{worldfootballR} for Soccer
worldfootballR 
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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 for international matches from FBref, see here
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 if you aren’t able to create an issue.
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