Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition): Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey -- and Even Iraq -- ... the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport

Fun reading for football nerds

Football is a pretty simple game - it's name pretty much sums it up. But international professional football, or soccer as we call it in the US, is a fascinating, complex industry with appeal to practically every country on the globe. Soccernomics opens a few doors of insight into various aspects of the game, from players, to coaches, to agents, to clubs, to fiscal exigencies. If you love the professional game, and enjoy learning how things "work," this book is for you. A few dry textbook patches aside, it holds your interest and is organized in such a way as to allow you to focus on the topics that most interest you. I highly recommend it.

Really good read. I would recommend a bit of background understanding on how soccer clubs work outside the United States, before taking on this book. Primarily, the reader should have a basic understanding of promotion and relegation, the transfer market, and how the leagues of Europe are connected. European soccer history is not needed to make the book enjoyable but can add a deeper understanding. Overall, a very insightful and fun read.

This book presents a very interesting perspective of soccer. By analyzing the economics behind the world's most popular sport the reader gets a great understanding of why soccer's popularity has continued to increase

I read the original Soccernomics published several years ago, and was constantly wondering what these authors would think about the developments in the soccer world since then. I have been rewarded with this updated version written in late 2017/early 2018, but of course, things have continued to change even since then. I am a scientist as well as a fan of the real football/soccer, so I find the statistical analyses of various aspects of spending and performance (team, managers, as well as some individual players) to be great fun. However, even if you are not a numbers nerd, but interested in how money (legitimate and illegitimate) does and does not influence the world's most popular sport, you should enjoy this book. It is definitely written from an English perspective, but includes consideration of MLS and the NFL in comparison to the Premier League and European championships.

Good educational book giving the economic history of soccer. However, there are many times throughout the book where too much irrelevant information is given which makes many chapters vague at times. It's like alot of the chapters were forcefully prolonged.

As a lover of both football and history, I enjoyed all of the background and research that went into this book

Very interesting book for someone that loves football. Good analysis and variety although the use of expected national team performance was a little dragged out

I love to read Simon kupper and this book was amazing , plenty of knowledge and make me know more about football common senseThank you kupper

A really fun read that makes you rethink how you view the beautiful game. It’s a no brainer to buy at $14 CAD (on sale). I’d recommend it to anyone who has an interest in soccer/football and wants to get a better understanding of analytics in the sport (and already has a decent understanding of it).

Um livro importantíssimo para aqueles apaixonados pelo futebol! O conteudo é denso e impecavel

Great value for money. and a great addition to the original book.

Some interesting observations from an economic perspective on football, but just a bit incoherent, too many references to baseball and anecdotes that fill pages but don’t really advance the argument