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RSSSF

International organization collecting football stats

International organization collecting football stats

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

Website

The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information.

This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 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, Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela and Egypt. In November 2002, the Polish service 90minut.pl became the official branch of RSSSF Poland.

Player of the Year award

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Player of the Year Award was an annual football award presented by the organisation. First presented in 1992, the readers of the newsgroup voted in a format similar to that of the France Football Ballon d'Or award. It recognised the best player in the world and was discontinued after the 2005 edition.

YearRankPlayerTeamVotes19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
1stNED Marco van BastenAC Milan207
2ndBUL Hristo StoichkovBarcelona87
3rdDEN Peter SchmeichelManchester United62
1stITA Roberto Baggio Juventus407
2ndBRA RomárioBarcelona295
3rdNED Dennis BergkampInter Milan178
1stBRA Romário Barcelona269
2ndBUL Hristo StoichkovBarcelona254
3rdITA Paolo MaldiniAC Milan158
1stLiberia George Weah AC Milan153
2ndITA Paolo MaldiniAC Milan102
3rdNED Patrick KluivertAjax88
1stBRA Ronaldo Barcelona348
2ndENG Alan ShearerNewcastle United241
3rdGER Matthias SammerBorussia Dortmund215
1stBRA Ronaldo Inter Milan276
2ndFRA Zinedine ZidaneJuventus129
3rdARG Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina75
1stFRA Zinedine Zidane Juventus335
2ndARG Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina175
3rdFRA Lilian ThuramParma136
1stBRA Rivaldo Barcelona536
2ndENG David BeckhamManchester United313
3rdUKR Andriy ShevchenkoAC Milan186
1stPOR Luís Figo Real Madrid648
2ndFRA Zinedine ZidaneJuventus535
3rdBRA RivaldoBarcelona272
1stENG Michael Owen Liverpool288
2ndPOR Luís FigoReal Madrid234
3rdSPA RaúlReal Madrid216
1stBRA Ronaldo Real Madrid447
2ndBRA Roberto CarlosReal Madrid371
3rdFRA Zinedine ZidaneReal Madrid341
1stCZE Pavel Nedvěd Juventus818
2ndFRA Thierry HenryArsenal540
3rdFRA Zinedine ZidaneReal Madrid350
1stBRA Ronaldinho Barcelona437
2ndUKR Andriy ShevchenkoAC Milan329
3rdPOR DecoBarcelona297
1stBRA Ronaldinho Barcelona482
2ndENG Frank LampardChelsea281
3rdENG Steven GerrardLiverpool191
PlayerWinnerSecond placeThird placeBrazil RonaldoBrazil RonaldinhoFrance Zinedine ZidaneBrazil RomárioPortugal Luís FigoBrazil RivaldoNetherlands Marco van BastenItaly Roberto BaggioLiberia George WeahEngland Michael OwenCzech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
3 (1996, 1997, 2002)——
2 (2004, 2005)——
1 (1998)2 (1997, 2000)2 (2002, 2003)
1 (1994)1 (1993)—
1 (2000)1 (2001)—
1 (1999)—1 (2000)
1 (1992)——
1 (1993)——
1 (1995)——
1 (2001)——
1 (2003)——
NationalityPlayersWinsBrazilFranceEnglandPortugalItalyNetherlandsLiberiaCzech Republic
47
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
ClubPlayersWinsBarcelonaJuventusReal MadridAC MilanInter MilanLiverpool
45
33
22
22
11
11

References

References

  1. Finkelstein, Daniel. (15 November 2003). "Weighting in vain for Fifa's ranking aficionados".
  2. Witzig, Richard. (2006). "The Global Art of Soccer". CusiBoy Publishing.
  3. Loek Groot. (25 January 2008). "Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance". [[Edward Elgar Publishing]].
  4. "O stronie".
  5. "Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year Award". RSSSF.
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