Manchester City began to use SAP solutions directly during the game 

2018: Award enforcement of SAP during the matches

On December 20, 2018 SAP reported that it provides to athletes tools for decision making in real time.

Manchester City and SAP were focused on technologies which can be used in the field during the matches. Earlier in 2018 rules of holding matches of the Premier League changed, now athletes can carry special sensors both during the games, and on a bench of spare.

In last season of Manchester City during the championship began to use SAP Challenger Insights by preparation for matches to plan a game, in a locker room for operational correction of tactics in the field of and after the competitions - for the strategy of future games. After successful implementation in 2017 Manchester City together with SAP began to develop the improved version of this technology for a football season in 2018, both men's, and female commands of club used it.

SAP Challenger Insights is the part of a cloud solution of SAP Sports One which is specially adapted for tasks of Manchester City club. The application helps players and coaches of the team to plan a game, to study tactical elements, to make corrections in the course of the game based on the analysis of the saved-up data. Coaches of club use the application at the moments when it is necessary to take emergency measures and to quickly show team members the game ropes during the replacing or change of strategy. Could estimate results of system operation at Manchester City – the club gained the lead the Premier Leagues.

To me and a command the application helps to be prepared for a game, it is better to understand each other and actions of rivals. Vincent Kompany, captain of Manchester City

Our cooperation will help to implement what was considered as impossible in terms of technologies earlier. Manchester City became one of the first club in the English Premier League which uses such tools. The command will get access to the most complete information on opponents, athletes will be able to prepare better for competitions and to play more effectively. Bernd Loykert, board member of SAP SE

2015: Manchester City implements SAP solutions

At the beginning of July, 2015 it became known of cooperation of the owner of Manchester City Football Club with SAP company. Within this partnership the German vendor will provide several software products which will help team to execute the new purposes of development, reports the ComputerWeekly edition.

The City Football Group company (it possesses Manchester City) announced joint work with SAP over implementation of new technologies for the purpose of search of talented players and increase in efficiency of certain football players and a command in general.

City Football Group will use a cloud solution of SAP Sports One which is the next step after the SAP product Match Insights developed in 2014 for the German football union for the purpose of training of the local national team to the World Cup in Brazil.

The Manchester City Football Club implements SAP in HR and BI

"City Football Group is one of the innovation and technology advanced football organizations in the world — the chief executive officer of SAP Bill McDermott says. — We strongly are proud of the fact that SAP HANA and our cloud solutions will promote plans of City Football Group for support of players and trainers and also will give absolutely new opportunities to fans".

The head of City Football Group Ferron Soriano said that cooperation with SAP will cover all aspects of football activity of the company on four continents.

The clubs belonging to City Football Group will use SuccessFactors software for improvement of processes of creation of personnel strategy, SAP Jam for search of talented football players, SAP Simple Finance for simplification of financial activities and also the solution for the business analysis and tools of predictive analytics of the German company for studying and sales promotion of tickets, club attributes, etc. The cost of the contract is not specified.^[1]

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