SPANISH LEAGUE SEARCHABLE DATABASE (1929-2024)
(Next update: 29-09-2023)
I'm presenting here a very powerful and complete searchable database containing
all the 27,245 games played in the Spanish League
(present LFP or Liga de Fútbol Profesional) from its inception
in 1929 to 2023-24 season (in progress). You
will be able to make queries about seasons, years, competition days, teams,
and scores, either specifically or by combining different fields.
As everywhere in this website, clubs are listed with their full official
name. But don't worry: as input for the search box, you can also use plain
text (with no accents or especial diacritics), truncated
forms (first, middle, or last letters of the team's name), or localized
spellings (the common name of the team in English or Spanish), and
the database will generate the desired results in most cases. However, due
to the large amount of teams and some similarities between their names, the
more accurate your search input is, the better.
SEASON |
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YEAR |
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COMPETITION DAY |
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MATCH |
OPTION 1 (recommended): DATA
INPUT
Free text (check names and spelling of teams here). Broad search (includes change of names). |
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Fixed order of games |
OPTION 2: SELECT MENU
Common name of teams. Narrow search (restricted to fixed order of games). |
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SCORE |
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INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS
The use of this database is very easy and intuitive: simply specify or combine
the desired data, and the program will generate the list of games that matches
those criteria. Remember that you don't have to fill
all the fields and also that your query should be logical. Following
is a brief introduction and explanation of the different searchable fields:
1) SEASON. Select the first and the last season for the
period containing your search. If you only select "season from"
or "season to," the search will include, respectively, all the competitions
beginning or ending in that year.
2) YEAR. The use of this field is similar to that of SEASON
above, and it further specifies the year in which a game was played (remember
that a season will normally span over two years).
3) COMPETITION DAY. If you want to refine your search even
more, select the competition day you wish to retrieve. If you are looking
for a specific stage, you should select the same number in "From"
and "To." Additionally, it is also possible to select the promotion
games (PROMOCIÓN) played after the regular league in order to
decide the divisional changes between Spanish Primera (First League)
and Segunda (Second League).
4) MATCH. There are two search options to retrieve games
between teams: a) Data input: The search
box will accept almost any combination of plain text, truncated forms, or
localized spellings, as long as it uniquelly identifies a specific team; by
default, the query under this option is reversible,
so the match "Team A" vs. "Team B" will generate games
"Team A-Team B" (Team A plays home) and "Team B-Team A"
(Team A plays away). If you want to restrict the search to "home"
or "away" games only, please mark the checkbox "Fixed order
of games." Another advantage of this search method is that it generates
the full historical record of a team (including its name changes). b) Select
menu: The common (unofficial) name of the teams can be selected
in this drop down menu; although it's simple, this option can only generate
the fixed order of games specified in the search criteria (that is, "Team
A" vs. "Team B," but not the corresponding "Team B"
vs. "Team A") and doesn't show the name changes of the selected
teams.
5) SCORE. This field lists all the scores in Spanish League
games. Please, note the following additional abbreviations attached to some
scores, which don't alter them in any way: des. (desempate or
replay), v.t. (victoria técnica or forfeit), A.L. (Alirón Local, shows the game in which the local team becomes
champion), A.V. (Alirón Visitante, shows the game in
which the away team becomes champion). [NOTE:
Although I can guarantee 100% the accuracy of the scores in the crosstable
of every season (which are collated via Excel with the final standings, which
in time I checked in other publications), unfortunately I can't do the same
with the list of scores in this database, and this is the reason why: the
scores are taken from the competition calendar
for every season in my League files, which I can only guarantee from season
1996-97 on, when I started to collect and publish ongoing scores in my website.
In the case of precedent seasons, I took them from the score page in old issues
of Spanish newspapers ("ABC" for the early years and "Marca"
after the Civil War), and this is why I can't guarantee that the original
source is free of mistypes throughout so many years in the history of the
Spanish League. Please, understand this and let me know whenever you find
such cases in order to correct them.]
By combining these basic fields, you can make countless queries according
to your specific interest. After you complete your query, the resulting match
list is displayed in the following ascendent order: 1) by
season; 2) by year; 3) by
competition day. |