Table 1.
Frequency count of male players based on the birth quartile and the playing position in each squad.
| Goalkeeper | Defender | Midfielder | Forward | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | |
| Senior Male | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| U21 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| U19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7* | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| U17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8* | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| U16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| U15 | 0 | 3* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
BQ: birth quartile; * significantly more than expected (p < 0.05)