Starts in July 2025 in Munich/Ismaning
incl. free test license from Athlyzer
Starts in July 2025 in Munich/Ismaning incl. free test license from Athlyzer
EXPAND YOUR SKILLS AS A MATCH ANALYST IN THE PROFESSIONAL SECTOR
You are already working as a match analyst in professional football and want to communicate your skills in visual communication of your analyses and ideas on the highest level? Do you always want to be technically up to date? And generally develop yourself further in your position to have a decisive competitive advantage over your rivals?
Then now is the time for you. In the program, which is specially designed for professional football, you will lay the foundation for your successful future as a competent advisor to the coach, as well as to the entire coaching team.
We notice it in all our conversations with the top people in the industry: The importance of a well-founded match and tactical analysis as well as systematic and qualitative match observation is constantly increasing. Only through professional work in the area of match and tactics analysis can the development potential of a team as well as individual players be increased in both the short and long term.
Thanks to the unique semi-virtual study concept (e-learning and attendance phases), you can complete our modern training and further education program to become a match analyst while working.
Important: The offer is limited to a small group of participants. Our motto is: From professionals for professionals.
It is therefore best to register immediately for the next certificate course.
TOP LECTURERS FROM MATCH ANALYSIS
LARS KORNETKA
Co-coach, Austrian National Team
JOHANNES SPORS
Sports Director 777 Partners Football Group
MANUEL BAUM
Sporting Director Academy RB Leipzig
DR. ALEXANDER SCHMALHOFER
Head of Sports Analytics & Development Red Bull
MAURIZIO ZOCCOLA
Co-coach game analysis 1. FC Nürnberg
MICHAEL KÖLLNER
Football Coach
DR. PHILIPP SCHÜTZENDORF
Head of development Borussia Mönchengladbach
CHRISTIAN FLÜTHMANN
Sports director Rot-Weiss Essen e.V.
OUR PARTICIPANTS RATE US
Grade 1,51 Ø
Quality of the lecturers
Grade 1,71 Ø
Individual support
Grade 1,96 Ø
Learning Platform/Virtual Phase
Grade 1,66 Ø
Overall impression of the face-to-face event
OUR PARTICIPANTS RATE US
Grade 1,51 Ø
Quality of the lecturers
Grade 1,71 Ø
Individual support
Grade 1,96 Ø
Learning Platform/Virtual Phase
Grade 1,66 Ø
Overall impression of the face-to-face event
Your advantages: You create trust with all decision-makers with your know-how
As you are probably aware, every professional club now employs one or more people who are responsible for the area of analysis.
However, it is only over the past few years that a clear job description has developed. Advanced training opportunities now existed for all persons with expertise of a coaching team, except for the game analyzing person. For this reason, we launched the first training program for match analysts in soccer in 2015, have been running the program annually since then and are now looking in detail at the increasingly important data analysis in professional soccer. Excellent speakers guarantee a program at the highest level.
In addition to data analysis, you will deal intensively with the scientific fundamentals of match analysis, video technology, match preparation and follow-up, soccer theory and scouting, and much more.
You will acquire know-how specifically geared towards professional soccer, which is of great importance for the entire sporting sector and thus creates confidence among all decision-makers in the club or association. Furthermore, match analysts now work directly with soccer players and therefore have an influence on the technical and tactical development of each individual.
SHORT PROFIL OF THE CAS “MATCH ANALYST IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL”
TARGET GROUP OF THE CAS “MATCH ANALYST IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL”
The CAS is a Germany-wide training and further education program and is aimed at employees from professional football who are already working as match analysts or in scouting.
For coaches and co-trainers from professional football, too, the content taught represents an enormous added value, because it expands their own competencies in an important decision-making field and further develops their analytical skills.
The experience also benefits active and former professional football players who want to put their practical knowledge into practice and possibly pursue a future career in the football industry.
The profession of match analyst has become an integral part of professional football. Match analysts play a central role not only in squad planning and opponent scouting, but also in the development of a team’s tactics and in football strategy research.
When it comes to the back four, positional play, movement play, counter-pressing, interface passes, changing sides, player transfers, passing patterns, match formations and match systems, they are in demand.
Prerequisites for participation in the CAS are a university entrance qualification or completed vocational training in a recognized profession that is conducive to the course, at least three years of professional experience that is conducive to the course, a keen interest in football and match analysis and experience in professional football.
Applicants without a university entrance qualification but with a professional qualification can also be admitted to the CAS under certain conditions. In these cases, an institute certificate is issued instead of a CAS certificate with ECTS points.
EXPERIENCE REPORTS & GRADUATES’ VOICES
YOUR LEARNING IN THE CAS “MATCH ANALYST IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL”
Those who go through the CAS recognize the necessity of modern match and tactical analysis in order to optimally prepare their own team for the opponent as well as to analyze their own game.
The program also underpins the fact that there are clear roles and responsibilities within the club and that this re-quires the appropriate knowledge and skills, which participants can acquire in this program in a theoretically sound but practical manner.
The content is taught exclusively by top people with expertise.
