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This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and is a collection of sources and external links related to association football. This page is intended to serve as an easy to access list for sources related to football articles that editors can reference when updating articles, although they do not necessarily qualify as reliable sources. In particular the players by club section is intended as an aid to those editors seeking to find information on players not listed on the soccerbase website. For a list of print resources owned by WikiProject members, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Booklist.
Sources
Multi-national
The sources in this section contain results from more than one national league or international team. Many contain large amounts of information spanning several different topics.
- FBRef Extensive coverage of club football in 47 countries (as at November 2020) as well as international competitions (this is the football offshoot of the highy-regarded baseball-reference.com).
- Fodboldstatistik website
- Football Club History Database (Template:Fchd)
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics
- National Football Teams
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- Soccerway.com
- WorldFootball.net
- SoccerStats.com
- World Football Elo Ratings
- Weltfussballarchiv.com Template:In lang Contains information on all major international and national competitions.
- The Association of Football Statisticians (most areas need to be subscribed)
- European football clubs & squads Template:In lang - contains club and player information
- FootballSquads - contains club and player information
- Goalwire.com - Football results, league tables and player info
- EU-Football.info full reports of all matches of all European national football teams
- League321.com - Football League Tables, Records & Statistics Database.
- Richest football clubs - Everything about football clubs budgets.
- Global Sports Archive Template:In lang Highly-reliable database for club and international football (both men and women).
Algeria
- DZfoot.com Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Argentina
Australia
- OzFootball - contains player and club statistics.
- Aussie Footballers provides a profile of every player in the current men's and women's national soccer leagues, the A-League and W-League as well as the historical National Soccer League and the Women's National Soccer League.
- The Australian Player Database provides profiles on players in the national leagues and many of the state leagues. The statistics provided in this database are accurate but are not complete.
- Football Australia PDF - List of Australian Senior Men's Team players up til 4 June 2008
- OS Aussies - have weekly wraps of all performances of overseas Aussies (from 9/1/14 until 14/10/16)
- Australia Football - Latest News.
Azerbaijan
- pfl.az - contains league/cup standings and premier/top league appearances.
Belgium
- Sport.be's Jupiler league section Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Brazil
Regional
- Blog do Marcão Template:In lang – contains match reports related to several state leagues and other national tournaments
- Blog do Sorrentino Template:In lang – contains player and club statistics related to Campeonato Alagoano
- Futebol de Goyaz Template:In lang – contains player and club statistics related to Campeonato Goiano
- Futebol em Memória Template:In lang – contains match reports related to several state leagues and other national tournaments
- Súmulas-Tchê Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Campeonato Gaúcho and other national tournaments
Clubs
- Clube 15 de Novembro Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Clube 15 de Novembro
- O Canto do Coelho Template:In lang – contains match reports related to América Futebol Clube (MG)
- Furacao.com Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Club Athletico Paranaense
- Galo Digital Template:In lang – contains results, player profiles and match reports related to Clube Atlético Mineiro
- O Canto do Galo Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Clube Atlético Mineiro
- Arquivo Azul Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Avaí FC
- Bangu.net Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Bangu Atlético Clube
- Baú do Botafogo da Paraíba Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB)
- Arquivo Grená Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul
- Vovopedia Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Ceará Sporting Club
- Ceilândia Esporte Clube - Estatística Template:In lang – contains results, player profiles and match reports related to Ceilândia Esporte Clube
- Acervo SCCP Template:In lang – contains results, player statistics and match reports related to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
- Helênicos Template:In lang – contains results, player statistics and match reports related to Coritiba Foot Ball Club
- Meu Time na Rede Template:In lang – contains results, player and manager statistics and match reports related to Criciúma Esporte Clube
- Cruzeiro.com.br Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (from the 2003 season to the 2018 season)
- O Canto do Jacaré Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Democrata Futebol Clube
- AFEnet Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Associação Ferroviária de Esportes
- FlaEstatística Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
- FluNômeno Template:In lang – contains match reports related to Fluminense FC
- Fripédia Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Friburguense Atlético Clube
- Jogos do Guarani Template:In lang – contains player statistics and match reports related to Guarani FC
- GrêmioPédia Template:In lang – contains results, player and manager statistics and match reports related to Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
- Colorados Anônimos Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Sport Club Internacional
- Memória da Inter Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira)
- Confrontos do JEC Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Joinville Esporte Clube
- Futebol80 Template:In lang – contains player statistics and match reports related to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
- Arquivo Lobão Template:In lang – contains player statistics and match reports related to Esporte Clube Pelotas
- PontePreta.net Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Associação Atlética Ponte Preta
- Remopedia Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Clube do Remo
- Acervo Santista Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Santos FC
- Acervo Santos FC Template:In lang – contains results, player and manager statistics and match reports related to Santos FC
- TrezeGalo Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Treze Futebol Clube
- UniãoMania Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to União São João Esporte Clube
- NetVasco Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to CR Vasco da Gama
- ECVitória Notícias Template:In lang – contains results and match reports related to Esporte Clube Vitória
- Voltaçopédia Template:In lang – contains results, player profiles and match reports related to Volta Redonda Futebol Clube
Bulgaria
- pfl.bg - contains player and club statistics
Colombia
- http://www.futbolred.com - news relating to Colombian soccer and some worldwide competitions like champions league and premier league
- http://www.eltiempo.com - colombian football news from about 1990 to now, includes a newspaper edition
- http://www.futbolete.com - Colombian and South American football portal, includes fan communities about the most popular colombian clubs (tolima, Medellin, America, Nacional, Deportivo Cali, junior, santa fe, millonarios, etc.
