©Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2007) Suppl. 10 http://www.jssm.org 163 31. SCIENTIFIC COACHING P-082 Opinion of soccer players about off- season in Turkish super league Surhat Muniroglu , and Huseyin Oztekin University of Ankara, School of Physical Education and Sports OBJECTIVE The period when soccer players detrarining at the end season is very important because it is not known how soccer players spend this period. The purpose of this study was to search opinions of soccer players about off sea- son in Turkish super league. METHODS 144 soccer players from Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor Denizlispor, Samsunspor, Genclerbirligi, Ankaragucu, Diyarbakırspor and Caykur Rizespor participated in this study. A questionnaire was developed, with 18 items. The reliability of quastionnaire was 0,84. The following evalations were used in 5 point Likert Scale a)disagree totally, b)disagree, c)not sure, d)agree, e)agree totally RESULTS Soccer players had some physological and phycholigical loses in off season. They should rest actively and their taining should be descreased. It is necessary to give information to soccer players on how much strenght they lose during off season, and soccer players should spend off season accordingly. Soccer players want to rest and get healed from injuries during off season. At the same time they want to get psychological support. Soccer players don’t accept big losses in off season in off season while starting preparation period before season, and they think thet preparation period before season is a waste of time. DISCUSSION At the end off this research, soccer players in Turkish super leauge evaluated that off season was not an inactive and holiday period. Soccer players have enough information on doing various sport activities and physical preparation in off season period. KEY WORDS Soccer, off season, player. P-083 Impact of playing in Champions League on National League results Carlos Lago-Peñas , and Joaquin Lago-Ballesteros University of Vigo OBJECTIVE In this paper, the impact of playing a Champions League match on the Spanish Football League match scores was analysed of given teams. According to the results of a logit multinominal regression, playing in the Euro- pean Champions League did not decrease the probability of winning in the National Championship. The objetives of this study were to analyze the influence of playing in the European Champions League on the scores of Spanish Foot- ball League teams, and to examine if this impact was different for teams making debut in the European competition. METHODS The sample consisted of the 184 matches of the Spanish Football League Seasons 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 of those teams playing the European Champions League. The dependent variable was the scores ob- tained by teams. Five independent variables were included. The difference in the level among teams, playing at home or away, to play or no a match of the CL and if the team was a newcomer. RESULTS As it can be seen in Table 1, playing in the European Champions League did not reduce the probability of winning in the National Championship. The variables playing at home and level were statistically significant and had the expected coefficient. According to the results displayed in Table 1, playing in the European Champions League did not reduce the probability of winning. Table 1. The results of teams in the Spanish Football League: the influence of playing the European Champions League Independient Variable Defeat vs Win Defeat vs Dra. Level (LEV) 0.07 (0.03)*1 -0,23 (0,44) Playing at home (PH) 0,95 (0,40)** 0,01 (0,03) Champions League (CL) 0.46 (0.40) 0,29 (0,44) Intercept -0,30 (0,34) 0,03 (0,34) Number of observations 172LR Chi 2 (6) 21,15*Pseudo R 2 0,06 Notes: Estimation is by maximun-likelihood. Robust Standard Errors in parenthesis.*p<0.01 **p<0.05