We are delighted to announce the release of free StatsBomb data for the Copa América 2024 tournament, won by Argentina after a 1-0 win over Colombia in extra time.
At StatsBomb, we are committed to the development of analysts around the world and regularly release modern datasets to the public for free as part of that commitment. This one is special because it's the first time we've released data for South America's international tournament, having done the same for AFCON earlier this year. We're keen to support the global game especially in areas where we're seeing rapid growth and uptake in the field of football analytics. In recent years, many teams across the South American continent have got in touch with us to help them develop their integration of data and analytics into their organisation and gone on to become long-term StatsBomb customers, and similarly we get plenty of interaction with analysts in that part of the world who are looking to learn and develop in the industry. We hope that this data release will resonate with those of you based in the South American region particularly.
The dataset contains the same industry-leading event data used by our customers, at around 3,400 events per game covering all 32 matches in the tournament. As such, there's the opportunity to analyse Argentina's performances on their way to winning the tournament:
Or the playmaking performances of James Rodríguez, rolling back the years to lead Colombia to a first Copa América final since 2001.
Or Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay, who played with the ultra-high intensity and fluidity that we've become accustomed to of Bielsa's teams.
Accessing the data
There are a few things you’ll need to know to access and work with the data.
Installing the StatsBombR or StatsBombPy packages will make working with the data much easier. There's also our introductory guide to Working With StatsBomb Data In R, which we strongly advise you work through if you’re new to StatsBomb data or starting out on your coding journey. It'll also be useful to keep the StatsBomb data specification handy.
And then, of course, you'll need the competition id (223) and season id (282) to pull the data.
Lastly, if you intend to publish your work on social media – which we greatly encourage you to do if you want your skills to be noticed by professionals – then please remember to abide by our user agreement and credit StatsBomb as your data source when doing so.
- Our User Guide and Logos can be found in our media pack.
- Access the data through our GitHub.
- Access the R Guide 2.0
As always, we hope you enjoy working with the data.
Best of luck,
The StatsBomb Team
