{"id":995,"date":"2014-12-13T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opisthokonta.net\/?page_id=995"},"modified":"2017-01-08T10:46:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:46:32","slug":"football-datasets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opisthokonta.net\/?page_id=995","title":{"rendered":"Football Datasets"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to do your own number crunching on football results you need data. There are a lot of websites out there with results and statistics, but to get the information into a convenient format can be a hassle. Luckily there are some places where you can get good datasets available for download. Here I have collected some of them. I will update this list when I find more good sites. Also, if you know of some, feel free to mention them in the comments. <\/p>\n

This list was last updated January 8th 2017.<\/p>\n

football-data.co.uk<\/strong>
\nMatch results and statistics from many European leagues and tournaments, England, Germany, Italy, Spain etc. With data all the way back to the 1990’s plus odds data from different bookmakers. The datasets are updated each week.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv, excel, zip
\nLink:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.football-data.co.uk\/data.php<\/a><\/p>\n

James Curley’s engsoccerdata<\/strong>
\nAll English league matches from the very beginning in 1888 to the present, in the convenient form of a R package.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv, rdata
\nLink:<\/strong> engsoccerdata @ github<\/a> <\/p>\n

Stryktipsetisistastund.se<\/strong>
\nMatch results from Swedish, Norwegian and Finish leagues in a format similar to football-data.co.uk.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv
\nLink:<\/strong> stryktipsetisistastund.se\/data<\/a><\/p>\n

Ouseful.info: Sports data and R<\/strong>
\nA list of R packages for sports and football analytics, including some packages that consists mostly of data sets.
\nFormat:<\/strong> R packages
\nLink<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Football stadium coordinates<\/strong>
\nSmall data set compiled by me, with GPS coordinates for the home stadiums for about 130 European teams.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv
\nLink<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Kaggle<\/strong>
\nA data set with details on 25k eurpean matches and 11k players. Registration required.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv
\nLink:<\/strong> European Soccer Database<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> Open Data Spotlight: The Ultimate European Soccer Database | Hugo Mathien<\/a><\/p>\n

WoSo Stats<\/strong>
\nWoSo Stats collects data for women’s soccer. Including detailed match event data.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv
\nLink<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/strong>
\nThe Guardian sometimes post football related datasets, especially in connection with large football events. Player statistics from Opta, historical match results and more.
\nFormat:<\/strong> Google Docs (can be downloaded as csv or excel)
\nLink:<\/strong> World Cup 2010<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> EURO 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian – Top 100 players<\/strong>
\nEach year The Guardian asks 100+ experts to rank the best players in the world. The complete details of the voting is available as a spreadsheet.
\nFormat:<\/strong> Google Docs (can be downloaded as csv or excel)
\nLink:<\/strong> 2012<\/a> (The full voting data is not available, but the 2012 ranking is available in the 2013 spreadsheet)
\nLink:<\/strong> 2013<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> 2014<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> 2015<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

openfootball football.db<\/strong>
\nA large database of football results.
\nFormat: <\/strong> database
\nLink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Openfooty API<\/strong>
\nAn API which makes available results, player stats, lineups, tables et cetera. Registration required.
\nFormat:<\/strong> XML, php, json
\nLink:<\/strong> Openfooty<\/a><\/p>\n

MCFC Analytics<\/strong>
\nManchester City and Opta released a ton of data on every player from the 2011-12 Premier League season. Registration required.
\nFormat:<\/strong> Excel, xml
\nLink:<\/strong> MCFC Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaggle<\/strong>
\nSome historical World Cup data. Registration required.
\nFormat:<\/strong> csv
\nLink:<\/strong> World Cup 2010 – Take on the Quants<\/a>
\nLink:<\/strong> World Cup 2010 – Confidence Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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