This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and is a collection of sources and external links related to
association football. This page is intended to serve as an easy to access list for sources related to football articles that editors can reference when updating articles, although they do not necessarily qualify as
reliable sources. In particular the players by club section is intended as an aid to those editors seeking to find information on players not listed on the soccerbase website. For a list of print resources owned by WikiProject members, see
Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Booklist.
The sources in this section contain results from more than one national league or international team. Many contain large amounts of information spanning several different topics.
FBRef Extensive coverage of club football in 47 countries (as at November 2020) as well as international competitions (this is the football offshoot of the highy-regarded
baseball-reference.com).
Aussie Footballers provides a profile of every player in the current men's and women's national soccer leagues, the A-League and W-League as well as the historical National Soccer League and the Women's National Soccer League.
The Australian Player Database provides profiles on players in the national leagues and many of the state leagues. The statistics provided in this database are accurate but are not complete.
Football Australia PDF - List of Australian Senior Men's Team players up til 4 June 2008
OS Aussies - have weekly wraps of all performances of overseas Aussies (from 9/1/14 until 14/10/16)
Cruzeiro.com.br(in Brazilian Portuguese) – contains results and match reports related to
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (from the 2003 season to the 2018 season)
http://www.futbolred.com - news relating to Colombian soccer and some worldwide competitions like champions league and premier league
http://www.eltiempo.com - colombian football news from about 1990 to now, includes a newspaper edition
http://www.futbolete.com - Colombian and South American football portal, includes fan communities about the most popular colombian clubs (tolima, Medellin, America, Nacional, Deportivo Cali, junior, santa fe, millonarios, etc.
http://www.colombia.com - Colombian league, South American, and European football results, match reports & news (champions league, europa league, premier league, serie a, la liga) in Spanish
http://www.soccerbase.com/ Soccerbase has data on all English and Scottish League competitions dating back to 1888. Also lists players. Note:Information on players and managers who were active more than 30 years ago should be used with caution as not all matches are included in the database.
Andy's Arsenal Resource Website Comprehensive list of every competitive game Arsenal have played in, including first team line-ups and attendances as collected by club historian Andy Kelly
Estonian Football Association homepage Covers all Estonian national teams, players, leagues, competitions, games, protocols. (quite useful, may have minor mistakes) (in Estonian)
Ligue de Football Professional(in French) - the most reliable site for league statistics of professional players and clubs in French football. English version of site is
here.
FFF.fr(in French) - the French Football Federation's website, contains comprehensive info on French national teams among other things
Foot-National(in French) - Provides up-to-date statistics for football clubs in France playing in the Championnat National and below.
Stat 2 Foot(in French) - contains comprehensive information and statistics of amateur clubs and the reserve teams of professional clubs in France.
FootoFeminin(in French) - site dedicated to women's French football and contains information related to the sport.
StatsFootoFeminin(in French) - sister site of FootoFeminin. Provides statistics and information related to the women's football leagues in France.
Newspapers in French
France Football - the most reliable football magazine in France, contains stats, news, match info, etc.
Galanis Sports Data – the official statistics keeper for the
Greek Superleague, provides detailed statistics for players and teams in the league since 1998–99
NOS(in Dutch) - (NOS can be seen as something like the BBC) - contains league standings, results and player statistics not only of the Dutch leagues but all most "important" leagues in Europe.
Eredivisie(in Dutch) and (in English) - Official site for the Eredivisie, league standings, results and player statistics.
Keuken Kampioen Divisie(in Dutch) - Official site for the Eerste Divisie, league standings and results.
New Zealand Football - note that international caps and goals listed here include non-official matches against touring club sides and select XI's. Please do not use these figures for infobox totals. The above link to The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website should be used instead
Eurosoccer.ch(in German) - contains player and club statistics
Football.ch(in German, Italian, and French) - official Swiss FA website, contains info on top 3 league tiers + all national teams down to U-15 level
SF Sport(in German) - contains news + detailed match reports for Super League teams (and other sports obviously!)
Trinidad and Tobago
National Team
TTFF - official federation information, game rosters, fixtures and press releases
Soca Warriors Online - contains detailed historical information on T&T teams past and present. NOTE: They include non official matches in Cap and Goal tallies (use RSSSF as the primary source for caps and goals)
Leagues
TTProLeague.com - contains fixtures, results and tournament information for T&T's professional league -- site is down as of early 2022, use
the Wayback Machine instead
SSFL.org - contains fixtures, results and other information for the Secondary School leagues
United States
USSoccer.com - Official website for various national teams. Contains news.
MLSsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for MLS.
NASL.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NASL.
USLSoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the USL.
NWSLsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NWSL.
UEFA press kits - very useful for information about UEFA-sponsored tournaments and clubs participating in those tournaments.
News
This section includes websites that cover football related news. These can be used to confirm transfers, sale of assets etc. This section should not be used to list all blogs and rumour sites that cover football.
Certain sources have been deemed unreliable because those websites are either user-generated content or have been banned per consensus like the Daily Mail (
WP:DAILYMAIL1). See
WP:RSP for sources that have been deprecated as a source for Wikipedia.
