The soccer data contains different covariables for the teams that played in the first Germna soccer division, the Bundesliga, in the seasons 2007/2008 until 2009/2010.
data(soccer)A data frame with 54 observations on the following 16 variables.
posthe final league rank of a soccer team at the end of the season
teamsoccer teams
pointsnumber of the points a team has earned during the season
transfer.spendingsthe amount (in Euro) that a team has spent for new players at the start of the season
transfer.receitsthe amount (in Euro) that a team has earned for the selling of players at the start of the season
yellow.cardnumber of the yellow cards a team has received during the season
yellow.red.cardnumber of the yellow-red cards a team has received during the season
red.cardnumber of the red cards a team has received during the season
unfair.scoreunfairness score which is derived by the number of yellow cards (1 unfairness point), yellow-red cards (2 unfairness points) and red cards (3 unfairness points) a team has received during the season
ave.unfair.scoreaverage unfairness score per match
ball.possessionaverage percentage of ball possession per match
tacklesaverage percentage of head-to-head duels won per match
capacitycapacity of the team's soccer stadium
total.attendtotal attendance of a soccer team for the whole season
ave.attendaverage attendance of a soccer team per match
sold.outnumber of stadium sold outs during a season
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We are grateful to Jasmin Abedieh for providing the German Bundesliga data, which were part of her bachelor thesis.