education and Sport), Associate Professor

Oleh Kvasnytsya, Khmelnytsky National University

Phd (Physical Education and Sport), Department of Theory and Methods
of Physical Education and Sport

Svyatoslav Fenenko , Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

Master

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Published

2023-08-08

How to Cite

Latyshev, M., Kvasnytsya, . O., & Fenenko , S. (2023). Analysis of the teams’ competitive activity of the European Football Championship 2020. Sports Games, (1(19), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.15391/si.2021-1.03

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