Context
I have gathered this dataset over the course of 8 years and put a lot of effort in
it (see soccerverse.com). If you use the data for any kind of project, please drop me a line
or ping me on twitter.
Content
The dataset contains results of 1,078,214 football games in 207 top-tier domestic leagues and
20 international tournaments (UEFA EuroLeague/ChampionsLeague,etc.) from 1888-2019
variable
description
home
home team name (not necessarily unique)
away
away team name (not necessarily unique)
date
date of match
gh
goals for home team (including extra time and penalties)
ga
goals for away team (including extra time and penalties)
full_time
"F"=game ended in 90', "E"=extra time, "P"=penalty shoot-out
competition
country name of league or name of international competition
home_ident
unique identifier of home team
away_ident
unique identifier of away team
home_country
country of home team
away_country
country of away team
home_code
country code of home team
away_code
country code of away team
home_continent
continent of home team
away_continent
continent of away team
continent
continent of competition
level
"national"= domestic league, "international"= international cup