Author(s)

Jahangir Soleimani-Damaneh, Mehrzad Hamidi, Nasrollah Sajadi

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

In this paper, we utilize Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is a linear programming-based technique, for evaluating the performance of the teams which operate in the Iranian primer football league. We use Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique for aggregating the sub-factors which involve in input-output factors, and then DEA is used for calculating the efficiency measures. Also, AHP is used to construct some weight restrictions for increasing the discrimination power of the used DEA model. For calculating the efficiency measures, input-oriented weight-restricted BCC model is utilized.

DEA, Linear Programming, Sport Management, Football

Soleimani-Damaneh, J. , Hamidi, M. and Sajadi, N. (2011) Evaluating the Performance of Iranian Football Teams Utilizing Linear Programming. American Journal of Operations Research, 1, 65-72. doi: 10.4236/ajor.2011.12010.