Table 1. Subject matter expert (n = 8) experience.
| Description | Subject Matter Experts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | P8 | Total | |
| Professional/semi-professional coach (ys) | 5 | - | 3 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 4 | - | 93 |
| International matches coached | - | - | 15 | 50 | 48 | - | - | - | 113 |
| Professional matches coached | 60 | - | 30 | - | 138 | - | - | - | 228 |
| Semi-Professional matches coached | - | 20 | 110 | 400 | 800 | 300 | 100 | - | 1700+ |
| Major tournament matches coached | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Academy coach (ys) | - | - | 2 | 1 | 14 | - | 2 | - | 19 |
| Current coach accreditation | Pro | B | Pro | A | A | B | A | A | - |
| International matches played | 57 | 52 | 5 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 134 |
| Professional matches played | 459 | 314 | 300 | 117 | - | - | - | - | 1190 |
| Major tournament matches played | 10 | 40 | 35 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 91 |
| Professional match analyst (ys) | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 2 | 11 |
Note: Major tournaments include World Cup, Olympics, Youth World Cup, Asian Cup, European Champions League, and European Youth Championships. The number of semi-professional games coached by the SME’s were reported as estimates. The coach accreditation levels were obtained from either the European (UEFA) or Asian (AFC) football confederations.