- http://www.colombia.com - Colombian league, South American, and European football results, match reports & news (champions league, europa league, premier league, serie a, la liga) in Spanish
Croatia
National team
- www.hns-cff.hr - official national team statistics
- www.hns-cff.hr - official national youth team statistics
- sveosportu.com Template:In lang - unofficial list of all national team matches with full reports up to 2009
Clubs
- Nogometni magazin Template:In lang - complete player stats since 2003
- sport.hrt.hr Template:In lang - web-archived link to match reports from 1998–99 to 2006–07 season
- Sportnet.hr Template:In lang - contains results and match reports from 2007–08 season to present
- HRnogomet.com - contains player, club and national team statistics (unofficial - some stats are at odds with official sources)
- Hajduk.hr Template:In lang - official HNK Hajduk Split results archive, contains player stats by season
Czech Republic
- iDNES.cz football database Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Official SYNOT liga statistics Template:In lang - full archive of top-flight players dating back to the league's inception in 1993
- Official Czech Football Association statistics - for international players Template:In lang
Denmark
- National team player/match search - official Danish Football Association source
- Superliga (1991-current) player/manager/referee search - official Danish Football Association source
England
National team
For the England B team, see International Results B-Team - Details for a squad list for all England "B" matches since 1947.
All clubs
- http://www.soccerbase.com/ Soccerbase has data on all English and Scottish League competitions dating back to 1888. Also lists players. Note: Information on players and managers who were active more than 30 years ago should be used with caution as not all matches are included in the database.
- http://www.barryhugmansfootballers.com profiles all Football League players from 1946 to 2014/2015.
- http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/ contains a list of all Post War League players by club.
- http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/home contains many statistics for non-league players.
Players by club
- Andy's Arsenal Resource Website Comprehensive list of every competitive game Arsenal have played in, including first team line-ups and attendances as collected by club historian Andy Kelly
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- leeds-fans.org.uk (A comprehensive database for Leeds United)
- Leeds United F.C. History at ozwhitelufc.net.au (Very detailed written player bios from the beginning to present)
- The Millwall History Files Includes stats from 1974 onwards, player profiles, squad pictures and other material.
- Flown From The Nest (players from 1980 onwards, includes details on careers after leaving club)
- The Sheffield Wednesday Archive (1880—1995)
- Go Go Go County (detailed statistics)
- West Ham United Statistics (from 1895-96 onwards)
- West Ham United: Biographies
Estonia
- Estonian Football Association homepage Covers all Estonian national teams, players, leagues, competitions, games, protocols. (quite useful, may have minor mistakes) Template:In lang
- Estonian Beachsoccer Association homepage Template:In lang
News sources
- Soccernet.ee Template:In lang
- News about football - Delfi Template:In lang
- News about football - ERR Sport Template:In lang
- News about football - Postimees Template:In lang
Ethiopia
- soccer.et – has league stats
France
- Ligue de Football Professional Template:In lang - the most reliable site for league statistics of professional players and clubs in French football. English version of site is here.
- FFF.fr Template:In lang - the French Football Federation's website, contains comprehensive info on French national teams among other things
- Foot-National Template:In lang - Provides up-to-date statistics for football clubs in France playing in the Championnat National and below.
- Stat 2 Foot Template:In lang - contains comprehensive information and statistics of amateur clubs and the reserve teams of professional clubs in France.
- FootoFeminin Template:In lang - site dedicated to women's French football and contains information related to the sport.
- StatsFootoFeminin Template:In lang - sister site of FootoFeminin. Provides statistics and information related to the women's football leagues in France.
Newspapers in French
- France Football - the most reliable football magazine in France, contains stats, news, match info, etc.
