Standard Football

Built on science.
Shaped by the game.
Trusted by institutions.

Data-driven dashboards and insights
for an industry of growing global complexity.

Professional services based on the proprietary Standard framework
Developed in collaboration with FIFA.

Positioning

Performance and economics
in a single framework.

Standard Football integrates sporting performance and economic analysis into evidence-based, forward-looking indicators.

The aim is decisions that are informed, consistent and financially sustainable for clubs, leagues, institutions and capital.

The approach

Sports economics, valued with the discipline of finance.

Standard Football applies to players (as an asset) and clubs (as an enterprise) the methods international finance applies to any other asset class.

01Scientific

Grounded in asset pricing. Income, market and cost approaches, with income-based valuation first: discounted cash flows with real options.

02Rational

Values follow an explicit economic logic. Not sentiment, reputation or the momentum of recent headlines.

03Unbiased

Only orderly transactions inform the framework. Distressed sales, deadline pressure and media-driven deals are excluded by construction.

04Holistic

Performance, economics, market and contracts in one model. How a player plays, what a club earns, how the market trades, what the contract says.

05Multi-perspective

The same player is worth different things to different parties. Each stakeholder gets the indicator that answers its own question.

06Validated

Reviewed by FIFA and by independent experts, calibrated with club executives and sporting directors.

How the approach works →
Three levels of analysis

Player. Club. Market.

PlayerThe individual asset

No single number can describe an asset as atypical as an athlete. Standard Football provides a structured set of indicators, each reflecting a different point of view.

  • Personal profile and key data
  • Historical performance and peer analysis
  • Value indicators: Standard Value, Rational Fee, Residual Value, Standard Salary
  • Efficiency: total cost, cost per minute, cost relative to the squad
ClubThe enterprise

A club pursues two goals at once: winning and creating economic value. Standard Football gives it one management dashboard for both.

  • Portfolio analysis: assets monitor, economic and financial KPIs
  • Enterprise Value: asset-based and multiple-based EV
  • Market desk: simulation and comparison of transfer window scenarios
MarketThe industry

The industry, its dynamics and its trends, read end to end.

  • Industry aggregates and trends
  • Competitive and economic clustering
  • Transfer flows
  • Efficiency analysis

One engine. Three levels of analysis. One vocabulary.

Coverage
The game
54
leagues
~1,000
clubs
~30,000
players
The market
4,000+
coaches
3,500+
agencies
~100,000
transfers
The engine
2
engines: performance, economic
300+
skills per match, per player
50+
financial KPIs
Weekly refresh cycle

Data as of [live date] · Coverage expands to 100+ leagues by end of 2026

Value is not price

A value reference set, not a price forecast.

The framework does not predict prices. It provides a consistent reference against which prices can be read.

How value is measured →
Transfer feeA negotiated price
  • Bargaining power
  • Urgency and timing
  • Deal structure
Standard ValueA standardized reference
  • Club of the appropriate level
  • Standardized contract and salary
  • Performance projection
The platform

Football BI Platform

Two environments, Club Analytics and Industry Data Hub, on the same data, the same architecture and the same valuation chain.

Explore the platform →
Industry Data Hub · Transfers: interleague transaction flows by season
01
Identify
02
Shortlist
03
Benchmark
04
Simulate
05
Validate
06
Decide
Validation

Reviewed by football, finance and institutions.

The framework was examined before publication by the institutions, experts and practitioners who rely on it.

FIFA

A multidisciplinary FIFA task force reviewed the methodology internally.

Independent experts

Two independent reviewers appointed by FIFA assessed it externally.

Clubs

Executives and sporting directors of European clubs calibrated the indicators and the dashboards.

Validation in detail →
Who it serves

One framework. Each stakeholder’s point of view.

InstitutionsGoverning bodies, leagues, regulators

A common reference for regulation, licensing and dispute resolution.

ClubsSporting and finance functions

Squad planning, transfers, renewals and wage policy.

CapitalInvestors, owners, lenders

Due diligence, valuation and lending.

AdvisorsAuditors, experts

Audit, transactions and expert opinion.

Solutions by audience →

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