European Soccer Match Data with Role-Based Performance Indicators, 2008-2016

European-Soccer-Dataset-by-Role is a modified version of the European Soccer Database, containing 25,000 matches from 11 European countries' top championships between 2008 and 2016. Researchers Carpita, M., Ciavolino, E., and Pasca, P. created 25 role-based performance indicators from EA Sports' FIFA game attributes, averaged by match and player role. The dataset was used to test predictive models in a 2019 academic study.

Use Cases

• Predicting match outcomes based on role-averaged team performance indicators.
• Analyzing the influence of player attributes from FIFA video game data on real-world team performance.
• Modeling team tactical setups and performance by player role using averaged X, Y coordinates.
• Comparing league and country performance across 11 European championships over multiple seasons.

Strengths

• Contains 25,000 matches, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Covers 11 European countries and their lead championships across 9 seasons (2008-2016).
• Includes 25 newly created, role-based performance indicators derived from a known source (EA Sports FIFA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The description does not specify the exact source or methodology for the original match data aggregation.

Provenance

Source

Modified from the European Soccer Database by Hugo Mathien on Kaggle.

Collection Method

Player attributes sourced from EA Sports' FIFA video game series were subtracted by location and averaged by match and role to create new indicators.

Time Range

2008 to 2016

Geography

11 European countries