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RSSSF
Organization collecting association football statistics

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world.

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Website

The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors.1 It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information.2

This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 19943 by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew.

The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela and Egypt. In November 2002, the Polish service 90minut.pl became the official branch of RSSSF Poland.4

Player of the Year award

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Player of the Year Award was an annual football award presented by the organisation. First presented in 1992, the readers of the newsgroup voted in a format similar to that of the France Football Ballon d'Or award. It recognised the best player in the world and was discontinued after the 2005 edition.5[non-primary source needed]

Award winners6
YearRankPlayerTeamVotes
19921st Marco van Basten AC Milan207
2nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona87
3rd Peter Schmeichel Manchester United62
19931st Roberto Baggio Juventus407
2nd Romário Barcelona295
3rd Dennis Bergkamp Inter Milan178
19941st Romário Barcelona269
2nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona254
3rd Paolo Maldini AC Milan158
19951st George Weah AC Milan153
2nd Paolo Maldini AC Milan102
3rd Patrick Kluivert Ajax88
19961st Ronaldo Barcelona348
2nd Alan Shearer Newcastle United241
3rd Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund215
19971st Ronaldo Inter Milan276
2nd Zinedine Zidane Juventus129
3rd Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina75
19981st Zinedine Zidane Juventus335
2nd Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina175
3rd Lilian Thuram Parma136
19991st Rivaldo Barcelona536
2nd David Beckham Manchester United313
3rd Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan186
20001st Luís Figo Real Madrid648
2nd Zinedine Zidane Juventus535
3rd Rivaldo Barcelona272
20011st Michael Owen Liverpool288
2nd Luís Figo Real Madrid234
3rd Raúl Real Madrid216
20021st Ronaldo Real Madrid447
2nd Roberto Carlos Real Madrid371
3rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid341
20031st Pavel Nedvěd Juventus818
2nd Thierry Henry Arsenal540
3rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid350
20041st Ronaldinho Barcelona437
2nd Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan329
3rd Deco Barcelona297
20051st Ronaldinho Barcelona482
2nd Frank Lampard Chelsea281
3rd Steven Gerrard Liverpool191
Wins by player
PlayerWinnerSecond placeThird place
Ronaldo3 (1996, 1997, 2002)——
Ronaldinho2 (2004, 2005)——
Zinedine Zidane1 (1998)2 (1997, 2000)2 (2002, 2003)
Romário1 (1994)1 (1993)—
Luís Figo1 (2000)1 (2001)—
Rivaldo1 (1999)—1 (2000)
Marco van Basten1 (1992)——
Roberto Baggio1 (1993)——
George Weah1 (1995)——
Michael Owen1 (2001)——
Pavel Nedvěd1 (2003)——
Wins by nationality
NationalityPlayersWins
 Brazil47
 France11
 England11
 Portugal11
 Italy11
 Netherlands11
 Liberia11
 Czech Republic11
Wins by club
ClubPlayersWins
Barcelona45
Juventus33
Real Madrid22
AC Milan22
Inter Milan11
Liverpool11

See also

References

  1. Finkelstein, Daniel (15 November 2003). "Weighting in vain for Fifa's ranking aficionados". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715225149/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/fink_tank/article1017246.ece ↩

  2. Witzig, Richard (2006). The Global Art of Soccer. New Orleans: CusiBoy Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 0-977-66880-0. 0-977-66880-0 ↩

  3. Loek Groot (25 January 2008). Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-78100-823-2. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2021. 978-1-78100-823-2 ↩

  4. "O stronie". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2023. http://www.90minut.pl/strona.php?id=o_stronie ↩

  5. "Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022. https://www.rsssf.org/rssbest/rsspoy-overview.html ↩

  6. "Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022. https://www.rsssf.org/rssbest/rsspoy-overview.html ↩