This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and is a collection of sources and external links related to
association football. This page is intended to serve as an easy to access list for sources related to football articles that editors can reference when updating articles, although they do not necessarily qualify as
reliable sources. In particular the players by club section is intended as an aid to those editors seeking to find information on players not listed on the soccerbase website. For a list of print resources owned by WikiProject members, see
Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Booklist.
The sources in this section contain results from more than one national league or international team. Many contain large amounts of information spanning several different topics.
FBRef Extensive coverage of club football in 47 countries (as at November 2020) as well as international competitions (this is the football offshoot of the highy-regarded
baseball-reference.com).
Aussie Footballers provides a profile of every player in the current men's and women's national soccer leagues, the A-League and W-League as well as the historical National Soccer League and the Women's National Soccer League.
The Australian Player Database provides profiles on players in the national leagues and many of the state leagues. The statistics provided in this database are accurate but are not complete.
Football Australia PDF - List of Australian Senior Men's Team players up til 4 June 2008
OS Aussies - have weekly wraps of all performances of overseas Aussies (from 9/1/14 until 14/10/16)
Cruzeiro.com.br(in Brazilian Portuguese) – contains results and match reports related to
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (from the 2003 season to the 2018 season)
http://www.futbolred.com - news relating to Colombian soccer and some worldwide competitions like champions league and premier league
http://www.eltiempo.com - colombian football news from about 1990 to now, includes a newspaper edition
http://www.futbolete.com - Colombian and South American football portal, includes fan communities about the most popular colombian clubs (tolima, Medellin, America, Nacional, Deportivo Cali, junior, santa fe, millonarios, etc.
http://www.colombia.com - Colombian league, South American, and European football results, match reports & news (champions league, europa league, premier league, serie a, la liga) in Spanish
http://www.soccerbase.com/ Soccerbase has data on all English and Scottish League competitions dating back to 1888. Also lists players. Note:Information on players and managers who were active more than 30 years ago should be used with caution as not all matches are included in the database.
Andy's Arsenal Resource Website Comprehensive list of every competitive game Arsenal have played in, including first team line-ups and attendances as collected by club historian Andy Kelly
Estonian Football Association homepage Covers all Estonian national teams, players, leagues, competitions, games, protocols. (quite useful, may have minor mistakes) (in Estonian)
Ligue de Football Professional(in French) - the most reliable site for league statistics of professional players and clubs in French football. English version of site is
here.
FFF.fr(in French) - the French Football Federation's website, contains comprehensive info on French national teams among other things
Foot-National(in French) - Provides up-to-date statistics for football clubs in France playing in the Championnat National and below.
Stat 2 Foot(in French) - contains comprehensive information and statistics of amateur clubs and the reserve teams of professional clubs in France.
FootoFeminin(in French) - site dedicated to women's French football and contains information related to the sport.
StatsFootoFeminin(in French) - sister site of FootoFeminin. Provides statistics and information related to the women's football leagues in France.
Newspapers in French
France Football - the most reliable football magazine in France, contains stats, news, match info, etc.
Galanis Sports Data – the official statistics keeper for the
Greek Superleague, provides detailed statistics for players and teams in the league since 1998–99
NOS(in Dutch) - (NOS can be seen as something like the BBC) - contains league standings, results and player statistics not only of the Dutch leagues but all most "important" leagues in Europe.
Eredivisie(in Dutch) and (in English) - Official site for the Eredivisie, league standings, results and player statistics.
Keuken Kampioen Divisie(in Dutch) - Official site for the Eerste Divisie, league standings and results.
New Zealand Football - note that international caps and goals listed here include non-official matches against touring club sides and select XI's. Please do not use these figures for infobox totals. The above link to The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website should be used instead
Eurosoccer.ch(in German) - contains player and club statistics
Football.ch(in German, Italian, and French) - official Swiss FA website, contains info on top 3 league tiers + all national teams down to U-15 level
SF Sport(in German) - contains news + detailed match reports for Super League teams (and other sports obviously!)
Trinidad and Tobago
National Team
TTFF - official federation information, game rosters, fixtures and press releases
Soca Warriors Online - contains detailed historical information on T&T teams past and present. NOTE: They include non official matches in Cap and Goal tallies (use RSSSF as the primary source for caps and goals)
Leagues
TTProLeague.com - contains fixtures, results and tournament information for T&T's professional league -- site is down as of early 2022, use
the Wayback Machine instead
SSFL.org - contains fixtures, results and other information for the Secondary School leagues
United States
USSoccer.com - Official website for various national teams. Contains news.
MLSsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for MLS.
NASL.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NASL.
USLSoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the USL.
NWSLsoccer.com - Contains player and club statistics, news, match reports, etc. for the NWSL.
UEFA press kits - very useful for information about UEFA-sponsored tournaments and clubs participating in those tournaments.
News
This section includes websites that cover football related news. These can be used to confirm transfers, sale of assets etc. This section should not be used to list all blogs and rumour sites that cover football.
Certain sources have been deemed unreliable because those websites are either user-generated content or have been banned per consensus like the Daily Mail (
WP:DAILYMAIL1). See
WP:RSP for sources that have been deprecated as a source for Wikipedia.