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RSSSF

{{Short description|International organization collecting football stats}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Rec.Sport.Soccer
Statistics Foundation
(RSSSF)

| logo = RSSSFlogo.png

| logo_size = 200

| url = {{URL|https://www.rsssf.org/|rsssf.org}}

| language = English

| owner =

| author = {{Hlist|Lars Aarhus|Kent Hedlundh|Karel Stokkermans}}

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1994|1}}, as Northern European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (NERSSSF)

| current_status = Active

}}

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.

Website

The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors.{{Cite web |last=Finkelstein |first=Daniel |date=15 November 2003 |title=Weighting in vain for Fifa's ranking aficionados |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/fink_tank/article1017246.ece |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715225149/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/fink_tank/article1017246.ece |archive-date=15 July 2011 }} It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information.{{Cite book |last=Witzig |first=Richard |title=The Global Art of Soccer |publisher=CusiBoy Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=0-977-66880-0 |location=New Orleans |pages=418}}

This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994{{cite book|author=Loek Groot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHQnlF2LJawC&pg=PA5|title=Economics, Uncertainty and European Football: Trends in Competitive Balance|date=25 January 2008|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-78100-823-2|page=5|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122130903/https://books.google.com/books?id=fHQnlF2LJawC&pg=PA5|url-status=live}} 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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} In November 2002, the Polish service 90minut.pl became the official branch of RSSSF Poland.{{Cite web |title=O stronie |url=http://www.90minut.pl/strona.php?id=o_stronie |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=90minut.pl|language=pl}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year Award |url=https://www.rsssf.org/rssbest/rsspoy-overview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705005622/http://www.rsssf.com/rssbest/rsspoy-overview.html |archive-date=5 July 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |publisher=RSSSF}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2024}}

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|+ Award winners

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Rank

! scope="col" |Player

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |Votes

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1992

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|NED}} Marco van Basten

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|207

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|87

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Peter Schmeichel

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|align="center"|62

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1993

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Baggio

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|align="center"|407

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|295

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Bergkamp

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|align="center"|178

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1994

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|269

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|254

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|158

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1995

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|Liberia}} George Weah

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|153

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|102

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|NED}} Patrick Kluivert

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|align="center"|88

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1996

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|348

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Shearer

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

|align="center"|241

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Sammer

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund

|align="center"|215

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1997

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|align="center"|276

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|align="center"|129

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Batistuta

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina

|align="center"|75

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1998

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|align="center"|335

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Batistuta

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina

|align="center"|175

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lilian Thuram

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma

|align="center"|136

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |1999

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|536

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|align="center"|313

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Shevchenko

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|186

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2000

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|POR}} Luís Figo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|648

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|align="center"|535

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|272

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2001

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Owen

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|align="center"|288

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|POR}} Luís Figo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|234

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|SPA}} Raúl

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|216

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2002

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|447

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Carlos

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|371

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|341

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2003

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Nedvěd

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|align="center"|818

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|align="center"|540

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

|align="center"|350

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2004

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|437

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Shevchenko

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|align="center"|329

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|POR}} Deco

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|297

colspan="5" |
scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |2005

|scope="row" style="background-color: gold" |1st

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

|{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

|align="center"|482

scope="row" style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Lampard

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|align="center"|281

scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Gerrard

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|align="center"|191

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|+Wins by player

! scope="col" |Player

! scope="col" |Winner

! scope="col" |Second place

! scope="col" |Third place

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ronaldo

|3 (1996, 1997, 2002)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ronaldinho

|2 (2004, 2005)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|France}} Zinedine Zidane

|1 (1998)

|2 (1997, 2000)

|2 (2002, 2003)

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Romário

|1 (1994)

|1 (1993)

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Portugal}} Luís Figo

|1 (2000)

|1 (2001)

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Rivaldo

|1 (1999)

|align="center"|—

|1 (2000)

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Marco van Basten

|1 (1992)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Baggio

|1 (1993)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Liberia}} George Weah

|1 (1995)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|England}} Michael Owen

|1 (2001)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

scope="row" |{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Pavel Nedvěd

|1 (2003)

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|—

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|+Wins by nationality

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Players

! scope="col" |Wins

scope="row" |{{flagu|Brazil}}

|align="center" |4

|align="center" |7

scope="row" |{{flagu|France}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|England}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|Portugal}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|Italy}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|Netherlands}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|Liberia}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{flagu|Czech Republic}}

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Wins by club

! scope="col" |Club

! scope="col" |Players

! scope="col" |Wins

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|SPA}} Barcelona

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |5

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |3

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|SPA}} Real Madrid

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|ITA}} AC Milan

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |2

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |1

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See also

References

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