*Only available as a Premium feature
How does this player fit in our profile and does the player have the quality to play at a certain position for my club? To answer this question, SciSports has developed the Club Index.
The Club Index is a weighted average of a player's performance (see image below) on all key parameters selected for a profile. Through the Club Index, customers can create their own custom statistics that remain exclusive to them. Users can bring their football philosophy to life by creating position-specific profiles for the different roles in their team.
You can use the Club Index to see exactly how well a player fits your customized profile for a specific position, or you can directly filter players who score above a certain club fit score.
What is the added value of the Club Index?
The Club Index is a powerful feature that allows users to see immediately, based on a score, whether the player meets the club's football philosophy. Clubs and agencies can now efficiently find players that match their DNA in a cost-effective way through data-based scouting.
Where can you find the Club Index?
The Club Index is available in two sections in the Recruitment Platform:
Player List: Filter on players with a minimum Club Index per profile.
Player Page: Graph of Club Index for all profiles for the related positions
Player List
Player Page
If you have not yet selected the Club Index on the Player Page, you need to do so before the Club Index becomes visible. You can do this by clicking on the right-hand icon 'Customize Order'.
After clicking on the icon, a window opens where you can activate the Club Index by clicking on the checkbox. The Club Index now appears at the top of the player page.
How to get started?
The process starts with translating your football philosophy into specific player attributes and key points per position. Our football and data experts will guide you in converting this, from football language to SciSports information..
Once the position profiles are defined, we will work with you to create your Club Index per position based on relevant information for each position. For each profile, the importance per metric is determined on 3 indicators:
High: Crucial aspect for this profile
Medium: Important aspect for this profile
Low: Slightly important aspect for this profile
Your scouting can now focus only on relevant player attributes & statistics that are weighted according to their importance for that role.
Tabel 1: Player attributes & statistics
OFFENSIVE | Passing |
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| Short pass |
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| Middle long pass |
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| Long pass |
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| Direct pass |
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| Switch of play |
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| Build-up pass |
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| Chance creation pass |
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| Pass into final third |
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| Deep completion |
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| Pass in or around the box |
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| First pass after recovery |
| Crossing |
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| Early cross |
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| Late cross |
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| Cutback cross |
| Dribbling |
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| Carry |
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| Dribble past opponent |
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| Cut inside |
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| Dribble into the box |
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| Create overload |
| Finishing |
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| Close shot |
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| Long distance shot |
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| Offensive header |
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| Offensive header from set piece |
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| Close shot not from cross |
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| Finish cross |
| Ball retention |
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| Dangerous ball loss in own half |
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| Risky ball loss in opponent half |
| Offensive positioning |
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| Overlapping run |
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| Underlapping run |
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| Reception in the final third |
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| Positioning in the final third |
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| Positioning in the halfspace |
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| Positioning in the box |
DEFENSIVE | Defensive positioning |
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| Suppress passing |
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| Suppress crossing |
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| Suppress dribbling |
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| Suppress finishing |
| Open-play disruption |
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| Blocking shots |
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| Disruption in own box |
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| Disruption of box penetrations |
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| Disruption of long balls |
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| Open-play defense in air |
| Set-pieces disruption |
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| Set-piece defense in own box |
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| Set-piece defense in air |
| Transition forcing |
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| Transition forcing in air |
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| Regain possession |
| Counter control |
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| Counter interceptions on own half |
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| Counter interceptions on opponent half |
GENERAL | Physical indicators |
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| Speed |
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| Stamina |
Definitions of each action type can be found here.
If a player performs well or badly on a crucial metric for the position profile, this has a positive or negative impact on the weighted average. However, if the player performs well or badly but the metric is not selected, this has no impact.
Tabel 2: Impact metric
| Important metric | Unimportant metric |
Good performance | Positive impact | No effect |
Bad performance | Negative impact | No effect |
The maximum score a player can achieve is 100, meaning that the player achieves the highest scores on all key metrics during a selected season.
We hope this new feature will help you optimize your workflow. If you have any questions or would like to provide feedback, please contact us at support@scisports.com.