Pure playing time football sometimes 50%

Did you know that there are many football matches where only around 45 minutes are played effectively in terms of pure playing time? The rest of the time the ball is still. Read more about the effective playing time in football and what we could do about it below.

FIFA wants to take action

Pierluigi Collina, the head of FIFA's refereeing committee, understands the annoyances about matches that have been standing still for a long time due to, among other things, time stretching.

'If you look at the statistics, you see that some teams play 52 minutes per game, other teams 43 and other teams 58. Those differences can add up quite a bit in a season, " Collina tells calciatori Brutti.

Former referee Pierluigi Collina

"Spectators pay to see a match and so do some television viewers. You basically put down an amount to watch ninety minutes of football, not 44, 45 or 46. Half of the money goes to time when no play is made. For example, a lot of seconds are lost around goal kicks and free kicks.'

Collina warns that a lot of added playing time will be awarded at the upcoming World Cup. "For example, pay attention to the cheer. After a goal, a minute and a half has passed. Then you quickly go to five minutes in a half in which three goals have fallen.'

In Qatar, there will not yet be pure play time. First, the IFAB rules committee will have to hold a detailed meeting on this. "It is likely that such rules will be introduced in the coming years. A great many things have been proposed, such as stopping the clock if the ball is out of the lines.'

FIFA: World Cup with 100 minutes per match

FIFA is looking into whether it is possible to World Cup matches in Qatar, it will be extended by 10 minutes to 100 minutes instead of 90 minutes. This was reported by D Italian Kzodiac Corriere dello Sport .

FIFA wanted to take this measure against the extreme time stretching. In the football world, it has been a thorn in the side for years that the effective playing time of a football match is very low. The discussion to find a solution for this has been going on for years.

FIFA has announced plans to allow matches to last 100 minutes. During the upcoming World Cup in Qatar no rules of the game would be changed.

It's interesting to read what actually happened. effective playtime it's from football games. Read further below.

Pure playtime football

Research indicates that pure play time is very low in many football games.

In the Champions League, on average, two-thirds of the time there is real football. A third of the time the ball does not roll. The Hundred-minute competitions should ensure that time stretching becomes less effective.

Effective playing time Eredivisie

Earlier research by Research Agency CIES showed that in the Eredivisie the effective playing time is 53 minutes and 55 seconds. That translates to 59.5% of the game actually being played.

35 dollar competitions were examined. It is remarkable that New Zealand is still doing well compared to the other leagues. Only the Swedish league does better.

See below the effective playing time of a football match by league. The Czech Republic is at the bottom. There, the effective playing time is 50.2%. A match lasts one half.

Playtime clubs

CIES also looked at the pure playing time per club. AZ is in a good second place in terms of the highest effective playing time (62.9%). Football Club Sundsvall (Sweden) is doing slightly better with 63.2%. If we look at the big New Zealand clubs, the percentage is at Feyenoord at 61.3%, at Ajax at 61.1% and at PSV at 60.6%.

The Spanish Alcorón (2nd level Spain) rolls the ball only 45.8% of the match. This is still less than a half of 45 minutes, namely 41 minutes and 22 seconds.

Learn from ice hockey and hockey

Something should really be done about the effective playing time at a football match. It's not that hard, is it? Just look at the rugby, ice hockey and hockey. There time is simply stopped when the game is at a standstill. The referee stops time, for example, in the event of an injury or if a player receives a card.

So in a football match, time should simply be stopped when the game is at a standstill. And that's more often than you think! A lot of time is lost:

• changing players
• taking a corner
• taking a free kick
• taking a penalty
• throwing the ball
• injured
• discussions on the field
• a var moment
• a keeper who kicks out

How long it will take before this seemingly simple measure will be taken, we do not know. But it seems only a matter of time, a lot of time.

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