The CAS specifically addresses the requirements, challenges and individual solutions for active and prospective match analysts in professional football. Starting from scientific basics and data analysis in football, the participants deal intensively with video analysis, individual and group tactics as well as scouting and squad planning in the individual modules.
Modul 1: Football Analytics & Technology
MODUL 2: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS & MATCHPLAN TRAINING
Modul 3: High Performance Workflows
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OUR LEARNING CONCEPT: BLENDED LEARNING, FLEXIBLE ALONGSIDE SPORT & WORK
Blended learning is even more than e-learning: it combines the classic face-to-face seminars with various online learning formats, thus making learning more modern, flexible and transfer effective. Due to the semi-virtual concept and the block models, the programs are extra-occupational and can therefore also be carried out alongside sport and family.
The certificate program is therefore much more than an online or distance learning program.
In order to test the knowledge gained, online tests are just as possible as study papers on individual topics.
The innovative learning approach guarantees the compatibility of work, sports and further education.
Lecturers with enormous subject expertise impart practical knowledge at the highest level during the ten days of attendance.
OUR LEARNING CONCEPT: BLENDED LEARNING
Blended learning is even more than e-learning: it combines the classic face-to-face seminars with various online learning formats, thus making learning more modern, flexible and transfer effective. Due to the semi-virtual concept and the block models, the programs are extra-occupational and can therefore also be carried out alongside sport and family.
The certificate program is therefore much more than an online or distance learning program.
In order to test the knowledge gained, online tests are just as possible as study papers on individual topics.
The innovative learning approach guarantees the compatibility of work, sports and further education.
Lecturers with enormous subject expertise impart practical knowledge at the highest level during the ten days of attendance.
CAS SIMPLY EXPLAINED
Extra-occupational training and further education courses that can be completed with a Certificate of Advanced Studies – CAS for short – offer the opportunity to deal with a topic academically and acquire a qualification below an academic degree (e.g. Bachelor). CASs are also assessed according to credit points under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Accordingly, these credit points are also recognized throughout Europe. CASs can be upgraded to a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) or other academic degree programs by attending further CASs and writing an academic thesis.
YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS A MATCH ANALYST
IM PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
If you are a top match analyst, you can become the most important assistant even for the biggest names in football.
Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp, José Mourinho or Diego Simeone – they all rely on the analyses of their match analyst in the preparation and follow-up of their matches. But also in their expertise when it comes to the match plan. 4-4-2, 4-3-3 oder 3-5-2?
With your skills and knowledge, you become the trump card of the person in charge of training, who is constantly looking for new inspiration.
In addition, as the analysis head of your club, you will have the chance to build your own team within the club, thus also initiating and implementing innovative projects in the field of football research.
The personal exchange is not only limited to the coaching team, the players and your department, but you also cooperate with fitness coahces and the medical department.
With your communication, you have a significant influence on the mood and willingness to perform within your club. And with the success of your department, your personal value on the transfer market will increase continuously.
THESE COOPERATION PARTNERS TRUST
IN OUR EXPERTISE
By cooperating with us, our partners come into direct and personal contact with decision-makers from the soccer industry who work for us as lecturers or people with expertise.
In addition, partnerships enable contact with people who already work at clubs or associations and who are already deciding, or will soon be deciding, on their own collaborations with partners.
The early point of contact with current and future executives enables the development of new business areas.
During excursions, cooperation partners can also present themselves as attractive employers.
THESE COOPERATION PARTNERS TRUST
IN OUR EXPERTISE
By cooperating with us, our partners come into direct and personal contact with decision-makers from the soccer industry who work for us as lecturers or people with expertise.
In addition, partnerships enable contact with people who already work at clubs or associations and who are already deciding, or will soon be deciding, on their own collaborations with partners.
The early point of contact with current and future executives enables the development of new business areas.
During excursions, cooperation partners can also present themselves as attractive employers.
Description of the study location Ismaning
Located directly in the catchment area of Munich, the Ismaning campus has its own library and canteen. Here, not far from the Media Park Ismaning, the International Football Institute and Triagon has its home – located in the countryside and yet close to the city. Here you will find modern and friendly seminar rooms, which are optimally adapted to your learning needs.
Ideally connected to public transportation as well as the highway, you can be in the heart of the state capital or at the airport in less than 20 minutes. Overnight accommodations are available in all categories in the immediate vicinity of Steinheilstraße.
Steinheilstraße 4, 85737 Ismaning
THE MATCH ANALYSIS LOUNGE OF THE IFI
The International Football Institute’s Match Analysis Lounge brings together the leading people with expertise in the football industry. The focus will be on exciting lectures and discussions on the topics of match and tactical analysis, scouting and squad planning. As a lounge participant, you will get a deep insight into best practices, trends and the current state of research in match analysis. Another significant advantage is the opportunity for networking. In addition to industry experts and IFI alumni, representatives of professional clubs will also be present in the lounge.
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Contact
Andreas Giglberger
Head of Education and Training at the IFI
International Football Institute
Steinheilstr. 8
85737 Ismaning