- L'Équipe - contains player and club statistics
Germany
- Worldfootball.net - many player stats about the last few years
- Fussballdaten - mainly German football (incomplete for most other nations)
- Kicker online magazine Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer - club profiles
- Das deutsche Fußballarchiv - German Football Archive with many league tables
Greece
- Galanis Sports Data – the official statistics keeper for the Greek Superleague, provides detailed statistics for players and teams in the league since 1998–99
- InSports.gr Template:In lang – career statistics for Superleague Greece players (since 2004–05), found some errors
- OnSports.gr Template:In lang – football news portal with a career section, generally not reliable for apps/goals
Hungary
- HLSZ - contains player and club statistics
Iceland
- ksi.is, website of Football Association of Iceland, has appearance statistics for Icelandic leagues and cups
Iran
- Varzesh3 - mainly Iranian football
- Iran Football League Organization - club profiles
- Iranian Premier League Stats
- PersianLeague - mainly Iranian football
Ireland
National team
- Details of appearances since 1926
- Details of every Irish (Irish Free State & Republic of Ireland) senior team football result since 1924
Italy
National team
- figc.it Template:In lang – official website database
- nazionaleitalianacalcio.it – history and stats
- forza_azzurri.homestead.com – history and stats
- italia1910.com Template:In lang – history and stats
All clubs
- aic.football.it Template:In lang – database of the Italian Footballers' Association, with information on current players
- enciclopediadelcalcio.it – archive with stats by season for historical players (listed according to position played) Template:In lang
- calciatori.com Template:In lang – past seasons stats available only to subscribers
- emozionecalcio.it Template:In lang
- tuttocalciatori.net Template:In lang
Players by club
- archivio.inter.it – official website database
- myjuve.it – complete stats
- acmilan.com – official website Hall of Fame
- magliarossonera.it Template:In lang – history, match reports, complete stats
Japan
Lebanon
- Official
- News
- Al Akhbar Template:In lang
- El Maestro Sport Template:In lang
- FA Lebanon Template:In lang
- Football Lebanon Template:In lang
- Kooora Template:In lang
- Lebanon Football Guide Template:In lang
- Super1Magazine Template:In lang
- Statistics
- FA Lebanon (national team data)
- Global Sports Archive (includes First Division, Second Division and Women's League match reports)
Mexico
- Medio Tiempo online magazine Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Newspapers in Spanish
Netherlands
- NOS Template:In lang - (NOS can be seen as something like the BBC) - contains league standings, results and player statistics not only of the Dutch leagues but all most "important" leagues in Europe.
- Eredivisie Template:In lang and Template:In lang - Official site for the Eredivisie, league standings, results and player statistics.
- Keuken Kampioen Divisie Template:In lang - Official site for the Eerste Divisie, league standings and results.
- Voetbal International (VI) online magazine Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Dutch Football news in English - contains player, club and national team statistics
- Voetbalstats Template:In lang -contains multiple club- and playerstatistics of Dutch international football history (clubs and national team)
National team
- Ons Oranje Template:In lang - contains player and matchstatistics for all (men, women and youth) national teams
Players by club
- GVAV/FC Groningen
New Zealand
- The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website - contains player and club statistics, full international line-ups for both Men and Women's national teams. Can be used for statistics in BLP articles as per the reliable sources noticeboard.
- New Zealand Football - note that international caps and goals listed here include non-official matches against touring club sides and select XI's. Please do not use these figures for infobox totals. The above link to The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website should be used instead
Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats (accepted as a reliable source per WP:RSN#Various football biographies are using this as a primary source,)
- the link will need changing once the discussion is archived
Norway
- Dagbladet's Tippeligaen page Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Poland
- 90 Minut online magazine Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Portugal
- Portuguese Liga player statistics since 2004-05 - lpfp] Template:In lang
- Maisfutebol online magazine Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
Newpapers in portuguese
Romania
- Romaniansoccer.ro - contains player and club statistics
Russia/USSR
- Russia National team website
- Numeric Football - Russian league and player statistics
- Template:In lang Sportbox's football section - contains player and club statistics
Scotland
National team
- Scotland The Complete Record (List of players)
- Scottish Football Archive (Broken link)
- Scotland National Team Archive, The Scottish Football Association.
Players by club
Serbia
- Reprezentacija.rs - contains all about Serbian national teams plus career story and NT&clubs stats for all international players of Yugoslavia/Serbia.
- Srbijafudbal - contains teams info and squads, with players stats for all 1st, 2nd and 3th leagues clubs.
- Partizan official website - contains club info and all club related stats of all Partizan Belgrade players.
- Utakmica.rs - contains all stats of all teams, players and matches of the current season of Serbian SuperLiga.
Singapore
- S-League website - contains player and club information
South Korea
- KFA Template:In lang - Deals mostly with the national team
- K-League Template:In lang - the home of professional football leagues in Korea
- K-League Data Template:In lang - player and club statistics for professional clubs
- joinKFA Template:In lang - for information about semi-professional, amateur and youth leagues.
- KWFF Template:In lang - Korea Women's Football Federation, includes information about the national team and the WK League.
