Extract and Clean World Football (Soccer) Data.
worldfootballR
Overview
This package is designed to allow users to extract various world football results and player statistics from the following popular football (soccer) data sites:
Installation
You can install the CRAN version of worldfootballR
with:
install.packages("worldfootballR")
You can install the released version of worldfootballR
from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("JaseZiv/worldfootballR")
library(worldfootballR)
Usage
Package vignettes have been built to help you get started with the package.
- For functions to extract data from FBref, see here
- For functions to extract data from Transfermarkt, see here
- For functions to extract data from Understat, see here
- For functions to extract data from fotmob, see here
- For functions to extract data for international matches from FBref, see here
- For functions to load pre-scraped data, see here
Loading Data
Since the release of v0.5.3
, the library now supports very rapid loading of pre-collected data through the use of load_
functions.
The data available for loading is stored in the worldfootballR_data
repository. The repo can be found here.
Head to the vignette here to see examples of which data is available for rapid loading.
News
To stay up-to-date with the latest changes, see the package change log
Leagues and Seasons
Fbref
For FBref.com data (match and season data), a list of leagues and seasons included in the package can be found in the worldfootballR_data
repository and can be found here
Transfermarkt
For transfermarkt.com data (valuations and transfers), a list of leagues and seasons included in the package can be found in the worldfootballR_data
repository and can be found here
Understat
The following leagues are currently supported by Understat (these values can be passed in to the league
arguments of most understat_
functions):
- “EPL”
- “La liga”
- “Bundesliga”
- “Serie A”
- “Ligue 1”
- “RFPL”
Attribute the Source
When using the functions in the package, please ensure you attribute the source of the data based on the function you use.
Data providers are listed below:
Acknowledgements
Special mention goes out to Ewan Henderson’s awesome understatr
library for the inspiration and internal code for the understat_
functions contained in this package.
Contributing
Issues and Improvements
When creating an issue, please include:
- Reproducible examples
- A brief description of what the expected results are
- If applicable, the fbref.com, transfermarkt.com or understat.com page the observed behaviour is occurring on
- For improvement suggestions, what features are being requested and their purpose
Feel free to get in touch via email or twitter https://twitter.com/jaseziv if you aren’t able to create an issue.
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