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Educating the next generation of analysts

We are committed to supplying the next generation of analysts with the tools, training, and resources they need to make it in the industry, and we actively encourage new research and analysis at all levels. Professional teams are constantly looking for expertise to add to their analytics departments. So start your journey here — it could be you next.

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Bayer Leverkusen Invincibles Season

Standard event data and 360 tactical data for all 34 of Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten league matches in 2023/24 as they won a maiden Bundesliga title under Xabi Alonso.

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The Lionel Messi Data Biography

The entirety of Lionel Messi's career at Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and now Inter Miami. Every touch, every pass, every dribble, across 20+ seasons.

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Football Icons

In the summer of 2023, we released ten games of event data for each of Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Johan Cruyff, to enable analysis of historical greats compared to their modern-day peers.

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The 2015/16 Big 5 Leagues

As part our Tenth Birthday celebrations, we released the 2015/16 Big 5 League seasons. Five full seasons of Hudl Statsbomb event data covering the Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga, available to analyse here.

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Women's World Cup 2023 - Hudl Statsbomb 360 Data

Analyse the next evolution of event data. Hudl Statsbomb 360 is tactical event data that contains the location of each player around every event.

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Historical Datasets

Football analytics shouldn't be limited to the modern day. Analyse teams, players and tournaments from decades gone by in our other free datasets.

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Using Hudl Statsbomb Data In R

This user guide will help you get started with using our free datasets in R. From pulling the data, to performing your first analysis and creating your first data visualisation.

Using Hudl Statsbomb Data In R

Tools for data analysis

Our R and Python packages were built to help users get started with Hudl Statsbomb data quickly and easily.

StatsbombR

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StatsbombPy

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Free webinars

Learn about how to use our free event data in both R and Python in these free on-demand events.

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How to use Hudl Statsbomb free data in R

Join Ollie in this entry level tutorial including top tips on using the free data in R. Learn how to generate your own insights and create data visualisations.

How to use Hudl Statsbomb's free data in Python

Join Martha and Lily in this entry level tutorial on using the free data in the Python programming language. Learn how to access, manipulate and clean the data, as well as creating your own visualisations and analysis.

Courses

Build on your foundational soccer analytics knowledge with these 100% online courses

Courses

Introduction To Football Analytics Course

Entry level course open to anyone in professional football. Learn data-driven analysis techniques in player, team, and opposition analysis

Analysing Football Using Video

The course teaches you the key components of successful video analysis. Each module aims to provide you with direct value to implement into your current role, including recommended best practices, building effective workflows and more.

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