Spain
- BDFutbol - contains player and club statistics
- LFP website Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- LaPreferente Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Jugadores Segunda B Template:In lang - contains player statistics
Club
- Beticopedia Template:In lang - contains player profiles and statistics for Real Betis present and past players
- CFGavà.hol Template:In lang - contains player profiles and statistics for CF Gavà past players
Newspapers in Spanish
- Digitized archive of ABC
- Digitized archive of Mundo Deportivo
- Digitized archive of El Periódico de Catalunya (under construction)
- Digitized national archive of Spanish newspapers, including:
- Gran vida (1903-1929)
- El Sol (1917-1939)
- La Correspondencia de España (1860-1925)
- El Fígaro (1918-1920)
- El Correo Español (1892-1921)
- Madrid-sport (1916-1924)
- El Siglo futuro (1875-1936)
- El Imparcial (1867-1933)
- El Día (1916-1919)
Sweden
- Swedish Football Association website Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Official Allsvenskan website Template:In lang - Official website for the top tier league in Sweden
Switzerland
- Eurosoccer.ch Template:In lang - contains player and club statistics
- Football.ch Template:In lang - official Swiss FA website, contains info on top 3 league tiers + all national teams down to U-15 level
- SF Sport Template:In lang - contains news + detailed match reports for Super League teams (and other sports obviously!)
Trinidad and Tobago
National Team
- TTFF - official federation information, game rosters, fixtures and press releases
- Soca Warriors Online - contains detailed historical information on T&T teams past and present. NOTE: They include non official matches in Cap and Goal tallies (use RSSSF as the primary source for caps and goals)
Leagues
TTProLeague.com - contains fixtures, results and tournament information for T&T's professional league-- site is down as of early 2022, use the Wayback Machine instead- SSFL.org - contains fixtures, results and other information for the Secondary School leagues
United States
- USSoccer.com - Official website for various national teams. Contains news.
- MLSsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for MLS.
- NASL.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NASL.
- USLSoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the USL.
- NWSLsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NWSL.
- NCAA Division I men's soccer - Statistics, news, and match reports related to men's collegiate soccer.
- NCAA Division I women's soccer - Statistics, news, and match reports related to women's collegiate soccer.
- SoccerAmerica - News
- SBI - News
- Top Drawer Soccer - news and statistics related to youth and collegiate soccer. Much of the website requires a subscription.
Wales
- Welsh Football Data Archive (includes all international data, does not include links to players appearances)
- Welsher Premier League archive - all Welsh Premier League players
Other links
Governing bodies
- FIFA - World
- AFC - Asia
- CAF - Africa
- CONCACAF - North and Central America
- CONMEBOL - South America
- OFC - Oceania
- UEFA - Europe
- UEFA press kits - very useful for information about UEFA-sponsored tournaments and clubs participating in those tournaments.
News
This section includes websites that cover football related news. These can be used to confirm transfers, sale of assets etc. This section should not be used to list all blogs and rumour sites that cover football.
Stadium overviews
Logos/Crests
- Colours of Football
- WFA-Logos Template:In lang
- footballcrests - history and meaning of a few team crests
- Brands of the world - contains logos for many football clubs
- Logo server - North American and other logo's
- UEFAClubs.com - European club logos
Football kits
- Historical Football Kits An archive of English and Scottish football kits.
- Classic Kits An archive of English, Scottish and international football kits.
- Colours of Football Shows the official kits of major & minor football clubs from more than 60 countries.
Academic research and topics
- search Google Scholar for "association football" (with auto citation template population)
- search Google Scholar for "soccer" (with auto citation template population)
- search Google Books for football/soccer
- Resources and Publications from the University of Leicester Centre for Sociology of Sport
- Research at the Football Governance Research Centre
- Finance related statistics from the Political Economy of Football
- Football Studies 1998-2004 archives of the peer reviewed journal from the LA84 Foundation. (See also the index of available publications)
Sources not to be used
Template:Policy shortcut Certain sources have been deemed unreliable because those websites are either user-generated content or have been banned per consensus like the Daily Mail (WP:DAILYMAIL1). See WP:RSP for sources that have been deprecated as a source for Wikipedia.
- FootballDatabase.eu - Should not be used as this website is user-generated. (See Reliable sources/Noticeboard discussion.)
- Fupa - Should not be used as this website is user-generated.
- Playmakerstats.com (formerly TheFinalBall/Footballzz.co.uk/ZeroZeroFootball.com, also known as ZeroZero and Soccerzz and Ceroacero and Leballonrond and Calciozz) - Should not be used as this website is user-generated. (See discussions here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here)
- Transfermarkt and Soccerdonna - Should not be used as this website is user-generated. (See Reliable sources/Noticeboard discussion of Transfermarkt, Reliable sources/Noticeboard discussion of Soccerdonna.)