The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about football, aiming to build an exhaustive archive of the 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. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has extensive information on games and line-ups. According to its founders, this enterprise was created in January 1994 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.
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. Brazil's Ronaldinho was the last ever winner, in 2005.
+ Award winnersYearRankPlayerTeamVotes19921st Marco van Basten AC Milan207 2nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona87 3rd Peter Schmeichel Manchester United6219931st Roberto Baggio Juventus407 2nd Romário Barcelona295 3rd Dennis Bergkamp Inter Milan17819941st Romário Barcelona269 2nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona254 3rd Paolo Maldini AC Milan15819951st George Weah AC Milan153 2nd Paolo Maldini AC Milan102 3rd Patrick Kluivert Ajax8819961st Ronaldo Barcelona348 2nd Alan Shearer Newcastle United241 3rd Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund21519971st Ronaldo Inter Milan276 2nd Zinedine Zidane Juventus129 3rd Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina7519981st Zinedine Zidane Juventus335 2nd Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina175 3rd Lilian Thuram Parma13619991st Rivaldo Barcelona536 2nd David Beckham Manchester United313 3rd Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan18620001st Luís Figo Real Madrid648 2nd Zinedine Zidane Juventus535 3rd Rivaldo Barcelona27220011st Michael Owen Liverpool288 2nd Luís Figo Real Madrid234 3rd Raúl Real Madrid21620021st Ronaldo Real Madrid447 2nd Roberto Carlos Real Madrid371 3rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid34120031st Pavel Nedvěd Juventus818 2nd Thierry Henry Arsenal540 3rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid35020041st Ronaldinho Barcelona437 2nd Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan329 3rd Deco Barcelona29720051st Ronaldinho Barcelona482 2nd Frank Lampard Chelsea281 3rd Steven Gerrard Liverpool191
+Wins by playerPlayerWinnerSecond 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 nationalityNationalityPlayersWins4711111111111111
+Wins by clubClubPlayersWins Barcelona45 Juventus33 Real Madrid22 AC Milan22 Inter Milan11 Liverpool11
See also IFFHS Association of Football Statisticians
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