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footballStats

An open database with historical data of major football leagues. Initially will cover the following

  1. English Premier League
  2. Spanish La Liga
  3. Italian Serie A
  4. German Bundesliga

Data format

The data will be stored as JSON files and will have the following structure

-- league
-- matches
  -- general
  -- score
  -- benchHome
  -- benchAway
  -- teamHome
  -- teamAway
  -- goalHome
  -- goalAway
  -- subsHome
  -- subsAway
  -- foulHome
  -- foulAway

The individual nodes are as described below

  • league This is the name of the league and the year for which the data exists
  • matches Contains data for all the matches in that particular league and year

For the matches node we have further nodes as described below

  • general Contains general information about the match and includes the following fields

  • date (Date on which the match took place)

  • time (Local time when the match started)

  • referee (The name of the official referee)

  • venue (The venue where the match took place)

  • attendance (Number of people attending the match)

  • score This has information about the score and includes the following fields

  • home (The name of the home team)

  • away (The name of the away team)

  • homeScore (Goals scored by the home team)

  • awayScore (Goals scored by the away team)

  • benchHome Names of the players on the bench for the home team

  • benchAway Names of the players on the bench for the away team

  • teamHome Names of the starting XI for the home team

  • teamHome Names of the starting XI for the away team

  • goalHome Names of the goal scorers for the home team

  • name (Name of the player who scored the goal)

  • time (Time when the goal was scored)

  • desc (Description to indicate the type of goal that was scored)

  • goalAway Names of the goal scorers for the away team

  • name (Name of the player who scored the goal)

  • time (Time when the goal was scored)

  • desc (Description to indicate the type of goal that was scored)

  • subsHome The substitutions for the home team

  • on (Name of the player who came on)

  • off (Name of the player who was taken off)

  • time (Time when the substitution took place)

  • subsAway The substitutions for the away team

  • on (Name of the player who came on)

  • off (Name of the player who was taken off)

  • time (Time when the substitution took place)

  • foulHome Cards received by the home team

  • name (Name of the player who received the card)

  • card (Type of card either Red or Yellow)

  • type (The reason for receiving the said card)

  • time (Time when the player received the card)

  • foulAway Cards received by the away team

  • name (Name of the player who received the card)

  • card (Type of card either Red or Yellow)

  • type (The reason for receiving the said card)

  • time (Time when the player received the card)

Corrections

A lot of data for fouls has card given at time 0, given below are the statistics for incorrect data

  • Premier League 1992 to 1993

  • There are 547 mistakes in English Premier League 1992-1993

  • There are 544 foul mistakes in English Premier League 1992-1993

  • There are 3 substitution mistakes in English Premier League 1992-1993

  • Premier League 1993 to 1994

  • There are 653 mistakes in English Premier League 1993-1994

  • There are 652 foul mistakes in English Premier League 1993-1994

  • There is 1 substitution mistake in English Premier League 1993-1994

  • Premier League 1994 to 1995

  • There are 1251 mistakes in English Premier League 1994-1995

  • There are 1248 foul mistakes in English Premier League 1994-1995

  • There are 3 substitution mistakes in English Premier League 1994-1995