Transfermarkt
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| Available in | German, English, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian |
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| Owner |
Axel Springer AG Matthias Seidel |
| Created by | Matthias Seidel |
| Website |
www www |
| Launched | May 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
transfermarkt is a German-based[1] website owned by Axel Springer that has footballing information, such as scores, results, statistics, transfer news, and fixtures.[2] According to the IVW, it is in the top 25 most visited German websites, and one of the largest sport websites after kicker.de.[3]
The website has scores, results, transfer news, fixtures, and player values. Despite the player values, along with some other facts, being estimates,[4] researchers from the Centre for Economic Performance have found that the "rumours" of player transfers are largely accurate.[5]
History
The website was founded in May 2000, by Matthias Seidel. In 2008, Axel Springer publishing house took over, gaining a 51% share in the website. Seidel kept the other 49% of the shares.[6] The English-language version started in 2009.
On 19 May 2014, a relaunch took place for the so-called update to 'version 4'. In the course of this update there were both server-technical as well as data-legal issues, as private data was visible to other users for an indefinite period of time.[7] For 48 hours the site had only a very limited availability, resulting in multiple complaints on Facebook.[8] The biggest criticisms from users was the confusing new design. As a result, Transfermarkt.de publicly apologized for the incidents and issues that were caused during the relaunch.[9]
References
- ↑ "Report for transfermarkt.co.uk | Norton Safe Web". Safeweb.norton.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ "The Football Portal for the Premier League and Transfer Rumour Forum". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ↑ Schröder, Jens (8 September 2010). "Online-IVW: Sport gewinnt, News verliert" [Online-IVW: Sport wins, News loses]. meedia.de. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Ahrens, Peter (6 August 2010). "Bundesliga-Transfers: Magie des Pinkepinke-Plans" [Bundesliga transfers: Magic of the dough plan] (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ↑ Bryson, Alex; Frick, Bernd; Simmons, Rob (September 2009). "The Returns to Scarce Talent: Footedness and Player Remuneration in European Soccer" (PDF). cep.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ↑ "Axel Springer übernimmt Mehrheit an Deutschlands größter Fußball-Community" [Axel Springer acquires majority stake in Germany's biggest football community]. meedia.de. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Linder, Armin (20 May 2014). "Daten-Leck bei Transfermarkt.de" [Data leak on Transfermarkt.de] (in German). TZ.de. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Wietlisbach, Oliver (20 May 2014). "Am Montag lancierte "Transfermarkt" seine neue Website. Dabei ging schief, was schief gehen konnte. Sogar private Nachrichten waren plötzlich für andere einsehbar." [On Monday "Transfermarket" launched a new website. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. Even private messages were suddenly visible to others.] (in German). watson.ch. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Seidel, Matthias (23 May 2014). "Transfermarkt sagt Entschuldigung" [Transfermarkt apologizes] (in German). transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 23 July 2014.