Open Data is a free dataset of football match information from StatsBomb covering multiple competitions and seasons.
The repository addresses the need for publicly available, detailed football analytics data. The data is organized hierarchically by competition ID, season ID, and match ID, making it accessible for researchers and analysts to download and work with directly.
This dataset suits researchers, analysts, and developers building football analytics projects who need reliable event-level data without licensing restrictions. The primary requirement is attribution to StatsBomb and use of their logo when publishing analysis based on the data. The scope covers certain leagues made freely available specifically to encourage research and expand the football analytics community.
The project maintains documentation in its doc directory explaining event types and JSON structure. The repository itself serves as a stable data distribution point rather than an actively developed software tool, with updates occurring as StatsBomb adds new competitions, seasons, and matches to the public collection.
