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| Soccerway | |
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| Name | Soccerway |
| Type | Sports results and statistics |
| Language | English and multiple |
| Launch date | 2002 |
Soccerway is an online sports results and statistics service focused on association football. It provides live scores, match details, league tables, player profiles and historical statistics for competitions across continents. The site aggregates data from professional leagues, international tournaments and club competitions to serve journalists, clubs, scouts and fans.
Soccerway aggregates match results, fixtures, standings and player statistics for competitions such as the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL Copa América, UEFA Europa League, English Football League Championship, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Primeira Liga, Eredivisie, Major League Soccer, CONCACAF Champions League, AFC Champions League, A-League Men, J1 League, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Segunda División, Scottish Premiership, Ligue 1, UEFA Nations League, African Cup of Nations, MLS Cup, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Youth League, UEFA Futsal Champions League, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, UEFA European Under-21 Championship, UEFA Women's Champions League, FIFA Women's World Cup, NWSL Championship, FA Women's Super League, SheBelieves Cup, Olympic football tournament, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and domestic cup competitions worldwide.
Launched in 2002, the service expanded coverage from European professional divisions to global competitions during the 2000s and 2010s. Early milestones include indexing lower-division fixtures in countries such as Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and expansion into Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. Partnerships and data-sharing initiatives connected the platform to federations like UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, AFC, CAF, and national associations including The Football Association, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Italian Football Federation, Deutscher Fußball-Bund, French Football Federation and league organizations such as Premier League and English Football League.
The platform provides live match commentary, minute-by-minute updates, line-ups, substitutions, bookings, goal scorers and match statistics for clubs such as Manchester United F.C., Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus F.C., Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Liverpool F.C., Manchester City F.C., AC Milan, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea F.C., Arsenal F.C. and national teams like Brazil national football team, Argentina national football team, Germany national football team, France national football team, Spain national football team, England national football team, Italy national football team, Portugal national football team, Netherlands national football team, Belgium national football team. It offers player profiles linked to players including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Robert Lewandowski, Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Luka Modrić, Sergio Ramos, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and younger prospects tracked across youth competitions. Additional features include competition calendars, promotion and relegation mechanics for leagues, head-to-head records, transfer listings, and historical archives useful to broadcasters like Sky Sports, ESPN, beIN Sports, BT Sport, DAZN and news organizations such as BBC Sport, The Guardian, The Athletic, Marca, L'Équipe.
Coverage spans top-tier, lower-division, cup and youth competitions across federations like FIFA, continental confederations and national associations. Data sources include official match reports from competitions administered by organizations such as UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, AFC, CAF, club communications from teams like Chelsea F.C., AC Milan, River Plate, Boca Juniors, Corinthians, and contributions from accredited journalists, local statisticians and data partners. The service cross-references information from stadium operators such as Wembley Stadium, Camp Nou, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Old Trafford, Allianz Arena, San Siro, Stamford Bridge, and tournament organizers for accuracy.
The platform operates a multi-language web interface and mobile applications compatible with iOS and Android ecosystems, leveraging cloud infrastructure, relational databases and APIs for live-score distribution to third parties. Back-end systems integrate real-time feeds, event parsing, data normalization and match event tagging to align with competition schemas used by organizations like Stats Perform, Opta Sports, Wyscout, InStat, SofaScore, Transfermarkt, Whoscored.com, FBref, FootballDatabase, and media partners. The site supports searchable databases with filtering by club, player, season and competition and exposes structured endpoints for licensed clients.
The service is frequently cited by sports media, broadcasters and researchers for historic results and fixture lists, influencing scouting workflows at clubs, analytics at organizations such as UEFA Technical Observers, FIFA Technical Study Group, and content creation for outlets like Sky Sports, ESPN, BBC Sport, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Marca, L'Équipe, Kicker and Gazzetta dello Sport. Academics in sports science and historians use archived match data alongside datasets from institutions such as Sloan Sports Analytics Conference participants and university research groups. The platform's reach affects fan engagement across social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and community forums including Reddit.
The service is commercially operated and generates revenue through advertising, premium subscriptions, data licensing and partnerships with media organizations and betting companies regulated by authorities including Gambling Commission (UK), Dirección Nacional de Juegos and other national regulators. Ownership and corporate structure have involved private investment and integration into portfolios of digital sports media companies that manage assets alongside brands like Goal.com, Transfermarkt, ESPN FC, Opta Sports and regional sports publishers. Licensing deals supply structured feeds to broadcasters, bookmakers and analytics firms.
Category:Association football websites Category:Sports databases