Conference 2021 | StatsBomb

A Stellar Line-up of Industry Speakers

Taking place on the main stage, speakers from a range of football clubs, and other sports gave coveted insight into their internal processes and research projects

Main Stage

Dr Ian

Graham

Director of Research, Liverpool FC

Ian has worked for Liverpool FC since 2012 and currently leads the data and analytics research team.

@IanG

Ted

Knutson

CEO, StatsBomb

Ted is an entrepreneur with decades of leadership experience. He leads the global StatsBomb team in his role as CEO.

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Daryl

Morey

President of Basketball Operations for Philadelphia 76ers

Daryl is one of the most experienced practitioners in the NBA. He is currently the President of Basketball Ops at the Philadelphia 76ers.

@dmorey

Mladen

Sormaz

Head of Football Analytics, Leicester City

Mladen has years of professional experience using data in football. He joined Leicester in 2019 as their Head of Football Analytics.

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Vosse

De Boode

Head of Sport Science and Data Analytics, AFC Ajax

Vosse joined AFC Ajax in 2011. She drives the integration of data in the club’s day-to-day operations.

@vdeboode

Harry

Moyal

Deputy General Manager, Olympique Lyonnais

Harry manages the football data science department as part of his role at Olympique Lyonnais.

Will

Kuntz

SVP of Soccer Operations & Assistant GM, Los Angeles FC

Will is highly experienced in US sports analytics, having worked in MLB prior to his current role at LAFC.

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Victor

Orta

Director of Football, Leeds United

Victor has held senior roles at clubs across Europe, and is now Director of Football at Leeds United.

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James

Cryne

Director and Co-Owner, Barnsley FC

James is a Director and Co-Owner at Barnsley FC, one of the most data-driven clubs in the EFL. James leads the data strategy at the club.

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Devin

Pleuler

Director of Analytics, Toronto FC

Devin oversees the use of data in the club’s performance analysis and player recruitment

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Highlights

Industry-leading panels and fire-side conversations

Research Competition Winners

The Harris Suite featured a variety of hand-picked presenters giving attendees an exclusive window into the current state of play surrounding innovative research in football analytics. The nature of the papers covered a variety of topics, including driving goalkeeper decisions, identifying high pressing styles and penetrative passes. These talks contained the first sets of publicly-available research performed on StatsBomb 360 data.

Papers: Coming Soon

Optimally Disrupting Opponent Build-ups
DTAI Sports Analytics Lab, KU Leuven

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Potential Penetrative Pass (P3)
Hadi Sotudeh

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Identifying high pressing styles using event data
Nicole Kozlova: StatsBomb

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Phases of the play using Graph* Convolutional Networks
Juan Camilo Campos

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What drives the goalkeepers’ decisions?
Samer Fatayri, Kirill Serykh, Egor Gumin

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Splitting GSAA: finding the best shot-stopper for your team
Max Odenheimer, John Harrison

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The quest for the right pass: Decision making
Javier M. Buldú, Borja Burriel

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“Can we have our ball back, please?”
Will Morgan: StatsBomb

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Turning with the ball & decision-making under pressure
Soumyajit Bose, Manas Saraswat

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2021

Sponsors and Exhibitors

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