دراسة مقارنة للتوازن التنافسي في دوريات كرة القدم المحترفة بالوطن العربي

Abstract EN

Protecting competitive balance in sports leagues is an important issue.

All major leagues are concerned about protecting their investment in sports and maintaining the quality of their offered product.

The research aim to compare competitive balance in professional soccer leagues in the Arab World, The researcher used the descriptive approach (comparative studies), The research community was represented in Soccer leagues in the Arab World that are members of the United Arab Football Association, The research sample was chosen from professional leagues in countries (Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, UAE, Qatar), The measurement was made over the seasons from 0222- 0222 to 0222-0202.

The researcher used this measurements (winning percentage - ideal standard deviation - mean of standard deviation - the C5 index).

The most important results indicated that some of Arabic leagues has a high competitive balance level like Algerian league, Tunisian premier league, Morocco league and some leagues have a weak level of competitive balance like Egyptian premier league, Qatar premier league, Saudi Arabia league , United Arab Emirates league, there is a variation in the competed teams in all Arabic leagues.

As well as, a difference in played matches during seasons and a difference in policies of managing and organizing league in some seasons, which negatively affects the competitive balance quality, The most important findings is to define a fixed policy for participation of teams in the leagues and to stabilize the number of sports teams participating in leagues in a way that guarantees leagues expansion and maintain competitive balance.