Are Soccer Clubs efficient? An analysis DEA in the Spanish Professional Soccer League

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze soccer clubs efficiency of Spanish national first division. With this purpose we have used Data Envelopment Analysis method, non parametric analysis technique, adding 4 inputs and 2 outputs. What is new in this study is that instead of technical data economic ones have been used. Results show just a couple of companies are efficient whereas the rest should achieved mandatory competition success joint to a profitable economical management to reach the efficiency. Study shows as well that most of companies analyzed might reduce their inputs amount , especially human resources and repayment, keeping the due output (table final position).