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Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
RSSSF
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Available inEnglish
Created by
  • Lars Aarhus
  • Kent Hedlundh
  • Karel Stokkermans
URLwww.rsssf.org
LaunchedJanuary 1994; 29 years ago (1994-01), as Northern European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (NERSSSF)
Current statusActive

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football.[1] The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world.

History

This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994[2] by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew.

The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland (90minut.pl), Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Egypt.

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Usenet

Usenet

Usenet is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was established in 1980. Users read and post messages to one or more topic categories, known as newsgroups. Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects and is the precursor to the Internet forums that have become widely used. Discussions are threaded, as with web forums and BBSs, though posts are stored on the server sequentially.

Football in Albania

Football in Albania

Football is the most popular sport in Albania, both at a participatory and spectator level. The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF).

Football in Brazil

Football in Brazil

Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country’s national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. Brazil has also won an Olympic gold medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Football in Denmark

Football in Denmark

Association football is the most popular sport in Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered under the Danish FA. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is the oldest club outside of the United Kingdom, having been founded on 26 April 1876.

Football in Norway

Football in Norway

Football is the most popular sport in Norway in terms of active membership. The Football Association of Norway was founded in 1902 and the first international match was played in 1908. There are 1,822 registered football clubs and about 25,000 teams. There are 393,801 registered football players, which means that 8.5% of the population play organized football.

Football in Poland

Football in Poland

Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Poland national football team played its first international match in 1921.

Football in Romania

Football in Romania

Football is the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Football Federation, a member of UEFA, is the sport's national governing body.

Football in Uruguay

Football in Uruguay

Football in Uruguay stands as the most popular sport. The Uruguay national football team has won two FIFA World Cup titles in addition to a record 15 Copa América titles, making them one of the most successful teams in South America. The national team won the first edition of the tournament in 1930, and won it again in 1950.

Football in Venezuela

Football in Venezuela

Football is a widely practiced and popular sport in Venezuela, although the sport has lagged behind baseball in popularity. The country has proven one of the biggest underachievers in CONMEBOL and was formerly known as the Cenicienta of the region.

Football in Egypt

Football in Egypt

Football is the most popular sport in Egypt, many Egyptians gather around to watch various Egyptian clubs and the Egyptian national football team play on an almost daily basis.

Reception

RSSSF's database has been described as the "very best" for football data.[2][3]

Rec.Sport.Soccer Player of the Year

Since 1992 a vote for the Best Footballer in the World among the readers of the rec.sport.soccer newsgroup. It was held yearly until 2005, when it was discontinued. The voting works as follows: each voter chooses five players, at most two of the same nationality, in order; these obtain five to one points. The nationality restriction was dropped for the 2003 vote, in which voting was restricted to 173 pre-selected players.[4]

Year Rank Player Team Votes
1992[5] 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten Italy AC Milan 207
2nd Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona 87
3rd Denmark Peter Schmeichel England Manchester United 62
1993[6] 1st Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus 407
2nd Brazil Romário Spain Barcelona 295
3rd Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Italy Inter Milan 178
1994[7] 1st Brazil Romário Spain Barcelona 269
2nd Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona 254
3rd Italy Paolo Maldini Italy AC Milan 158
1995[8] 1st Liberia George Weah Italy AC Milan 153
2nd Italy Paolo Maldini Italy AC Milan 102
3rd Netherlands Patrick Kluivert Netherlands Ajax 88
1996[9] 1st Brazil Ronaldo Spain Barcelona 348
2nd England Alan Shearer England Newcastle United 241
3rd Germany Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund 215
1997[10] 1st Brazil Ronaldo Italy Inter Milan 276
2nd France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 129
3rd Argentina Gabriel Batistuta Italy Fiorentina 75
1998[11] 1st France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 335
2nd Argentina Gabriel Batistuta Italy Fiorentina 175
3rd France Lilian Thuram Italy Parma 136
1999[12] 1st Brazil Rivaldo Spain Barcelona 536
2nd England David Beckham England Manchester United 313
3rd Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy AC Milan 186
2000[13] 1st Portugal Luís Figo Spain Real Madrid 648
2nd France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 535
3rd Brazil Rivaldo Spain Barcelona 272
2001[14] 1st England Michael Owen England Liverpool 288
2nd Portugal Luís Figo Spain Real Madrid 234
3rd Spain Raúl Spain Real Madrid 216
2002[15] 1st Brazil Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 447
2nd Brazil Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid 371
3rd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 341
2003[16] 1st Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus 818
2nd France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 540
3rd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 350
2004[17] 1st Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 437
2nd Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy AC Milan 329
3rd Portugal Deco Spain Barcelona 297
2005[18] 1st Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 482
2nd England Frank Lampard England Chelsea 281
3rd England Steven Gerrard England Liverpool 191

Wins by player

# Player Winner
1 Brazil Ronaldo 3 (1996, 1997, 2002)
2 Brazil Ronaldinho 2 (2004, 2005)
3 France Zinedine Zidane 1 (1998)
4 Brazil Romário 1 (1994)
Portugal Luís Figo 1 (2000)
6 Brazil Rivaldo 1 (1999)
7 Netherlands Marco van Basten 1 (1992)
Italy Roberto Baggio 1 (1993)
Liberia George Weah 1 (1995)
England Michael Owen 1 (2001)
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 1 (2003)

Wins by country

# Country Winner
1  Brazil 7
2  France 1
 England
 Portugal
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Liberia
 Czech Republic

Wins by club

# Club Winner
1 Spain FC Barcelona 5
2 Italy Juventus 3
3 Spain Real Madrid 2
Italy AC Milan
5 Italy Inter Milan 1
England Liverpool

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Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east, and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium in the North Sea. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories.

Marco van Basten

Marco van Basten

Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Dutch football manager and former player who played for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time, he scored 300 goals in a high-profile career, but played his last match in 1993, at the age of 28, due to an ankle injury which forced his retirement two years later. He was later the head coach of Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

Italy

Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione, and some islands in the African Plate. Italy covers an area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi), with a population of about 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome.

A.C. Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as Serie A since 1929–30.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.

Hristo Stoichkov

Hristo Stoichkov

Hristo Stoichkov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Nordic constituent country in Northern Europe. It is the most populous and politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying south-west and south of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short land border, its only land border.

England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea area of the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United, or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system. Nicknamed the Red Devils, it was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Juventus F.C.

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club, colloquially known as Juve, is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students, the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around its city, the latest being the 41,507-capacity Juventus Stadium. Nicknamed la Vecchia Signora, the club has won 36 official league titles, 14 Coppa Italia titles and nine Supercoppa Italiana titles, being the record holder for all these competitions; two Intercontinental Cups, two European Cups / UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup, a joint national record of three UEFA Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and a joint national record of one UEFA Intertoto Cup. Consequently, the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) classification, whilst on the international stage the club occupies the sixth position in Europe and the twelfth in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies, as well as the fourth in the all-time Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions ranking, having obtained the highest coefficient score during seven seasons since its introduction in 1979, the most for an Italian team in both cases and joint second overall in the last cited.

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America and in Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world, and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.

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