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Stefan Szymanski
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Stefan Szymanski, PhD

  • Stephen J. Galetti Collegiate Professor of Sport Management
  • Member, Center for Sport Marketing Research
  • Member, Center for Sports Venues & Real Estate Development

About

Dr. Stefan Szymanski came to the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology as the Stephen J. Galetti Professor of Sport Management in 2011. Before that he had appointments at London Business School, Imperial College Business School, and Cass Business School, all in London. Dr. Szymanski completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and received his PhD in Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London. As a leading expert in the economics of sports in general and soccer in particular, he is widely quoted in the media and has written op-eds for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Financial Times. You can follow him on Twitter (@sszy) and on his blog (soccernomics-agency.com).

Dr. Szymanski has authored more than one hundred academic papers published in reviewed journals, mostly on the economics and history of sport. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Soccernomics (with Simon Kuper), the fourth edition of which appeared in 2018. The book has been translated into fifteen languages. A history of sports in Detroit (co-authored with Silke Weineck) will be published in 2020.

Dr. Szymanski has appeared as an expert witness on the economics of sport in numerous court cases on issues such as the collective sale of broadcast rights, the valuation of soccer clubs, and recently for the US Department of Justice on the economics of corruption in relation to the trial of former FIFA executives.

He is currently leading the development of a series of MOOCs (massive open online courses) on programming sports analytics in Python in collaboration with the U-M School of Information.

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Areas of Interest

Sports management and economics; sport history, culture and society; European sport and the internationalization of sport; international sports federations and the governance of sport.

Contact

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SKB 3220

830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
United States

Phone

(734) 647-0950

Email

stefansz@umich.edu

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Classes

Course Course Title Credits Term
KINESLGY 685 Res Rotation in Kin 3 - 6 Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
SM 238 Intro to Accounting 1.5 As Arranged, Winter
SM 239 IntroFinancialDecMak 1.5 As Arranged, Winter
SM 313 Special Topics 3 As Arranged, Fall, Spring, Winter
SM 451 SportAnlytcsTeamPerf 3 As Arranged, Fall
SM 461 Detroit Sports 3 As Arranged, Fall
SM 462 Global & ML Soccer 1.5 As Arranged, Fall
SM 509 Fin Mgmt Spt Indus 3 Fall, Winter

News

World Cup’s ‘middle income trap’ – why breaking into soccer’s elite is so hard to do (as Morocco might soon find out)
Sport Management faculty member Stefan Szymanski discusses why it’s hard for soccer teams from Africa, Asia, and North America to win on the World Cup stage.
December 9, 2022
Why Americans call it soccer
Sport Management faculty member Stefan Szymanski is featured in the Al Jazeera story.
December 2, 2022
Why Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal is priceless – and unforgettable
Sport Management faculty member Stefan Szymanski on the legacy of soccer’s famous “Hand of God” goal.
November 11, 2022
Lasso-ing Chelsea FC? Why super-rich US sports owners are looking to buy a London soccer team
SM faculty member Stefan Szymanski examines why American sports franchise owners are so quick to purchase English Premier Soccer clubs.
March 22, 2022
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