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Squad Market Value vs. Performance – Serie A

With the end of the Serie A won by Juventus, we present you the relationship between the squads’ market value and the league standings as well as the impact on that valuation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The big winner in this analysis is undoubtedly Hellas Verona, reaching the 9th position in the championship, presenting the squad with the lowest market value (27 million Euros on 07/2019 and 107 million on 07/2020). The good performances of Miguel Veloso, Marco Faraoni, Darko Lazovic and Amir Rrahmani contributed to this achievement. We recall that Hellas Verona, this season, also presented the 2nd lowest average salary per player in the competition as we previously presented here.

Parma also stood out, reaching 11th place in the championship with the 3rd least valued squad at the beginning of the competition and the 5th lowest average salary per player in the Serie A. In the season that has now ended, Dejan Kulusevski, Andreas Cornelius and Juraj Kucka stood out.

On the other hand, the biggest disappointments turned out to be Torino which, with a squad currently valued at around 147 million Euros and the 9th most valued squad at the beginning of the season, was unable to abandon the 16th place in the Italian league.

Between the 1st of April and the 15th of June, the market values ​​of the squads suffered an abrupt drop due to the pandemic, around 19%, with Juventus being the most harmed due to the devaluation of its players by about 141 million Euros. With the resumption of the championships, these values ​​have been slowly rising in some cases.

Market values corresponding to 7/15/2019 and 7/15/2020.

COVID-19 impact (difference between the values at 4/1/2020 and 6/15/2020).

Values in million of Euros.

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Performance vs. Salaries per Player – Serie A

Article originally published at www.totalfootballanalysis.com

After assessing the Barclays Premier League, we examine today the relationship between sporting performance and the average annual salaries paid per player of the clubs from Italian Serie A.

First, we will look at each season between 2016/2017 and 2019/2020 (until matchday 24) to analyze which clubs achieved better results between these variables. Then, we will examine the 15 clubs that remained on the Serie A during these seasons and how they performed compared with how much they paid on average per player.

2016/2017

In the edition of 2016/2017 of the Serie A, Juventus (who else?) won the competition also presenting the highest annual average salary per player.

From a positive perspective, Atalanta achieved the 4th position in the competition with only the 14th highest average salary amount. In the opposite perspective, Genoa was the case with less success finishing in the 16th place with the 8th highest average annual salary per player.

Juventus, AS Roma, Torino and Sassuolo presented the same position in the salaries ranking as they did in the competition.

2017/2018

In the following season, Juventus was crowned champion once more with the highest annual average salary per player.

Atalanta was again the surprise achieving the 7th position in the league with only the 13th highest salary value. On the opposite side, AC Milan, Bologna and Hellas Verona were the cases with less success: the Milan giant finished in the 6th place with the 2nd highest amount per players, Bologna finished in the 15th position with 11th highest amount, and, finally, Hellas Verona achieved the 19th place with the 15th highest value per player.

Only Juventus presented the same position in the salaries ranking as it did in the competition.

2018/2019

In the last edition of the Serie A, Juventus won once more the competition presenting the highest annual average salary per player.

From a positive perspective, Atalanta achieved the 3rd position in the competition with the 13th highest salary value. In the opposite perspective, Fiorentina was the case with less success finishing in 16th place with the 8th highest average annual salaries per player.

Juventus, Torino, Sampdoria, Bologna, and Frosinone presented the same position in the salaries ranking as they did in the Premier League.

2019/2020

With 24 matches played, Juventus is close to being crowned champions with the highest annual average salary per player of the league.

On the positive side, Hellas Verona is performing incredibly well in the 7th position in the competition with the 2nd lowest salary amount. In the opposite perspective, Torino is, until now, the case with less success occupying the 14th place with the 7th highest average annual salaries per player.

Only Juventus and Internazionale have, so far, presented the same position in the salaries ranking as they did in the Premier League.

2016/2017 to 2019/2020 – Which club profits more from the players’ salaries

Finally, we analyzed the performance and salaries of the 15 clubs that took part in the Serie A between 2016/2017 and 2019/2020 (until matchday 24).

The giant Juventus is the club with the highest average annual salary per player. Atalanta, with recent brilliant campaigns, is the club with more success when comparing sporting performance and salaries since, on average, it achieved the 5th place with only the 13th highest average amount per player.

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