Efficiency analysis of the investments in the football teams of Chinese Football Association Super League based on the DEA models
XU Gongxian
LIU Qiang
Abstract：This paper addresses the efficiency analysis of the investments in the football teams of Chinese Football Association Super League ( CSL).The efficiency of the investments in the sixteen football teams of CSL was evaluated and analyzed by using the data envelopment analysis ( DEA) methods.Three formulations inclu－ding output－oriented CCR, BCC and radial super －efficiency models are used in the DEA methods.The results show that: 1) the efficiency of the investments in the football teams of CSL is generally low because of only five teams being fully DEA effective , and the average of overall technical efficiency is 0.817439; 2) the standard de－viation of overall technical efficiency is 0.166563, which indicates that a big difference exists in the investment efficiency for the sixteen football teams of CSL ; 3) from the overall technical efficiency and scale efficiency for the sixteen football teams of CSL , the low overall technical efficiency of a football team is caused by the relatively low management level and scale inefficiency investment of the football team ; 4) the output－oriented radial super－efficiency model can completely distinguish the investment efficiency for the sixteen football teams of CSL , and Guizhou Renhe has the highest super efficiency.To improve the investment efficiency for the football teams of CSL, they need to not only continuously strengthen the management level of their investments , but also not blind－ly increase their investments to avoid the scale inefficiency investments.Each football team of CSL needs to take the appropriate investment strategies for its own development.
Keywords：Chinese Football Association Super Leagueinvestments of football teamsefficiencydata en－velopment analysissuper－efficiency
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 40-47 )