... be a pioneer study measuring the performance of football teams via the slack-based DEA approach. The DEA approach is a linear programming method determining deterministic efficient frontier and evaluating relative efficient similar DMUs (Kuhn et al., 2018). Its basic attribute is that it determines...

...) and predict football performances (specified by qualifications at continental football championships) based on per capita GNI and football workers. Design/methodology/approach – Archival data of 203 national football teams were utilized based on continental football championship records before 2014...