zamante research - amateur football players

TRANSFERS, MONEY AND THE SOCIAL ASPECT IN BELGIAN FOOTBALL

A SURVEY BY

AMATEUR

2012, DECEMBER

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ABOUT THE RESEARCH

ZAMANTE.COM IS A SOCIAL NETWORK SITE FOR EVERYONE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN FOOTBALL.

DURING THE MONTHS AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2012, ZAMANTE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY AMONGST AMATEUR PLAYERS ACROSS ALL BELGIAN DIVISIONS. FROM THE LOWEST REGIONAL DIVISION (4TH PROVINCIAL) TO THE HIGHEST NATIONAL LEAGUE (JUPILER PRO LEAGUE).

945 PLAYERS RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS ON SEVERAL TOPICS SUCH AS THE SOCIAL ROLE OF FOOTBALL, TRANSFERS, MONEY, COMMITMENT TO THE CLUB AND MATCHFIXING ...

THE AUDIENCE

945 PLAYERS

839 FLEMISH - 106 WALLOON

PARTICULARLY AMATEUR (NON-PROFESSIONAL)

< 2023%

20 - 2541%

26 - 3021%

31 - 359%

> 356%

5

AGE

STRIKER23,4%

MIDFIELDER34,9%

DEFENDER29,3%

KEEPER12,4%

POSITION

6

PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS (4)82%

NATIONAL DIVISIONS (4)18%

LEVEL

PROVINCIAL, 4TH

PROVINCIAL, 3TH

PROVINCIAL, 2ND

PROVINCIAL 1ST

NATIONAL, 4TH

NATIONAL, 3TH

NATIONAL, 2ND

NATIONAL, 1ST 3%

2%

4%

9%

12%

19%

25%

26%

COMMITMENT TO THE CLUB

80% OF THE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL DIVISIONS ARE WILLING TO DRIVE 30 MINUTES OR MORE TO THEIR CLUB

4 OUT OF 10 PLAYERS LIVE WITHIN A RADIUS OF 5 KILOMETERS AROUND THE CLUB

3 OUT OF 10 PLAYERS LIVE WITHIN A RADIUS OF 6 TO 15 KILOMETERS AROUND THE CLUB

DISTANCE BETWEEN HOME AND CLUB

32% IS WILLING TO PLAY AGAIN FOR THE CLUB WHERE THEY GOT THEIR FORMATION

CLUB LOYALTY

40% IS AT LEAST 3 SEASONS ACTIVE AT THEIR CURRENT CLUB

31% STILL PLAYS AT THE CLUB WHERE THEY GOT THEIR

FORMATION

LOTS OF AMBITION AMONGST FOOTBALL PLAYERS ...

ALMOST 70% THINKS THEY COULD PLAY ON A HIGHER LEVEL!

PLAYERS AMBITION

PRESTIGE IS THE MAIN CAREER GOAL FOR MOST

PLAYERSWHAT’S THE MAIN TARGET OF YOUR CAREER?

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL

PRESTIGE

3TH HALF

FITNESS

PLEASURE

MONEY

NEW FRIENDS 2%

14%

10%

19%

24%

29%

4%

19%

6%

7%

4%

56%

PRESTIGE

MONEY

71% EARNS 500 EUROS OR LESS PER MONTH

12% EARNS 1.000 EUROS OR MORE PER MONTH

NATIONAL DIVISIONS: 33% EARNS MORE THAN 1.000 EUROS PER MONTH

PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS: ONLY 8% EARNS MORE THAN 1.000 EUROS PER MONTH

EARNINGS

91% GETS A BONUS WHEN THEY WIN A MATCH

76% GETS A BONUS FOR A DRAW27% GETS A BONUS FOR A LOSS

11% GETS A BONUS FOR SIGNING THEIR CONTRACT

23,2% GETS REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES

TYPE OF REVENUES

11,5% GETS A TRAINING FEE

NATIONAL DIVISIONS: 61% GETS A FIXED FEE PER MONTH

PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS: ONLY 20% GETS A FIXED FEE PER MONTH

MONTHLY FIXED FEES

27% GETS A FIXED FEE PER MONTH

TWICE AS MUCH SIGNING FEES IN NATIONAL DIVISIONS THAN IN PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS

NATIONAL: 18% GETS A FEE FOR SIGNING THEIR CONTRACT

PROVINCIAL: ONLY 9% GETS A FEE FOR SIGNING THEIR CONTRACT

SIGNING FEES

MONEY IS NOT THE KEY DRIVER

ONLY 3,9% INDICATES THEY WOULD QUIT PLAYING IF THERE

WAS NO MORE MONEY TO BE EARNED

IF THERE WAS NO MORE MONEY INVOLVED ...

23% WOULD PLAY WITH FRIENDS

7,6% WOULD PLAY LESS FAR FROM HOME

FLANDERS 39% YESWALLOON 21% YES

WOULD YOU STAY AT THE SAME LEVEL?

FOOTBALL PLAYERS PAY MOST ATTENTION TO KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND QUALITY OF THE

TRAINING

PLAYERS IN NATIONAL DIVISIONS THINK THE PRESENCE OF A PHYSIOTHERAPIST IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN PLAYERS

IN PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS

58,7% THINKS THEY GET PAID PROPERLY (ENOUGH)

13,4% THINKS THEY ARE UNDERPAID

4,2% THINKS THEY ARE OVERPAID ...

SATISFACTION

ONLY 58% WAS PAID ON TIMEALMOST 40% WAS PAID LATE ONE

MONTH OR MORE

EVEN MORE, 21,1% GOT PAID MORE THAN TWO MONTHS TO LATE

LATE PAYMENT

LAST YEAR

27% MENTIONED THEIR FORMER CLUB REFUSED TO PAY THE MISSING

AMOUNT AT THE END OF THE SEASON

PAYMENT

REFUSAL

TRANSFERS

LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 6 OUT OF 10 PLAYERS RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM ANOTHER CLUB

OFFERS

28% RESPONDED POSITIVELY TO THE OFFER AND CHANGED CLUBS

19,5% WOULD ONLY CHANGE CLUBS IF THEY CAN EARN MORE MONEY

TRANSFER

MATCHFIXING

14,5% HAS BEEN CONTACTED DIRECTLY TO FIX ONE OF THEIR MATCHES

CONTACT

27,8% OF THEM SAID YES

34,5% KNOWS ONE OR MORE PLAYERS OR COACHES WHO HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO FIX

MATCHES

AWARENESS

Kurt Tuypenskurt@zamante.com

0474 99 35 44

Wouter De Jonckheerewouter@zamante.com

0473 82 45 85