Transfermarket Transfer Data

Web-scraped data of all transfers from the 1992/93 to 2019/20 seasons of the top five European leagues:

• Premier League
• Bundesliga
• La Liga
• Serie A
• Ligue 1

Data

Each league's records are saved in season subdirectories of data. The Python script used to scrape the data is included in src.

Variables

Label	Description
Club	Club involved in the transfer, i.e. the buyer/seller
Name	Player's name
Age	Player's age at the date of the transfer
Nationality	Player's nationality, per FIFA international eligibility
Position	Player's position
Pos	Abbreviated Position, e.g. CF for centre-forward
MarketValue	Transfermarkt's estimated market value of the player
ClubInvolved	Other club involved in the transfer, i.e. the seller/buyer
CountryInvolved	Country in which the other Club involved competes
Fee	Transfer fee in nominal GBP
Movement	In if the Club is buying this player, Out if they're selling
Season	First year of the season in which the transfer takes place, e.g. 2018 for the 2018-19 season
Window	Window in which the transfer takes place, i.e. summer or winter
League	Club's league
Profile	URL of the player's Transfermarkt profile page

Cleaning

Note that entries are recorded as "-" when "not applicable" and "?" when unknown. Non-numeric entries under the Fee label include:

• Loan
• Loan fee: + Amount
• End of loan + Date
• Free transfer

Examples

Example R scripts to tidy and analyze the data are included in src. The resulting images are included in figure.

Source

All data are scraped from Transfermarkt according to their terms of use.

Changelog

6/19

• Added links to player profiles under the Profile label.
• Renamed labels for nationality, market value, and club and country involved.

5/12

• Added transfer records from 1992/93 to 2019/20 for the German, Spanish, Italian, and French leagues.