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Attendance of football matches in the Czech Synot liga
Šesták, Marek ; Rotschedl, Jiří (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This Bachelor thesis researches, based on dataset containing 955 matches in seasons 2010/2011 to 2013/14, determinants of the first league football in the Czech republic, their impact and strenght. The results reflect, that spectator's decision making is based on current form as well as shorter-term performance. Long-term quality is significant only for away team. If the match is played in the evening, there is 7 % decrease in attendance compared to matches played in the afternoon. The attendance is also decreasing while the distance is increasing (2,4% per 100 km). In case of precipitation in match day there is 4,8 decrease in the attendance. Reputation of away team increases the attendance, when Sparta Prague is the away team there is 87% increase in the attendence, while in case of Slavia Prague there is 45% increase in the attendence and when last season's champion is away team there is increase by, more than 32%. Impact of substitution with ice hockey and TV broadcasting were insignificant.
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