Football transfers dataset

This dataset includes transfers of the major European football leagues from 2009 to 2021:

• ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
• LA LIGA
• SERIE A
• BUNDESLIGA
• FRENCH LIGUE 1
• LIGA PORTUGAL BWIN
• DUTCH EREDIVISIE

Dataset can be found in dataset\transfers.csv file.

Variables

league - codename of the football league. Takes the following values:

• GB1 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
• ES1 LA LIGA
• IT1 SERIE A
• L1 BUNDESLIGA
• FR1 FRENCH LIGUE 1
• PO1 LIGA PORTUGAL BWIN
• NL1 DUTCH EREDIVISIE

season - season
window - transfer window (s summer or w winter)
team_id - team's ID as used by Transfermarkt
team_name - team's name
team_country - team's country
dir - transfer direction (in or left)
player_id - player's ID as used by Transfermarkt
player_name - player's name
player_age - player's age when transfer occurred
player_nation - player's nationality
player_nation2 - player's 2nd nationality
player_pos - player's field position
counter_team_id - counter team's ID as used by Transfermarkt
counter_team_name - counter team's name
counter_team_country - counter team's country
transfer_fee_amnt - transfer fee amount (EUR)
market_val_amnt - player's market value (EUR) when transfer occurred estimated by Transfermarkt
is_free - free transfer (True or False)
is_loan - loan transfer (True or False)
is_loan_end - end of loan transfer (True or False)
is_retired - player retired (True or False)
transfer_id - transfer's ID as used by Transfermarkt

Data source and code

• Data was scraped from Transfermarkt.com. Raw data files can be found in data folder.
• Scraper and preprocessing Jupyther notebooks with code can be found in src folder.